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Podcast: Listen Up with Host Al Neely
Episode: From Hampton Roads to Hollywood: A Comic’s 17-Year Grind, Hecklers, and Heart
Description: Send a textWe sit down with Tim Loulies, a Hampton Roads comic and teacher, to trace his 17-year journey from sticky-note premises to packed clubs, from the Comedy Store’s unforgiving OR to the Apollo’s infamous boo, and into the wild psychology of being a heel in professional wrestling. Tim opens up about stage fright, why you literally lose your breath at the mic, and how “mental cardio” makes or breaks your first minute on stage.We dig into the craft: writing jokes that travel, building an opener that buys trust, editing tags that sna...