Melissa DoutyIn this episode Mark Masters talks to Melissa Douty long time comedy veteran from the east coast. Mark talks to Melissa on site at the World Series of Comedy near St. Louis and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics.They discuss:- Started comedy in 1994- Roanoke, VA- Opening for Pauley Shore, Arsenio Hall (Comedy Zone)- Clean observational comedy- Writing strategies- What is clean comedy?- Blue vs. clean comedy- Marketing and merchandising- Social Media- World Series of Comedy- Travel tips for comedians (Ignite Services is a game changer for road comics)- Travel stories- Open mic stories- Following the worst intro- Small show- Getting paid- Write down your ideas!- Video recording tips- Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan, Kathleen Madigan- Comic relationships are bad- Vail Comedy Show (vailcomedyshow.com)- Jamie Ward- Joke traveling- Fidgeting on stage- Subjectivity of comedy competitions- WSOC contest structure- Mark’s challenge- Mark is disease free- Seeing the lightAnd much, much more. Strap in. This is a good one.Brought to you by Not Good Yet, the book by Mark Masters. www.notgoodyet.com