The Nervous Comic Podcast

Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek and producer Elaine Elrod got together at The Cave Music studio and had a freewheeling chat in which Tim tried out some of his newer comedy material. This is mostly stuff that he has never performed. This is how a baby joke is born, and each time a comedian performs a new joke it is honed and eventually perfected. As Tim explains, a common strategy among comedians is to introduce new material in the middle of their set. Hence our title for this episode, “Th

We promised you comedy book reviews. Here is a review of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Comedy Writing by James Mendrinos. Find out from Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek why this book is the perfect place to begin if you want to write comedy and how it is also useful if you are an experienced comedian and just want to up your game. Music excerpts from “Please Rock my House” by Digitalitar copyright 2013 Used with permission. Listen to Episode 4 of The Nervous Comic Podcast to hear a sh

Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to you about his favorite subject, comedy. This episode has some fun surprises in its format. In this episode: Are you funny? “Are you funny? This is the overall question that hangs in the air when we go to a club or are doing a show. . . .It’s a very hard question and it puts us under a lot of pressure. But hey, that’s part of the game.” – Tim Kubasek Winning over the audience “I always think of every audience as a new girlfriend that you have t

In part 2 of this comedy interview (002, part 2), Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to Elaine Elrod about his career in comedy. Listen to part 1 (002, part 1) first. Part 2 of the interview will be entertaining for all and especially encouraging and useful to anyone who wants to know how to become a stand up comedian. Tim starts off his advice by saying, "Get your thick skin ready." And he tells you just how to do that. This part of the interview has many humorous stories from Tim's

In part 1 of this comedy interview (Episode 2, part 1), Canadian Stand Up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to Elaine Elrod about his career in comedy. He tells us about his first comedy class, performing at Yuk Yuk's and the Comedy Factory comedy clubs in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and about the journey to becoming a good stand up comedian, comedy books, and how to deal with bombing on stage. In addition, he describes what it is like to come up with new comedy material, how he got his moniker "The Ner

This is a live comedy recording of Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek performing at The Comedy Factory in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This show will give you a taste of Tim's brand of funny, clean but definitely adult comedy.