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Good One: A Show About Jokes

An adaptation of the hit Vulture podcast, GOOD ONE: A Show About Jokes is an immersive look at the craft of comedy from the ground up and a unique snapshot of the intersection between process and personal. The first docu-special f...

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Eddie Schmidt

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Vox Media Studios,Vulture,Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions,Eddie Schmidt Productions,Universal Television Alternative Studio

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https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/good-one-a-show-about-jokes/bb227f44-da45-3ef6-a450-88d21cd616b1

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In Providence,
I was just throwing out jokes, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

In Providence, I was just throwing out jokes,

This week
trying to put together - Good One: A Show About Jokes

This week trying to put together

Don't tell anyone." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Don't tell anyone."

When she was in ninth grade,
I heard she had sex - Good One: A Show About Jokes

When she was in ninth grade, I heard she had sex

And I was like, wow.
I still haven't rung the bell. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And I was like, wow. I still haven't rung the bell.

The first time I did stand-up, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

The first time I did stand-up,

It was hosted
by Victoria Jackson - Good One: A Show About Jokes

It was hosted by Victoria Jackson

[bell tolls] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

[cheers and applause] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

[cheers and applause]

Funniest Person
on Campus contest - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Funniest Person on Campus contest

It was a really fluky thing - Good One: A Show About Jokes

It was a really fluky thing

Just a very serious place. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Just a very serious place.

I never even clocked,
really, the idea - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I never even clocked, really, the idea

I auditioned
for the improv group, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I auditioned for the improv group,

And then all of a sudden,
I was friends - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And then all of a sudden, I was friends

It made me feel
a certain sense of hope, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

It made me feel a certain sense of hope,

And that was, like, a huge
breakthrough in my life. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And that was, like, a huge breakthrough in my life.

[high-pitched voice]
"You're gonna be a comedian." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

[high-pitched voice] "You're gonna be a comedian.&...

I got $200
and the chance to perform - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I got $200 and the chance to perform

[rockabilly music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

[rockabilly music]

- I want you to get
your hands together right now - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- I want you to get your hands together right now

Whoo!
[cheers and applause] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Whoo! [cheers and applause]

I said,
"Can I perform here again?" - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I said, "Can I perform here again?"

But we need someone
to work the door." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

But we need someone to work the door."

The worst was,
you have to sometimes - Good One: A Show About Jokes

The worst was, you have to sometimes

For example, like, you have
those seats behind the poles. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

For example, like, you have those seats behind the poles.

As an aspiring comic, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

As an aspiring comic,

I was able to watch, like,
George Lopez and Mitch Hedberg - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I was able to watch, like, George Lopez and Mitch Hedberg

- Yeah.
- like, I would have loved - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- Yeah. - like, I would have loved

Like, the kinds of jokes
that I would say would be like, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Like, the kinds of jokes that I would say would be like,

The first time I told
a joke that worked, I said, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

The first time I told a joke that worked, I said,

Not because
the joke is so great, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Not because the joke is so great,

Connected with a group
of people in a room. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Connected with a group of people in a room.

Like, there was
a feeling of like, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Like, there was a feeling of like,

In a way that, like,
an observational joke - Good One: A Show About Jokes

In a way that, like, an observational joke

I opened for George Lopez once,
and I kind of, like, bombed. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I opened for George Lopez once, and I kind of, like, bombed.

But the thing that always
struck me as really funny - Good One: A Show About Jokes

But the thing that always struck me as really funny

* Run on, run on * - Good One: A Show About Jokes

* Run on, run on *

And this is not a joke
I would ever tell now, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And this is not a joke I would ever tell now,

I go backstage,
and I say to George Lopez, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I go backstage, and I say to George Lopez,

"'Cause they love Oprah, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

"'Cause they love Oprah,

Let's give it up
for Mike Birbiglia. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Let's give it up for Mike Birbiglia.

- I've been really grateful
to be able to do these shows - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- I've been really grateful to be able to do these show...

[upbeat music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

The people that he's touched--
myself, Kroll, Mulaney-- - Good One: A Show About Jokes

The people that he's touched-- myself, Kroll, Mulaney--

- My favorite comedians
who are coming up, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- My favorite comedians who are coming up,

And usually, like, I love
when their stories - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And usually, like, I love when their stories

[upbeat music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

It was definitely
during the pandemic, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

It was definitely during the pandemic,

I started writing
more about things - Good One: A Show About Jokes

I started writing more about things

Which means she hears
voices in her head - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Which means she hears voices in her head

And also, I started talking
to my fans more - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And also, I started talking to my fans more

Because it was a mood lifter
for all of us. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Because it was a mood lifter for all of us.

So those dance videos
that went viral... - Good One: A Show About Jokes

So those dance videos that went viral...

And the drop challenge
that went viral, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And the drop challenge that went viral,

You know?
[laughs] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

You know? [laughs]

[elevator bell dings] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

[elevator bell dings]

And he's like, "Well, I mean,
do you want to be forgotten?" - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And he's like, "Well, I mean, do you want to be fo...

And at one point,
I said to her, like, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And at one point, I said to her, like,

- About this intruder
that came to our house - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- About this intruder that came to our house

And I was like,
I want to figure out - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And I was like, I want to figure out

- And he was like,
"He came to your house - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- And he was like, "He came to your house

That's three acts." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

That's three acts."

- I was really excited
but a little scared, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- I was really excited but a little scared,

[rock music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And so he was like,
"OK, let's sit down." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And so he was like, "OK, let's sit down."

And he was like, "OK,
so act one is first intrusion, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And he was like, "OK, so act one is first intrusion,

That's what he's so good at,
having an arc in his shows. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

That's what he's so good at, having an arc in his ...

- I used to write everything
down on the computer, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- I used to write everything down on the computer,

When you think
you have a funny idea - Good One: A Show About Jokes

When you think you have a funny idea

When you think of an idea and
you're writing it out longhand, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

When you think of an idea and you're writing it out lon...

And I did learn that from Mike. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And I did learn that from Mike.

- It's this weird thing where
I'm not just looking to him - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- It's this weird thing where I'm not just looking...

- I'm aging into a point - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- I'm aging into a point

You age.
[laughs] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

You age. [laughs]

And the only way
you can make it great - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And the only way you can make it great

Is the only way
that people get better. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Is the only way that people get better.

Eventually, if you're lucky, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Eventually, if you're lucky,

Last night was
the first time I thought, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Last night was the first time I thought,

[light music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

In most documentaries,
they shoot - Good One: A Show About Jokes

In most documentaries, they shoot

And then eventually
something happens. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And then eventually something happens.

And we go, oh,
that's what it's about. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And we go, oh, that's what it's about.

It all hinges on,
there has to be a main event. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

It all hinges on, there has to be a main event.

He'll go, "Mike,
the craziest thing happened." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

He'll go, "Mike, the craziest thing happened."...

And someone had heard of you." - Good One: A Show About Jokes

And someone had heard of you."

- [laughs]
- Like, I think, - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- [laughs] - Like, I think,

Dude, the whole job is,
you tell jokes to strangers. - Good One: A Show About Jokes

Dude, the whole job is, you tell jokes to strangers.

- [laughs] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

- [laughs] - Good One: A Show About Jokes

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An adaptation of the hit Vulture podcast, GOOD ONE: A Show About Jokes is an immersive look at the craft of comedy from the ground up and a unique snapshot of the intersection between process and personal. The first docu-special f...

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Director: Eddie Schmidt

Writer: N/A

Production: Vox Media Studios,Vulture,Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions,Eddie Schmidt Productions,Universal Television Alternative Studio

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

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BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 Mar 2024

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Homepage: https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/good-one-a-show-about-jokes/bb227f44-da45-3ef6-a450-88d21cd616b1