So fun moderating this panel at the
@fastcompany Innovation Festival with
@eggyboom ,
@jeffstaple , and
@karllieberman today
Here's an abridged tidbit on why Ego believes her Miss Eggy sketch struck a chord. Love how she and Jeff broke down how being ourselves is a balance
EN: I had to think about what worked about this versus anything that I've sort of done before. I think hearing me switch out of voices [Miss Eggy to Ego], was really important. It's like me putting on this persona of a 50-year-old woman who says, "Sex is a little different after 50." I'm not 50! And I wouldn't know! I've heard, I'll report back later.
I've met some of my comedy heroes and I had this realization that so many performers, which I shouldn't tell this secret, but it's the truth is that that's a persona. I meet this person in real life who is exuberant and outgoing, extroverted comedian on stage. You meet them and they're so soft-spoken, so shy, and that resonates with me.
JS: Even for me as a designer, there's "what Jeff would wear and want to make?" and then there's what my fan base wants to wear and want. If I just said, I'm only going to make things that I would wear, I would be broke.
EN: I think in creating comedy, what happens sometimes when people try to service the audience in that way where they go, "This is what I think they think is funny." And I had a friend who was helping coach me in stand up years ago, and I was like, "OK, well this audience will probably want to hear that." And he goes, "Uh uh, you can't think of it that way. You need to tell jokes that you want to tell them that you think are funny."
JS: You even have to shift it when you're being public facing, The equivalent for me is my Japanese audience, my French audience, and my New York audience all want different things.
EN: Anytime a new comedian comes to Saturday Night Live, it's part of their job to figure out how to marry their comedic voice to that of the show…[and] I don't know that there's a time when you go, "I finally nailed it!" I think it's week by week. If we were getting paid by the sketch, a lot of people would be broke.
[Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company]
![So fun moderating this panel at the @fastcompany Innovation Festival with @eggyboom, @jeffstaple, and @karllieberman todayHere's an abridged tidbit on why Ego believes her Miss Eggy sketch struck a chord. Love how she and Jeff broke down how being ourselves is a balanceEN: I had to think about what worked about this versus anything that I've sort of done before. I think hearing me switch out of voices [Miss Eggy to Ego], was really important. It's like me putting on this persona of a 50-year-old woman who says, "Sex is a little different after 50." I'm not 50! And I wouldn't know! I've heard, I'll report back later.I've met some of my comedy heroes and I had this realization that so many performers, which I shouldn't tell this secret, but it's the truth is that that's a persona. I meet this person in real life who is exuberant and outgoing, extroverted comedian on stage. You meet them and they're so soft-spoken, so shy, and that resonates with me.JS: Even for me as a designer, there's "what Jeff would wear and want to make?" and then there's what my fan base wants to wear and want. If I just said, I'm only going to make things that I would wear, I would be broke.EN: I think in creating comedy, what happens sometimes when people try to service the audience in that way where they go, "This is what I think they think is funny." And I had a friend who was helping coach me in stand up years ago, and I was like, "OK, well this audience will probably want to hear that." And he goes, "Uh uh, you can't think of it that way. You need to tell jokes that you want to tell them that you think are funny."JS: You even have to shift it when you're being public facing, The equivalent for me is my Japanese audience, my French audience, and my New York audience all want different things.EN: Anytime a new comedian comes to Saturday Night Live, it's part of their job to figure out how to marry their comedic voice to that of the show…[and] I don't know that there's a time when you go, "I finally nailed it!" I think it's week by week. If we were getting paid by the sketch, a lot of people would be broke.[Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_25694071711225232340266965252569256969712661_0_89538b8535e574282a0331d1416dd966.jpg?o=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&h=174210d7673f94de4701ba64a78193ab)
![@djjazzyjeff inspired us today: "When I was 14, my mom used to let me set up on the dining room table. I wanted to make sure that whatever I did was acceptable to her ears. If my mom didn’t tell me to stop, then I knew I was doing a good job."On developing taste: "Whenever I scratched, I wanted to do it in the context of the record I was scratching to. That’s where you start to come up with techniques and tastes and flavors. You don’t realize what you’re doing when you’re doing it. It’s only years later when someone tells you you’re responsible for something."On staying productive: "I once read in a book that you should die creatively empty. And I never forgot that. Every piece of music I have inside me, I want to put out and give to somebody."On what excites him about music today: "Back in the day, some of the most creative music, you never actually got a chance to hear, because there were so many middlemen. I never felt like there was anybody on this earth that has the right to tell you 'no' when it comes to your art." — DJ Jazzy Jeff speaking with Mark Wilson (@ctrlzee) at the #FCGrill in Austin, Texas.[Photo: @evoake]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_26692511711169716571712626122669262526402611_0_8b5acc79c64584ba9f1d0b00ffa323ed.jpg?o=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&h=504a28bc32a356c739157e39f1bf474f)
