Hello Working Comic Fans! I interviewed Brian Moses, the host of Comedy Central’s hit show “Roast Battle.” We talk about a TON of super cool stuff. In this episode, I learned that he essentially CREATED THE ROAST BATTLE FORM! Wow, that’s huge. This interview is super informative and I attempted to break it up by topic below if you want to skip ahead to different parts. Hope you enjoy!
Here’s what we cover:
- Pornhub Awards (0:50)
- Formation of the Roast Battle (~10:00)
- Selling a show to Comedy Central (~15:05)
- Financial success from selling a show (~17:00)
- Selling shows: Major Networks vs Cable (~17:30)
- Getting Jeff Ross involved (~23:20)
- Scene Hacking and maximizing stage time (~27:45)
- Rising popularity of roast battling and roast structure (~31:00)
- How to host effectively (~39:45)
- General Advice for New Comics (~48:50)
- Get involved with Roast Scene (~54:20)
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