Joe DeVito: Ask Me Anything

0:00 – Intro: a live Ask Lou Anything from the attic
2:07 – Logging off social media to write a book
4:10 – Joe DeVito joins
5:16 – Three and a half million views on Dry Bar
6:19 – How Dry Bar pays comics
7:21 – Why Dry Bar is so professional
8:26 – Clean comedy in Provo, Utah
9:30 – Views Comedy Central wishes it had
10:34 – What open mics teach you
12:41 – Comedy that goes deeper than setup and punch
13:43 – Variety shows with stand-up and sketch
15:47 – "I'm more of a storyteller"
16:51 – Long gaps between performances
17:55 – Callbacks to a mic nobody was at
18:56 – Keep a document of all your bits
19:57 – Don't sit there with a pen thinking what's funny
20:57 – Strange intersecting circles of fans
21:59 – Not worrying that every sentence will offend
22:59 – Words bent until they lose meaning
24:04 – When every comic was irreverent
26:09 – Holding different views and still being a good person
28:12 – Can you describe the other side without insults?
30:19 – The non-aggression principle and debate prep
31:24 – Two Jewish mothers voting for Trump
33:29 – Viewer questions
35:39 – Writing the naughty jokes down
36:46 – Throwing up before open mics
37:47 – Telling jokes thousands of times
38:51 – Lou's first political sketches
41:02 – A Reason TV contest finalist
43:06 – Getting paid in Bitcoin
45:11 – Anthony Jeselnik and comedy's "alt-right problem"
48:24 – Why people won't admit they were wrong
49:28 – Comedy needs empathy
50:31 – Called a right-wing Nazi for a silly joke
51:35 – You can't raise a family on open mic money
53:41 – Complaining about what you're owed
55:51 – Building skills by doing it for free
59:03 – Everyone airing their opinions online
1:00:06 – Viewer question on Israel
1:01:09 – How far the center has moved
1:02:12 – A night in the Catskills
1:03:15 – Going deeper than "my back hurts"
1:05:28 – A lesson from Joe's comedy classes
1:06:30 – Where to find Joe DeVito
1:07:36 – More viewer questions
1:12:52 – A short film premiere and wrap-up