Episode 014 COMEDIC STORYTELLING (2 of 2) – Mike Guild: Stories of Sad Boy and Angry Man

Episode 014 COMEDIC STORYTELLING (2 of 2) – Mike Guild: Stories of Sad Boy and Angry Man

Author: Jeff McBride & Harrison Tweed August 17, 2017 Duration: 50:21
EASY SHARE LINKS: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2fK1eB3 Twitter: http://bit.ly/2uHiSff PATREON LINK: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkaboutsets COMEDIC STORYTELLING (PART 2 OF 2) LINK TO PART 1: https://www.letstalkaboutsets.com/013 Master comedic storyteller, Mike Guild, continues a fantastic discussion on COMEDIC STORYTELLING. In a deeply personal episode, Mike applies Dan Harmon's story circles structure (link below) to two intimate and funny stories by the hosts. The first of which has Harrison as a sad boy, and the second of which shows when Jeff was an angry man. ABOUT THE GUEST COMEDIAN Mike Guild is a comedian, writer, and storyteller based in Queens. He started comedy at the unripe young age of 14! He's performed all over the USA, crushed it at The Moth NYC, produced multiple podcasts and shows, and he can regularly be found performing at the venerable Creek and the Cave comedy club in Long Island City. He hates the Internet. FEATURED BITS IN THIS EPISODE - Harrison Tweed - Strong Bro - Jeff McBride - AA: Anger and Alcoholism Thanks, thanks, and even more thanks to Mike Guild for all his patience with the starts and stops that came with recording these two episodes. Check out more on story circles by Dan Harmon at: http://bit.ly/1fAgSIn FOLLOW MIKE GUILD AT: twitter.com/mikeguildnyc facebook.com/mike.guild.18 Special thanks to Dave Chappelle and his unwitting contribution to the first part of this series; and, as always, an obsequious kowtow to Salt N' Peppa for continuing to remain ignorant of us fairly using a tiny sample of their song for an overtired pun.

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