Comedian Chris Porter at The Comedy & Magic Club
Chris Porter on stage at The Comedy & Magic Club This week I spoke with the gritty and hilarious Chris Porter. He has appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and has had a Comedy Central Presents special. We spoke how comedians really want to be rockstars, the key to success is having a firm grip on reality, and having a backdrop on your first special that may or may not make you lose all reality. Andrew: What’s a good question to ask comedians when doing an interview? Chris: What would you rather be doing? What’s your dream job? Because no comic wanted to be a comic. A Comic that wanted to be a comic his whole life, and studied comedy, he is the guy that ended up with a puppet. I never wanted to be a comic. It was never my dream. I thought I was funny but I lived in Kansas. It didn’t seem attainable. I didn’t even know where their was a comedy club until my psychotic friend called and said “I want to be a comic. How do I do it?” You know? Most comics want to be rockstars. I would ask a comic what book he was reading. That will tell you A, what kind of comic your dealing with and B, what kind of person your dealing with. Andrew: What book are you…
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