50 episodes

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Wende and Rick share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

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    • 4.5 • 10 Ratings

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Wende and Rick share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics.

    Episode 50: Indefinite Hiatus

    Episode 50: Indefinite Hiatus

    How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!
     
    The podcast is going on an indefinite hiatus. In this episode we review a years worth of comedic information and give you some more unique soundbites from our national touring headliners.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 49: Learning how to Write

    Episode 49: Learning how to Write

    How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!
    In this episode we have a bunch of great insight from a varied group of national touring headliners. We also answer fan questions and we have a little reveal for you listeners.

    • 48 min
    Episode 48: Deacon Gray

    Episode 48: Deacon Gray

    How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!
     
    In this weeks episode we have Deacon Gray back to explain what is the "Funny Final Four" and its history. We also discuss the landscape of Denver comedy as it's going through another change. we were lucky enough to get 2 stories from Rick and Deacon this week.

    • 56 min
    Episode 47: Questions with Dana Gould, Myq Kaplan and Monty Franklin

    Episode 47: Questions with Dana Gould, Myq Kaplan and Monty Franklin

    How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!
     
    In this episode we answer questions from listeners. We also have Dana Gould and Myq Kaplan sound bites on their writing process and what they wished they knew starting out in comedy. Story time is also provided by Dana but closing the podcast out is Monty Franklin's story about a crazy night with some comedy icons.

    • 49 min
    Episode 46: Jordan Doll

    Episode 46: Jordan Doll

    How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!
    In this episode titled "Fuck Iowa" we delve into the mind of Denver Comedic Wizard Jordan Doll (Viceland, TruTV and Comedy Central)

    • 49 min
    Episode 45: The Art of Roasts with Brent Gill and John "Hippieman" Novosad

    Episode 45: The Art of Roasts with Brent Gill and John "Hippieman" Novosad

    How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!
     
    In this episode we discuss the art of comedy roasts with Brent Gill and John Novosad. We also chat about the differences between the Los Angeles and New York comedy scenes.

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

jse1jse1 ,

Really, how Comedy does work!!!

Enjoy the friendship between Wende and Rick, lots of great information. If you want to be a comic this is a good crash course on all the other things about being a comedian. Found this podcast late (June 23) but glad I did. Hope y’all start making some more eventually.

SpeakesEasy ,

Very helpful podcast

Don’t remember how I discovered this one, but so happy I did. I’m a Midwest comedian who is always looking to learn and grow as a comic. This podcast has helped in so many ways. So much good information from not only the host, but the clips from working comedians makes for nice icing on the cake.

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