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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, give a round of applause for all the staff at The Improv.

00:03Making the show happen.

00:07Do I keep the variety slash on this so I look like a news anchor?

00:10Is that correct?

00:11Very good.

00:12Thank you so much.

00:13Thank you so much, industry, for coming out and not checking your phones for 90 minutes.

00:17Thank you so much.

00:20And thank you so much, people at the front, for coming out,

00:23for staring at me like I just took a shit in your cereal.

00:26This is going to be a fun 30 minutes.

00:28What is your name?

00:30Christiana.

00:31Very good, Christiana.

00:32You seem surprised that we would engage in crowd work,

00:34because not everyone would do crowd work with industry.

00:37Well, guess what?

00:38I'm not everybody.

00:39You know what I'm saying?

00:40Thank you, people at the back, for laughing,

00:42and these three women for fixing your hair.

00:46This is an image-based town.

00:48I've been to a lot of shows.

00:50I've never seen the audience go, he's talking to us?

00:52Get ready.

00:55Very good.

00:56Christiana, are you involved in the comedy industry in some respect?

00:59Yes.

01:00Yes, very good.

01:01Making us guess.

01:02Very good.

01:03And what do you do?

01:06My day job is in advertising.

01:08Your day job is in advertising.

01:10I want you to know, since you said that very slowly,

01:12we thought you had a very important job,

01:14and a lot of the comedians up there just changed their first joke.

01:18And Christiana, what brought you to the Variety Top Ten Comedians Showcase?

01:23My lovely friend.

01:24Your lovely friend.

01:25Who works at Variety.

01:26Way to fucking pass the book, Christiana.

01:28That you definitely do work in corporate America.

01:31I am here because of this person.

01:33Talk to her and leave me alone.

01:35And what do you do at Variety?

01:37I also work in advertising.

01:38You also work in advertising.

01:40Well, look at you, getting the fucking big seats.

01:42You know what I'm saying?

01:43Because you're bringing in the big bucks.

01:45Thank you very much.

01:46Again, you guys laughing, as all comedy industry does,

01:49by sitting there going, that was funny, that was good.

01:53I'm going after the marketing angle.

01:54That's always smart at one of these shows.

01:56You know what I'm saying?

01:57He's into it.

01:58I want to point out, the guy from Variety with the ponytail just laughed and winked at me.

02:01I think I'm in.

02:02Now, yeah, you'll see me next year.

02:04I'll be winning the Impact on Comedy Award or whatever the fuck that title is.

02:08Now, thank you, Variety guy, for laughing at that joke.

02:11Cool, I just saw that paycheck fly right out the window.

02:15I hope I'm dressed all right for this.

02:16I'm wearing a baseball cap.

02:17Now, I'm wearing a baseball cap for a very specific reason.

02:19If I do not wear a baseball cap, I stop looking like a comedian

02:22and start looking like a police officer that's been involved in a lot of questionable shootings.

02:26Now, thank you, bald guy, for looking at her before you laughed at that joke.

02:34That was fantastic.

02:35And what do you do in the comedy industry, bald man?

02:37I am in the media.

02:38I'm not in the comedy industry.

02:40All right, let's talk about that tone when you said comedy.

02:44I'm in the media, not the comedy industry.

02:48So what part of the media are you in?

02:50Broadcasting.

02:51It gets vaguer.

02:53What part of broadcasting?

02:54Oh, you know the antennas?

02:56I install them.

02:57Now, that is scary close.

03:01Who the fuck are you, man?

03:05You're just a guy.

03:07Doing crowd work with the front row was a mistake.

03:11And yet, you're laughing.

03:12Was it really a mistake?

03:13Huh?

03:14Back to you, broadcast man.

03:15And what is your name?

03:16That was very rude of me.

03:17Brian.

03:18Very good, Brian.

03:20If your job had a title, could you say it to me?

03:26I don't know who you are with, Brian, but that woman looked at me with eyes that said,

03:30good for you, trying to get him.

03:33Miss, how do you know Brian?

03:35I'm a roommate.

03:36You're a roommate.

03:37Fuck, I thought we were going to get an answer to that question.

03:40Instead, we have more questions.

03:42We know he works in broadcasting, and he has a roommate.

03:45So probably still terrestrial television of some description.

03:49Thank you, back row, for laughing at that.

03:51I will congratulate the sections that laugh at me.

03:54You two were laughing when I walked on and then stopped.

03:56I feel like that's really on me.

03:58That was a joke, but thank you very much for reacting like that was serious.

04:01I wish I had talked to you and not Brian.

04:03What is your name?

04:04Danielle.

04:07So far, so good, Brian.

04:08Now.

04:09I was going to say the name.

04:10All right.

04:11Easy, Brian.

04:13Going after women in broadcasting in 2024?

04:18I'm sorry.

04:20Thank you very much for standing up and praying at her.

04:23Can I get an HR representative to the front of the stage?

04:27Brian, I believe, works for Liberty Media for not much longer.

04:31And Danielle, do you have a job?

04:34I do.

04:36I really enjoy how you guys answer these questions.

04:39Like you all hold the nuclear codes.

04:41What do you do?

04:43I work in advertising.

04:45For whom?

04:46Variety.

04:48And so, Danielle, what is your job in three words or less?

04:52I'm not in the industry.

04:54You're not in the industry.

04:55No, I am.

04:56Good.

04:57You're an eighth grade teacher.

04:58I am.

04:59Ah.

05:00I mean, an argument could be made she's in the front line of the comedy industry.

05:06And thank you so much for coming, for bringing real people energy to this room of cynical industry.

05:13You don't know the people back there that bought a Tesla in 2021.

05:17And then lied about it in 2024.

05:21Coming here with, you know, real world energy.

05:23Got nervous when a comedian went up and said, how are you doing?

05:26You went, I have a job, maybe.

05:28You were intimidated by Brian, who won't even tell us what he does.

05:31Brian, what is your job?

05:34I got a couple of things about Brian's answer.

05:37First of all, Brian, you're going to go far.

05:39You were able to deflect the attention away from you.

05:43And so, hi, I have a job.

05:45Janelle was featured.

05:46Speak to her.

05:47And if you don't want to talk about that, I'm for some reason saying China.

05:51I don't want to talk about China.

05:53I don't want to talk about China.

05:55I don't want to talk about China.

05:57I don't want to talk about China.

05:59And if you don't want to talk about that, I'm for some reason saying China a bunch of times.

06:05Just, I work for the Chinese in Synergy at a small studio.

06:09Well, Brian, I got news for you.

06:11You're very lucky, because now comedians are going to come up,

06:13and they are going to perform for what they thought was five minutes.

06:16But I got to tell them 12 at a maximum.

06:18And let me tell you, there have been some rewriting of sets upstairs.

06:22Where are you going, motherfucker?

06:25We got this audience all primed, and now we got to walk out?

06:29Oh, hi, Alex. Nice to see you, buddy.

06:37That's awkward.

06:39He dropped me about four months ago.

06:41Anyway, I'm going to hide behind that table.

06:45Get him when he comes back.

06:47Ladies and gentlemen, I think it's time.

06:49Thank you very much, levity table. Enjoy that.

06:52Ladies and gentlemen, I think it is time to introduce the acts you came to see.

06:56What do you think, yes?

06:58Very good.

07:00A couple of quick ground rules, just because this is an industry showcase.

07:03Ladies and gentlemen, you have to cheer and applaud for people that are not your clients.

07:07And no texting in front of someone that may have left your company for a different company.

07:16There are normal people here like Danielle.

07:18Let's be on our best behavior.

07:20It's an election year.

07:22She'll be at the teacher's lounge tomorrow.

07:24Just with those Hollywood big wigs.

07:26They're not all gay, trans weirdos.

07:28One of them was a bald gay named Brian.

07:32I meant to say guy, but I said gay.

07:34And half of you laughed, and half of you went, not with your face, Sean.

07:38Now, ladies and gentlemen, shall we have our first act?

07:40What do we say?

07:42Ladies and gentlemen, this is the top ten comedians as awarded by Variety.

07:46I said, are we ready to start the show?

07:48Are we ready?

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