For Joe Horan, the skills he learns in the classroom are not the ones he applies on stage. After all, that’s where he improvises. Horan, a fourth-year in mathematics, is an aspiring stand-up comedian ...

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The basic translation here is that in a comedy organization, “cool-smart-funny” people attract “smart-funny” people, “smart-funny” people attract “smart” people, and “smart” people attract other ...

John Betz began his life working for the federal government. He later switched to teaching high-school mathematics. He later discovered he was funny. Hence, a stand-up career that brings him to ...