ScribeMedia: How the Web Has ‘Democratized’ the Comedy Business

Thanks to the folks at TrylonSMR, ScribeMedia.org, an online media production company with an editorial section that covers events across a broad range of subject areas, featured an audio podcast on the comedy breakfast featuring Sarah Bernard, President of 236.com from our “Comedy & Media  Breakfast” last week at Samsung.

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” Sir Donald Wolfit, British actor and director, was reputed to have said these words on his deathbed. Who knows if dying is easy? But in a digital age comedy is getting easier, what with the countless outlets online for existing comedians to build an audience and aspiring comedians to find one.

“In a weird way, there’s been a democratization of the comedy business” with the ascension of the Web, said Fred Graver, an Emmy-Award winning comedy writer who has written for David Letterman, “Cheers,” and also created “Best Week Ever,” which runs on VH1, and BestWeekEver.com. “There are several comedy clubs in each city and all of those comedy clubs have Web sites [so] there’s been a flattening of the comedy world, but there are a lot more opportunities for [comedians] to be seen.”

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