The Art of Bombing: A Comedy Podcast

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 274)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 274 live from the Chief Comedy Festival and Train Tour and dive deep into the consequences of lashing out at the audience, ways to avoid focusing on unengaged audience members, and the power to choose who you work with. Sponsored by https://www.puxhub.com/ : Hey bomb squad if you're a comedian or podcas...

Episode 274: Live From The Chief Comedy Festival and Train Tour Happy anniversary to us! In this episode, we celebrate our 6-year anniversary with an episode recorded live at the Chief Comedy Festival and Train Tour. This episode features Autumn Horvat (Chief Comedy Festival), Ameerah Yasmine Sanders (Limestone Comedy Festival), Dan Umthun (Doomcast), and Sara Anne Myers (“Real Laughs” on 104.1FM...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 273)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 273 with Thomas Nichols and dive deep into ways to save money on the road and how we should analyze emcee sets compared to analyzing a regular set. Sponsored by https://www.puxhub.com/ : Hey bomb squad if you're a comedian or podcaster looking for an affordable website solution with a modern look then w...

Episode 273: A Happy Demotion with Thomas Nichols (SiriusXM Radio) Thomas Nichols - a stand-up comedian and comic-book writer, had a string of bombs at a comedy club his last couple of weeks in – they each got so progressively worse that he was relieved on Friday to find out he had been demoted to a guest spot. There’s still no clear answer to why he couldn’t bring his crowds along, but thankfully...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 272)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 272 with AJ Finney and dive deep into building confidence, the pros and cons of magnifying your perspective of one's own performance, and what it means when the back of the room isn't laughing. Sponsored by https://www.puxhub.com/ : Hey bomb squad if you're a comedian or podcaster looking for an afforda...

Episode 272: That's A Long Way To Go Man with AJ Finney (Last Comic Standing) Sometimes stand-up comedian AJ Finney is just livin’ his life wrong. At the Tropicana Casino in New Jersey (circa 2014) he had a mall-massage-induced panic attack AND one of his worst bombs. He wasn’t confident, and couldn’t bring his set around. Most of the time, he destroys - and he was able to talk to Dan Bublitz Jr a...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 271)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 271 with Billie Jo Gillispie and dive deep into knowing your worth and charging appropriately, reading the room, and having accountability. Sponsored by https://www.puxhub.com/ : Hey bomb squad if you're a comedian or podcaster looking for an affordable website solution with a modern look then we recomm...

Episode 271: Maybe You Should Hit Some Mics with Billie Jo Gillispie (Sno Jam Comedy Festival) Billie Jo Gillispie is a nationally touring stand-up comedian and she doesn’t work for free. She gives Dan Bublitz Jr a great playbook on how comics should field inbound requests for fundraisers and nonprofit work. Hear from two seasoned veterans how comics should think of professionalism, being accounta...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 270)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 270 with Scott Higgins and Ace Aceto and dive deep into what it means to be a professional in comedy. Sponsored by https://www.puxhub.com/ : Hey bomb squad if you're a comedian or podcaster looking for an affordable website solution with a modern look then we recommend PuxHub! With a PuxHub website, you...

Episode 270: Know Your Audience with Scott Higgins and Ace Aceto (Behind the Funny) Get ready for a double feature! Pro comics Scott Higgins and Ace Aceto provide not one but two hilarious bombing stories. Ace was actually offered money to shut up during his set. He took the deal. Find out why Scott Higgins stays away from performing in academic environments. But seriously folks, from the mouths o...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 269)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 269 with Christine Tomlinson and discuss the secrets to good crowd work, the trials of performing and hosting shows, and vision boards! Sponsored by https://www.puxhub.com/ : Hey bomb squad if you're a comedian or podcaster looking for an affordable website solution with a modern look then we recommend...

Episode 269: Screw You, Grandma! with Christine Tomlinson Christine Tomlinson is a comedian, producer, and writer from Denver, CO. In this episode of the Art of Bombing, she tells Dan Bublitz Jr. about a time when she bombed at a winery for being too raunchy - talking about all that “sexy” stuff. Christine and Dan talk about the work that goes into doing comedy festivals, the trials of performing...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 268)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 268 with Ricky Ramos and discuss the elements of a good joke and producing your own shows. Art of Bombing: "Nobody Had a Podcast Called The Art of Bombing" Theme by John Hult ( https://johnhult.bandcamp.com/album/half-a-life-to-recover ) Bumpers provided by Joe Nicola Music ( https://www.facebook.com/jo...

Episode 268: Let’s Get Comfortable with Ricky Ramos (Vatos Locos Comedy Festival)! Stand Up Comic Ricky Ramos tells Dan Bublitz Jr about the time he bombed because his material made the crowd uncomfortable. That was before he learned to make the crowd comfortable before you slam it into 5th gear with your edgier material. Ricky is an edgy guy - a former gang member, parolee, and drug addict, he ha...

Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 267)! On this all-new Between Bombs, Dan and Josh callback episode 267 with Garie Lewis and discuss the importance of recording sets, remembering that you can't make everyone laugh, and recovering after one loses their composure. Art of Bombing: "Nobody Had a Podcast Called The Art of Bombing" Theme by John Hult ( https://johnhult.bandcamp.com/album/half-a-life-to-reco...

Episode 267: Go Back to College! He doesn’t remember much about it because it happened in 1983, but Garie Lewis’ first set featured props and stolen jokes from Steven Wright and Bill Cosby. When he walked off stage, the club owner told him to ‘go back to college.’ Lucky for us, he didn’t. Garie and Stand-Up Comic Dan Bublitz Jr revisit story after story from Garie’s rich comedy past. They talk abo...

Introducing Between Bombs Callbacks (Ep. 266)! On this all-new revamped Between Bombs, Dan and Josh will be doing callbacks on the previous episode's key takeaways and discussing the nuts and bolts of comedy. In episode 266, we were joined by Adam Mamawala (Comedy Central, BET), and some key takeaways were earning and establishing trust, focusing on the "comedian's journey," and picking up bad hab...

Episode 266: You Have To Pay Your Dues with Adam Mamawala! Adam Mamawala (Comedy Central, BET) is a New York-based stand-up comedian who started working on shows in college and then moved into working the road. He tells several great bombing stories - from a wake-up call at his first true open mic to getting scolded during professional corporate gigs. Not after, during. Adam and Dan jam about perf...

Episode 265: That was Dirty and Mean! In this Art of Bombing episode, hear veteran comic Mike Cotayo (Opie & Anthony) spill great pearls with stand-up comedian and host Dan Bublitz Jr. Hear about the difference between corporate and non-corporate gigs, why contracts matter, how a comic becomes clean or blue, pairing comedy with non-comic speaking gigs, why it’s crucial to have a ‘TV Clean’ set...

Episode 264: Hurricane Sandy Was All My Fault! Emily Paige (The Ladies Room Comedy Festival), a New Jersey-based comic, began doing Stand Up during the pandemic. She lets Dan Bublitz Jr in some of the things that are helping her to develop her voice: her writing style, some differences between doing virtual and live comedy, and how often comics write new material. Learn about how different kinds o...

Episode 263: Sorry, we have to take you to jail! PJ Johnson is a Detroit-born, Denver-area comic who works the road. He tells stand-up comedian and Art of Bombing Podcast host Dan Bublitz Jr two great bombing stories. In the first one, he tried a little too hard to control the crowd. In the second, he sheds light on the other half of the story we heard in Episode 259 with Ryan Bonnell - the story...

Episode 262: I quit comedy again! LA comic and actor Chris Grace has a formula for dealing with bombs: quitting comedy! But then he gets back up and tries again. Hear Chris Grace tell Stand Up Comic Dan Bublitz Jr about taking the stage, performing from inside a crater, quitting comedy, and starting all over again, and why he loves doing it. Chris and Dan chat about how comics on different scenes...

Episode 261: Heckled by my Mom! Denver-based comic and actor Korey David (High Plains Comedy Festival) shares insights with Stand Up Comedian Dan Bublitz Jr about everything from canceled gigs to secrets of great crowd work. He tells the Art of Bombing the story of a night when his mother deconstructs one of his jokes while he was on stage telling it! Korey is a seasoned vet - he’s been headlining...

Episode 260: Christina Kleemann and Danny DeVito’s Hotter Cousin! Denver Stand up comic Christina Kleemann reminds Dan Bublitz Jr that our experiences shape us, and if we take responsibility for what happens, we can grow as people. And that includes bombing really hard. Christina has a point of view many comics lack, which is that every bomb can be useful to us to build character and humility, or...

Episode 259: That Time I Crowdworked a Murder Suspect! Everything was going great for Ryan Bonnell (Boulder Comedy Festival) on the road - great show, a party with the crowd - signing some autographs. But as comedy teaches us: at any moment you can upset a Wyoming Swinger and get thrown in jail. Ryan Bonnell got arrested following one of his shows - and he tells Dan Bublitz Jr. the whole story on...