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on the latest Sup Doc, we talk This Is Pop:Auto-Tune with comedian Eric Schwartz! 

https://supdocpodcast.com/podcast/ep-176-this-is-pop-with-comedian-eric-schwartz/ 

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Sup Doc Ep 73

Dana Gould / Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster 

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Bay Area Buddies with George Chen and Paco Romane - The Meter Game Show (podcast)

00:41:51 - Bay area friends and comedians George and Paco compete on The Meter while EJ is away in New York. Guests: @georgethechen and

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Ep 166 FilmDrunk Frotcast Crossover special

It’s a crossover episode with our friends from the FilmDrunk Frotcast.Vince Mancini is Senior Film and Culture writer for FilmDrunk and has been a guest on Sup Doc before (Episode 57).Matt Lieb is a comedian and writer for Newsbroke, and he was actually our very first guest on Sup Doc (Episode 1).

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Game Show contestant Ken Jennings analyzes American Comedy in his new book

It has always been said that it is more difficult to do comedy than drama. And, for Jeopardy game show contestant winner-extraordinare, Ken Jennings’ new book there at least is a pattern of how comedy has evolved. 

Apart from the game show, this reporter was unaware that Jennings was an established bestselling writer with more than just this “Planet Funny - How Comedy Took Over Our Culture” book. 

No doubt his knowledge and ability to analyze and investigate a subject is impressive. Yet, what struck me was how much research he did. He also drew a correlation of how situation comedies (sit-coms) have changed considerably over the past 20 years and much of that is due to how society has changed. 

I was told when I was in acting school that one of the reason’s why comedy is difficult to do is because, a sense of humor is different. It is perceived differently and received differently by each individual or group. 

For example, people will often make reference to British humor as being subtle or reserved, much like what one would expect from an aristocratic society. But interestingly, humor often depend upon a person’s openness and availability to laughter. 

Jennings points out that over the past decade or so, the pace of humor, has changed. In that, what once took a sit-com time to build up to a comic moment, now is quickly delivered. Much of it having to do with our current technology and an audiences ability to access streaming shows thru Netflix, AmazonPrime and of course, YouTube. 

Curious to know what a seasoned comedian might think of this, I reached out to Paco Romane. He is currently performing at Zanies Comedy Nightclub in Nashville, TN. 

“I would agree with all of this,” (regarding Jennings observations about the way comedy has changed) he said.

“But it also coincides with our attention span and the comedy ‘intelligence’ of American audiences.”

Americans are finely tuned to comedic styles, except probably satire, Romane noted. And, he is pretty spot on, because our British cousins - across the ocean in the U.K. have a better take on it, as pointed out by The Atlantic in March of 2015.

Romane when on to say...”so we ingest and absorb comedy quicker and quicker - a few comedians have gotten away with having slow deliveries but he points out their writing is excellent.”

For all those who want to learn about comedy as well as its history (Jennings goes all the way back to ancient times to gather some universal perspective), this is a helpful book. The reviews have been raves. 

When asked why so much of American comedy out there is hyper-actively zany, risqué, or just in poor taste, Romane replied. 

“My feeling is we'll see the pendulum swing back to quieter thoughtful comedies soon. For example, he said. I love The Detectorists on Netflix - kind of a anti-sitcom in many ways but it follows the same patterns.” 

Romane part of the ‘Killer Beaz’ show now playing at Zanies until Oct. 21, he hopes that more people who enjoy comedy come to live performances. Technology has afforded many conveniences. Yet, a live show has more spontaneity than any pre-recorded show out there. 

“Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture” is available now at booksellers everywhere. 

To learn more about San Francisco-based comedian Paco Romane, visit his web site. 

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Ep 49 BARRY screenwriter Adam Mansbach

On this episode of Sup Doc Paco sits down with writer Adam Mansbach who wrote the biopic Barry currently available on Netflix. Barry is set in the year 1981 and focuses on the future president Barack Obama as he struggles to figure out his identity as he moves between various different communities and social circles while attending Columbia University. We also talk about race and identity, why he wrote his best-seller Go The Fuck To Sleep, working with Alan Zweibel, and his method and inspiration to write Barry.

Barry is a 2016 American drama film directed by Vikram Gandhi about Barack Obama‘s life at Columbia University in 1981. It stars Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman, Ellar Coltrane, Avi Nash and Linus Roache. It was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

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On EP 35 hosts Paco Romane and George Chen examine O.J.: Made in America a 2016 American five-part documentary miniseries produced and directed by Ezra Edelman for ESPN Films and their 30 for 30 series. The documentary explores many of America’s greatest fixations–race, sports, sex and celebrity–through the life of O. J. Simpson, from his emerging football career at the University of Southern California and why America fell in love with him, to being accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and his subsequent acquittal, and how he was convicted and imprisoned for another crime 13 years later.

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