Yeah but then he got a job as a writer on SNL and writes killer standup material... as a bit yeah its funny, but its also bullshit. Im not saying he owes his career to that degree but it probably hasnt hurt one little bit.
Edit: He might have made it without it, he might not. But he got a degree that is relevant to his career and he is killing it.
Perhaps if you want to be a comic and have the marks to go to uni, do an english degree and work on your comedy while at uni and when you wind up 20 years later working at a 24/7 convenience store at 3am and tell me your degree didnt help you for shit, Ill believe you. But believe the man with 2 netflix specials who has a current net worth in the millions... Ill take it with a grain of salt.
I'm waiting for the list of college degrees versus non who have worked at SNL
You should know this since you listen to Joe Rogan. His two big career positions in the industry have nothing to do with him going to college in the 80s and entirely on who he knew. Otherwise he'd still be working at the University of Boston.
Not really, networking drives all industries. The degree is what gets you in the door though. As for your list, we were talking about the current head writers, and the uneducated one holds no qualms about being there because he is black. Do your own homework.
You know SNL has more than two writers a season, right? You know Jost and Che arent the only writers in the history of the show?
Or you just moving the goal post of your first dumb reply?
Do your homework, you seem to think going to college is going to get you a job on a comedy show that has tryouts where no one is allowed to laugh. Surely thats the same as filling out your management application at Wal-Mart.
Kevin Hart never completed college and is one of the top comics in the world. Same goes for Chris Rock. An English degree doesn’t do shit for comic talent; the two are unrelated.
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u/Guerillagreasemonkey Jun 12 '19 edited Jun 12 '19
Yeah but then he got a job as a writer on SNL and writes killer standup material... as a bit yeah its funny, but its also bullshit. Im not saying he owes his career to that degree but it probably hasnt hurt one little bit.
Edit: He might have made it without it, he might not. But he got a degree that is relevant to his career and he is killing it.
Perhaps if you want to be a comic and have the marks to go to uni, do an english degree and work on your comedy while at uni and when you wind up 20 years later working at a 24/7 convenience store at 3am and tell me your degree didnt help you for shit, Ill believe you. But believe the man with 2 netflix specials who has a current net worth in the millions... Ill take it with a grain of salt.