How Comedy Works with Wende Curtis and Rick Kerns

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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.

  1. Episode 50: Indefinite Hiatus

    02/21/2017

    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.

    1h 2m
  2. Episode 49: Learning how to Write

    02/13/2017

    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.

    49 min
  3. Episode 48: Deacon Gray

    01/26/2017

    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.

    57 min
  4. Episode 47: Questions with Dana Gould, Myq Kaplan and Monty Franklin

    01/17/2017

    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.

    50 min
  5. Episode 46: Jordan Doll

    01/12/2017

    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)

    50 min
  6. Episode 45: The Art of Roasts with Brent Gill and John "Hippieman" Novosad

    12/28/2016

    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
  7. Episode 44: The Travails of Hollywood with Matt Iseman and Juston McKinney

    12/20/2016

    Episode 44: The Travails of Hollywood with Matt Iseman and Juston McKinney

    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 some questions from our listeners about "Hecklers" and "Getting Booked." Also we have Matt Iseman (American Ninja Warrior & The Apprentice) along with Juston McKinney (Comedy Central Half Hour & Blue Collar Comedy "The Next Generation") sharing some advice and stories about the beast known as Hollywood.

    59 min
  8. Episode 43: Steve "Mudflap" McGrew

    12/14/2016

    Episode 43: Steve "Mudflap" McGrew

    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!   This week we have guest Steve "Mudflap" McGrew talk about his comedy journey from getting a Comedy Central special to his Country Music Award wins. We also get into the current climate of comedy and how it compares to the first comedy boom in the 80s.

    1h 23m
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    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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