So What Do You Really Do?

Wayne Federman chronicles the business of joke-telling. On this episode of the podcast, I spoke with comedian, actor, author, and stand-up historian Wayne Federman. It would be fortuitous that I would talk to Wayne about his new book. The night before I received an email from his publicist, I was watching the movie, Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan. And the one scene, for less than a minute, Wayne pops up, and I immediately thought, “Oh hey! Wayne Federman.” It’s as if I manifested this conversation to happen in a bizarre-Beetjuice-comedy-interview kind of way. Comedian, Actor, Historian Wayne Federman Wayne is a 35 year veteran of stand-up comedy, most well known for the documentary I Am Road Comic, his Comedy Central special, and dozens of short appearances on movies and TV. In fact, so short he even dubbed his patented one scene-and-out career move, The Federman. In addition to his work as a performer, he also teaches Stand-up History and Performance at the University of Southern Californ