Journey Of A Joke feat. Aishwarya Mohanraj

On the season premiere of 'Journey Of A Joke', we sat down with Aishwarya Mohanraj to break down her viral comedy bit "My Pregnancy Test" and how she convinced her parents to let her upload it. Previous Seasons: Season 1 - http://y2u.be/MYk9EZb7CKE Season 2 - http://y2u.be/i-dRytrcbg4 Season 3 - http://y2u.be/wmNZMPYOeBQ Season 4 - http://y2u.be/OpyMuRccSm4 Timecodes 0:00- Intro 0:30- Aishwarya’s chill dad and why she kept the ending ambiguous 2:15- Restrictions in comedy due to external factors 4:00- How long it took to polish this bit 12:10- Logic In comedy 14:25- How Aishwarya has changed as a comedy writer 18:10- Post open mic rituals and re-writing 21:23- Should you dumb down your jokes? 22:05- It should make you laugh 24:00- working in pressure and Aishwarya’s writing process 29:00- How important is personality in stand-up and how it has changed overtime 31:00- Paining a picture while performing 35:00- Bringing old jokes back 37:45- How Aishwarya comes up with callbacks 40:00- interconnection between Personality and Performance in comedy 41:30- Difference between writing stand-up and writing for a show 44:00- How Indian comedians are different than rest of the world 45:30- How Aishwarya convinced her mom to let her upload the bit 49:30- Aishwarya’s advice for Abish 55:29- MAJOR ADVICE This video features Aishwarya Mohanraj discussing his stand up bit 'My Pregnancy Test'. (Watch Full Clip Here: https://youtu.be/kdFZJV6Y-IY) 🏨: The Habitat - Comedy and Music Cafe, Khar Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/indiehabitat www.indiehabitat.in My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abishmathew/ Check out my streaming channel here - https://www.youtube.com/abish Produced by: Absurdist Studios - https://www.instagram.com/absurdiststudios #AbishMathew #JourneyOfAJoke #AishwaryaMohanraj