{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Off Off Pod - Episode 018 - Stephen Rosenfield of American Comedy Institute","description":"Stephen Rosenfield and I had a great conversation about comedy, how one can learn the craft, how comedians prepare and how he got his start.\r\nStephen is the director and founder of the American Comedy Institute where folks with the comedy bug can receive great training either by way of their monthly comedy classes or in their year long program.\r\nI happen to know Stephen from working on the website for the school.  It's a great resource if you'd like to know more about how you can join in!\r\nTopics covered in the interview:\r\n\r\nIntro  (0:00)\r\nHow we met through Ted Greenberg and The Complete Performer (2:13)\r\nHow it all began, working on the writing (4:58)\r\nGrowing up and being funny and the need to express yourself (7:39)\r\nBeing well rounded as a comedian, Louie CK (10:11)\r\nTaking note of subjects and attitudes that are working (15:50)\r\nComedians that have reinvented their persona (19:48)\r\nComedians who seem to be making it up on the fly have worked hard to prepare  (22:03)\r\nStephen's role as teacher, how to create a hyphenated career (25:50)\r\nThe One Year Program at American Comedy Institute (27:06)\r\nDoing "bringer shows" (bringing in an audience to the clubs) and when comedy was "rock and roll" (32:45)\r\nHow to build and audience as a performer (39:15)\r\nKeeping warm after bombing  (42:07)\r\n","author_name":"Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich","author_url":"http:\/\/offoffpod.libsyn.com","html":"