Adam Bloom > Quotes

“When I was a kid, every Christmas I would spend hours making my mom a present. One year, I wrapped her present up and put it under the tree. On Christmas Day, I handed it to her and she shook it and said, “Ooh, what is it?” (RICH LOOKS DEFLATED AND SAYS) “A picture of The Last Supper on an Etch A Sketch”’.”
― Adam Bloom, Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy

“There’s a slightly misquoted saying about comedy that has led to it being grossly misinterpreted by so many comedians: ‘Comedy is like a frog. If you dissect it, it dies’. The misconception is that this somehow means: ‘If you discuss a joke, you’ll risk ruining it’. This interpretation couldn’t possibly be more wrong. The actual quote, from E.B. White, is: ‘Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better, but the frog dies in the process’.”
― Adam Bloom, Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy

“The perfect punchline can only exist if it’s coming from the right persona, and I believe that is the single most important thing a comedian needs to know. Woody Allen managed to sum this up in one sentence: “A comedian is a funny person doing material, and not a person doing funny material”.”
― Adam Bloom, Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy

“My dad then made a fist, punched the palm of his other hand and added ‘That’s called the punchline’. I can remember thinking ‘Wow! You can punch someone with words and, not only that, it will make them feel good’.”
― Adam Bloom, Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy

“The difference between a performer and an artist is that a performer gives their audience what they think they want, and an artist gives them what they didn’t know they wanted”.”
― Adam Bloom, Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy