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Maria Bamford Gives Us Insight to Doing Comedy on Meds for Latest Ep. of Modern Comedian

August 22, 2014
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Scott Moran’s fantastic Modern Comedian is back with a brand new episode featuring the also fantastic Maria Bamford. One of the few comedians to talk, enlighten us, and make us all laugh about mental illness in such a beautiful way, Bamford talks candidly with Moran about the trade off of taking medication for her mental illness.

Please do watch it here.

Modern Comedian Has a Special Episode to Address #GoFuckYourselfBen

June 6, 2014
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Last week, we reported on Ben Kronberg’s appearance on Last Comic Standing and his genius use of Roseanne’s judgment of him.

Well, awesome comedian profile series Modern Comedian, of which Ben scores the music, has a “special” episode regarding Ben’s hashtag #GoFuckYourselfBen. Watch it here.

You can also watch Ben’s previous non-“special” episode of Modern Comedian here.

Watch Nick Thune Prepare For and Then Do Comedy Special “Folk Hero”

February 18, 2014
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A brand new episode of Scott Moran’s fantastic web series Modern Comedian is here featuring Nick Thune preparing for his comedy special Folk Hero.

You can see the thought process behind Nick doing a special and being thankful he had to put it off after he broke his arm, then after watching all that prep, you can see the actual special Folk Hero on Netflix immediately after!

Rich Vos on Being in Recovery as a Comedian

November 14, 2013
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Rich Vos talks his road to recovery from crack addiction, which he amazingly went cold turkey from decades ago, in this latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian at PBS Digital and how that fuels his comedy and everything else in his life. 

Watch it here.

Colin Quinn on What’s Goes Into to Making a One Man Show About the U.S. Constitution

October 25, 2013
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Colin Quinn has recently stepped up in his comedy career by putting together a touring one man show called Unconstitutional about the United States Constitution and while that seems simple enough, they’re so many subtleties that go into doing such a thing from just playing a comedy club.

Watch this latest episode Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian to see what those subtleties are and more.

Modern Comedian Shows The Open Mic Life with Subhah Agarwal

September 9, 2013
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Open mics are an unavoidable part of being a comedian. They’re often brutal and, in fact, you shouldn’t think of them any other way, but they are also crucial to developing your voice as a comedian so when you do a big show, you don’t fuck it up (hopefully). 

Scott Moran’s amazing series Modern Comedian for PBS Digital follows up and coming comedian Subhah Agarwal who grinds it out at open mics in NYC as much as humanly possible and exhibits how hard work and focus can be quite rewarding in comedy. Watch the episode here.

Reggie Watts’ Curiosity on Things Such as Time Travel Inspire His Music/Comedy

July 24, 2013
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For those interested in the mysteries of Reggie Watts and how the connective tissue of his performance comes about, watch the latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian at PBS Digital. Watts’ curiosities on time travel, the feasibility, what period he would go to seeps into his subconscious and he’s figured out a way to make all work in his improvised performances.

Watch here.

Bonnie McFarlane on Being the Writer’s Stand Up Comedian

July 11, 2013
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The latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian at PBS Digital features prolific writer and comedian Bonnie McFarlane on her journey through stand-up as primarily someone who loves writing much more than being on stage. The obsession with writing has brought her to write everyday and gives a little insight behind her seemingly non-stop output for comedy.

Watch it here.

Modern Comedian Takes a Look at Being a Road Comic with Heneghen

June 21, 2013
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Opting for his own artistic freedom, veteran comedian James Heneghen has made due in comedy by performing on the road. It’s a little thought about lifestyle, especially with people that don’t perform on a regular basis, trying to find work constantly, driving so much that your car is effectively your home, and so on.

This latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian gives a pretty good sense of all of that.

‘Modern Comedian’ Profiles Beth Stelling and Her Love of Sweets and Subsequent Dental Work

May 30, 2013
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The self-imposed nickname “Sweet Beth” for the very funny Beth Stelling comes from Beth’s predilection towards sweet foods. In fact, she has had extensive dental work done because of that as featured on this latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian.

Apparently, it’s hard to reconcile having a sweet tooth as a comedian with little to no dental insurance.

Based Off of These Interviews with Comedian/Parent Jim Gaffigan, You Should Buy His Just Released Book “Dad Is Fat”

May 7, 2013
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Jim Gaffigan’s latest work, a book lovingly entitled “Dad Is Fat” just hit bookshelves today, which you should all pick up no matter if you have kids, plan on having kids, or are going it solo right now. If you have any doubts about it (you shouldn’t-it’s one of the funniest people working today Jim Gaffigan), watch his interviews for Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian and YouTube Official Comedy’s One Question w/Sean Donnelly to get a audio-visual preview of what you’ll read and undoubtedly enjoy.

                                

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And So Begins Season 3 of Modern Comedian Highlighting the Crowd Work of Phil Hanley

April 30, 2013
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Much of actually good crowd work in stand-up comes from an initial instinct to survive given not so perfect circumstances. That is what is on display with the first episode of Season 3 of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian featuring Phil Hanley.

Watch this episode now and every other if you haven’t done so already. Also, we’re sure you’ll be excited at the teaser for next week’s episode as well.

Season 3 of Modern Comedian Starts This Week + Season 2 Outtakes

April 28, 2013
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Straight from series creator/director/editor/more Scott Moran, Modern Comedian Season 3 will premiere this Tuesday, Apr. 30th. To be featured on this season will be Phil Hanley, Jim Gaffigan, Calise Hawkins, Kate Berlant, and more!

For now though, to tide you over, here are 20 min. worth of outtakes from Season 2 from the likes of Sean Patton, Steve Agee, Ted Alexandro, Joe DeRosa, and Chris Gethard. 

Modern Comedian To Return For 3rd Season with Subjects Like Jim Gaffigan

April 27, 2013
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Scott Moran’s brilliant mini-doc series Modern Comedian about the lives of comedians today is finally coming back for a third season. This time around, he’ll get to follow the likes of Jim Gaffigan and many more. 

Watch this trailer which gives you highlights of last season and clips from this upcoming season.

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