Jon Levine :: Actor, Writer, Director
Cobra Kai, The Gifted, The Food That Built America
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Welcome to
the Wake Up Late Dougie Show .
Join Dougie Almeida & Jon Levine as they discuss: dealing with death, proper etiquette while
dinning with a large group, Dougie vents about recent venue who canceled Bob
Levy’s show at the end of the month, people who cheat playing poker, potential
conflicts with doing comedy and our day jobs.
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Decade Building Trust, an Anchor Starts a Firestorm With One Wrong Move”, “NBC
News anchor Brian Williams’ comments about dead bodies, Hurricane Katrina
starting to gain attention, draw scrutiny”, “15 Reasons Why Tequila Is Actually
Really F*cking Good For You”, “Florida mom delivers 14-po […]
Since my hosting gig at the Palm Beach Improv last month, I’ve really tried to focus on writing clean jokes. Actually, I shouldn’t say clean, because they still contain curse words, but it became obvious to me during that gig how many of my jokes are sexual in nature. I feel if I ever want to appeal to a greater range of audiences and have the opportunity to do larger hosting gigs, I need to broaden my spectrum of material so that I can appeal to a wider range of crowds.
I’m not saying that I’m a filthy or raunchy comic by any stretch, but when I was actually forced to look at my overall set, after the fact, I realized that almost all of my jokes revolved around sex or body parts. That’s not good. Mind you, they’re funny and I do get a good response from the audience, but I feel like I’m limiting myself.
I think that forcing myself to move away from that type of humor will only help me grow as a comedian. Plus, it’ll add minutes to my repertoire which will also give me greater appeal. I guess I just need to get my mind out of the gutter.
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Welcome to
the Wake Up Late with Dougie Show .
Join Dougie & today’s co-hosts, Tim Hanlon & Jon Levine as they
start the morning discussing Dougie’s Southern Comedy Tour / Appropriate or inappropriate
material / Dougie discusses his strategy for competing in the upcoming Comedian’s
Ball for $10K / Jon Levine uses Rogaine / Dougie & Tim rag on Jon’s Cooper
Mini / Super Bowl game, commercials & half-time show /
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Suge Knight was behind wheel in deadly crash”, “Whitney Houston’s daughter on a
ventilator, source says”, “Mother ‘bit off sex attacker’s tongue’ to secure DNA
evidence”, & “FDA debates […]
My trip to Las Vegas for the Affiliate Summit West 2015 conference has come and gone and so has my very first opportunity to host a large conference. I figured I’d do a post-mortem, so here it is.
I was surprised that the emcee duties weren’t as involved as I thought they were. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, just that I thought it would be more work. There was very little prep and it was more of just a ‘show up and do your thing’ -type of attitude, which worked well for me. It also gave me time to meet with clients and do the other work that I’d normally do as just an attendee.
Another first for this trip was doing comedy in front of an audience before noon. I grossly underestimated the importance of time and setting when it comes to making people laugh. Getting them to do so at 11am in Las Vegas the morning after a big party is pretty much a suicide mission. To top it off, I did 5 minutes of marketing and industry jokes. Afterwards, I received a lot of great feedback. During, I heard few laughs. The second day I did more ‘material’ and got a much better response.
This was a marketing conference and one of the biggest (if not the biggest) in the sector, so it pulls people from all walks of life and all over the country. As I said, the first day I did marketing and industry jokes, with the meat of my set comparing the industry to the guys in Las Vegas who stand on the sidewalks handing out those porn cards (if you’ve never been to Vegas, it’s not worth explaining). Anyway, that’s as dirty as my set got. Porn. The word. No descriptions, no nothing. Later in the day, I spoke to some of my colleagues who received feedback from those that attended that I was ‘edgy’ and that I ‘pushed the envelope.’ I couldn’t believe it. So the next day I did jokes about cocaine and my penis.
Overall, this was an unbelievable experience and one that I’m so thankful that I received. I’m hoping that I’ll have the opportunity to do it again, whether it’s for the Affiliate Summit or otherwise. Like anything else, the more I do it, the better I think I’ll be.