Roman Danylo

Posted on October 13, 2008

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A New Site Addition!

Posted on October 6, 2008

In lieu of a set list post this week I am going to tell you about a cool new feature of this site.  (Mostly because the comics that want to submit to the site are making sure that their lists are a fascinating read and that’s taking longer than I thought it would.)

For those of you that do a lot of internet surfing you have likely seen a “tag cloud” before - this is a list of words taken from a source and displayed in a jumble at various sizes based on how often the word appears in the list.  Well, I’ve created the same thing with all the words that appear on all the set lists on this site.  Think of it as an overview of what all comics are talking about.

You can access this very unqiue list by clicking here, or at any time by clicking on “What Comics Are Talking About” along the top of every page on this site.

Here’s some facts about the cloud of keywords…

• The more often a word appears on a comedians’ set lists, the larger the word will be displayed in the cloud.
• If you click on one of the keywords it will take you to a list of all the comedians that have that word on their set list.
• It looks pretty plain and simple right now, but as more set lists are submitted the more interesting that page will become.

I’ve always wanted to add something that ties all the set lists together and this could be it.  (Unless I think of something else later.)  This is a little earlier than I wanted to showcase this idea - but I do think it is going to be cool to watch that page grow and evolve.

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Lori Gibbs

Posted on September 29, 2008

Read more about Lori Gibbs’ set…

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Donovan Deschner

Posted on September 22, 2008

Read more about Donovan Deschner’s set…

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The Necessary First Post

Posted on September 15, 2008

The first post in most any blog is something of an irony.  You have to start somewhere but no one is really reading it.  So, I’m not going to worry too much about the typos…

Many comedians, writers, and performers, have tried to define “comedy”.  Despite valiant and continued efforts they have still come up short.  If I had to choose a favourite definition it would have to be: “a unique point of view”.  That’s really all there is to it - when you watch a stand-up comic they are sharing their own perspective on certain issues and their life.  If it’s unique, different, and surprising - it’s funny.

Inside Jokes was created to look inside the minds of comedians and at their unique worldview.  By taking their set lists (which become almost mini-autobiographies) and looking at why certain words or material happen to be there, you can start to understand how they think.

The goal isn’t to take a comedian’s material.  It’s to share their worldview in a unique way, and hopefully promote stand-up comedy as a performing art.

With the first post done (and typos looking fairly minimal), let’s start looking inside jokes…

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