In this episode, I speak with Monroe Martin (LAST COMIC STANDING) about his life from foster care to comedy mecca, The Comedy Cellar. Monroe gets very candid in the hardships he endured early in his life as a product of the foster care center, how he beat those odds and used the skills he learned to survive in foster care to make a living in stand up comedy and tour the world. Monroe offers great advice in what you can learn by bombing, how to explore personal jokes that aren't working, how to keep your act flexible and he pulls back the curtain into his own joke writing process.
Monroe reveals the tumultuous relationship he had with both his mother and father and the life he endured when he moved to New York City to pursue his passion of a career in stand up comedy. If you are a fan of Monroe's or a fan of stand up comedy, or just starting out in a career in stand up, this is an episode you must watch!
Links from the Episode:
Monroe's Instagram: @MonroeMartinIII
Monroe's Twitter: @MonroeMartinIII
Monroe's TikTok: @monroemartincomedy
Chapters:
0:57 Day In the Life of Monroe Martin
3:37 Getting on Last Comic Standing
21:07 Figuring out what to talk about on stage
25:23 The Art of the Bomb
32:23 How to Write Personal Jokes
35:13 How to Explore Jokes that Don't Work
39:06 How to Keep Your Act Flexible
42:18 The Lack of Relationships in Foster Care
47:50 Relationships with Men vs Women
51:07 Skills Learned in Foster Care
59:03 Life after Moving to NYC
1:01:40 Relationship with Monroe's Parents Now and Then
1:14:10 Monroe's Joke Process
1:18:16 Social Media
1:21:08 Jokes on Current Events
1:21:15 Would Martin Adopt a Foster Kid?
1:23:16 Monroe's Comedy Cellar Origin Story
1:31:00 Closing Comments
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