Good One A Show About Jokes trailer - Plot Synopsis: A Peacock Original adaptation of the popular Vulture comedy podcast, Good One: A Show About Jokes highlights the journey of a comedian developing new material. This docu-special follows Mike Birbiglia from Providence, R.I. to Washington, D.C. as he builds jokes based on personal truths, mixing comedy with revelations and anecdotes from family and his fellow comedians.
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00:00 Good evening and welcome to the strange attic
00:02 where Mike Verbiglia sometimes performs shows for some reason.
00:06 I love jokes and I love storytelling.
00:09 He loves stories and process.
00:11 He takes that idea of what a special means literally.
00:15 You're probably thinking, "How come we just get the first draft?"
00:18 I think Providence is a first draft town.
00:20 This isn't a fully realized show.
00:24 All I'm doing right now is just throwing out jokes
00:27 and seeing what sticks.
00:29 What's the next show about?
00:30 And it's like, "I don't know."
00:31 The last show was all about death.
00:33 So now I'm trying to figure out like,
00:35 what's more high stakes than death?
00:38 I'm happily married, which is to say,
00:40 I'm not happy,
00:42 but I'm happy I'm married.
00:45 Does that make sense?
00:47 You don't want to be pretty good.
00:49 You want it to be great.
00:50 The only way you make it great is writing.
00:53 Need more there.
00:53 Failing.
00:54 You got that line.
00:55 Failing again.
00:56 The ending worked well on the other show.
00:57 Eventually, you'll arrive at something that is yours.
01:01 What's exciting about these shows is it's an adventure.
01:03 Wonder what this will be.
01:04 Stand-up comedy is like a documentary of your own life.
01:08 They shoot and they shoot,
01:09 and then you go, "Oh, that's what it's about."
01:11 Here we go again.
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