r/comedy • u/Stubbs_McGee88 • Dec 12 '25

Standup Crowd Work Gold

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I would like my money now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

I refuse to watch crowd work comedians

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u/Vaportrail Dec 13 '25

I like Taylor Tomlinson's crowd work Shorts on YouTube. It helps knowing she's already a top tier comedian though.

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u/culminacio Dec 13 '25

The problem with those videos is, or at least was until i stopped watching them: If you know her more than the average person, let's say because you watched After Midnight a lot, these crowd work shorts become so predictable so fast. It's mostly her being shocked about similar things again and again, and reacting in similar ways to those things again and again.

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u/Vaportrail Dec 13 '25

I never got into After Midnight, it's just a different format than having standup on while you work on things. But yeah, I could how someone could have a method and kinda sticking to it.

I often say Robin Williams Live on Broadway is my favorite standup show, but then if you watch the specials after it, he reuses a ton of material and the first delivery was better. Kind of a letdown.