Joke-Writing, Stand-Up and Late-Night TV ft. Simon Taylor (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) (PT22)

Summary: Alex and Nick welcome Simon Taylor to hear his experience being a comedian, writing jokes for late-night television, and the hard work it takes to be consistently funny.<br> <br> How does the stand-up circuit work? What was it like writing for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno? Why is performing comedy different than writing comedy? How is the process of writing comedy in a room compared to doing it alone? What can a writer do to be noticed and find a following? <br> <br> The Paper Team performs their in-depth set...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - How Simon Taylor got his start (00:33)<br> 2 - Being funny, creating your product, and performing stand-up (08:25)<br> 3 - Putting yourself out there, selling yourself, and pitching (24:15)<br> 4 - Writing for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (34:22)<br> 5 - Generating good content regularly and working your creative skills (38:53)<br> 6 - What a successful joke is and tailoring it to your online (Twitter/Snapchat/YouTube) or real-life audience (43:35)<br> 7 - Working on a TV pilot with Justin Willman, and writing alone for someone else versus a writers' room for a common project (49:05)<br> 8 - Working in the US, what Simon Taylor is doing now, and what is next for him (53:17)<br> Resources and Outro (57:50)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsimontaylor">Simon Taylor on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rove_(TV_series)">Rove Live</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rove_McManus">Rove McManus</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_House_(2001_TV_series)">The Glass House (2001 TV series)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spicks_and_Specks_(TV_series)">Spicks and Specks</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Project_(TV_program)">The Project</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vizard">Steve Vizard</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Micallef">Shaun Micallef</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_on_Bowen">Live on Bowen</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loft_Live">The Loft Live</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5pKoRT89e8">Simon Taylor hosting Live on Bowen (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carmichael_Show">The Carmichael Show</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Kong">The King of Kong</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine_(service)">Vine</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4685882/reference">Sleight of Mouth with Justin Willman</a><br> <br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HjmWss">Poking a Dead Frog - Mike Sacks</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2JjY8NL">Books by Stewart Lee</a><br> <br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>