
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
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Matt Ruby's comedy blog. It's got jokes, podcasts, videos, yappin' about standup, etc.
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
I only post on rare occasions here now. Subscribe to my Rubesletter (it's at mattruby.substack.com) to get jokes, videos, essays, etc. in your inbox every week.
Also, check out my latest special "Feels Like Matt Ruby" free on YouTube (or stream the album version on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, etc ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
It's comedians vs. pundits. I'm on the side of comedians...
What comedians get that pundits don’t
White House Correspondent’s Dinner: You are a bad room. The problem isn’t Michelle Wolf. The problem is you.
The Power of Reaction Shots
Let’s start showing reaction shots when Trump speaks ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
Loved this Jordan Peele profile.
I’ve noticed that the truth works. People can feel the truth. If you’re being yourself and you’re just using your own emotions, they can feel it. If you’re doing fake, they can feel it. It took me a while in comedy to realize that your truth is more powerful than your mask.
The whole thing is worth a read ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
All this Alabama talk's got me thinking about one of my fave Todd Barry bits:
I tour the South, though, I do. I love touring the South. Some people up North are afraid of the South, it's weird. I'll do a show in, like, Alabama. I'll tell someone I did a show in Alabama and they'll be like, "Oh my God! What was that like?" Oh, you know, chairs, a microphone. Oh, I'm sorry, I know what you're looking for. I'll tell you what it was like. Well, I flew into Birmingham. The Imperial Wizard from the Klan picked me up at the airport. Rode to the club on the back of an old mule. Tried to get a joke ou ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
Two things I wrote about recent news in the comedy world:
The Cesspool of Comedy
Standup comedy attracts weirdos who want amplification.
How Chris Rock Finds Funny
Developing comedy means being comfortable in a zone of discomfort ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
What Tom Petty Taught Me About Songwriting and Life: He wrote gospel songs about defiance, love, and life as an outcast. I loved him. Here's why ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
10 Screenwriting Tips You Can Learn from The Breakfast Club offers this advice on dialogue.
CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH DIALOGUE
There are very few movies as quotable as The Breakfast Club. Part of that is because Hughes was an insanely talented dialogue writer. But I’ve read some of Hughes’ unproduced scripts, and believe it or not, he doesn’t always come up with the goods. That tells me he worked extra hard on Club. One of the keys to coming up with great lines and sharp dialogue is to challenge yourself, to not go with the easy first choice, but to keep digging until you find something origina ..read more
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
Matt Ruby's Sandpaper Suit
4y ago
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