Noshing With Ross Bennett – May 27, 2021

[audio mp3="https://iraseverythingbagel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/05/Ross_Bennett_052721.mp3"][/audio] This week, Ira spoke with comedian (and stand-up comedy coach) Ross Bennett. In this episode of Ira’s Everything Bagel, Bennett talks about leaving West Point for a career in comedy; his belief that his ability to make people laugh is rooted in making himself feel comfortable and the need for control; how “Saturday Night Live” and Steve Martin influenced his decision to perform comedy; how his father (who had a career in the military) reacted to that decision; why he knew at the beginning that the important thing was to get stage time; where his comedy journey began; why he was both blessed and cursed by the fact that he was naturally funny; why his goal was to become a headliner in a comedy club; why he works clean (and it’s not because he’s a prude); why he started teaching stand-up comedy and coaching (and why writing is just the beginning; and how COVID took him to a new level online.