How Comedy Gets Us Through Dark Times | Liz Miele | TEDxReno

Liz Miele combines jokes and storytelling from her upcoming special "Ghost Of Academic Future" to explore what ghosts and climate change have in common, the hardest part of quarantining, how therapy has helped her communicate in relationships and the real reason she rarely goes to the dentist. Liz Miele is a NYC comedian that has appeared on Comedy Central, FOX, AXS TV, Hulu and NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. She's been featured in The New Yorker, NY Times, Runner's World, Psychology Today and The Guardian. She has several viral videos on KZbin, Instagram and Tiktok including jokes “Feminist Sex Positions,” "Dating Is Harder for Comedians," and "F*ck Finland" She regularly tours internationally and has three albums out including her first, “Emotionally Exhausting” which has over 2 million views on youtube and her most recent special, Self Help Me which has over 1 million views on youtube. / lizmiele Her book "Why Cats Are Assholes" was published March 2021 and she has a weekly podcast with comedian Maria Shehata called 2 Non Doctors. For more info visit her website: Http://www.lizmiele.com This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@ShainAndrews]

Nice job Liz. Crazy how much the audience influences the experience. You got a TEDx under your belt, and I know you still have more in the tank. Go get yours.

[@landinsongs]

A TedX must be a really tough gig, they're there for a different reason than "the usual ones" and in a different mood, I guess. Impressed you did it so well.

[@katiedemingmd2226]

Well done! I had the privilege to watch this live and you were hilarious. I’m so excited for others to see this now that it’s online.

[@davidcurtis7547]

She is the best

[@badger1296]

Liz, you did a FREAKING TED Talk! That's all, I love to point out the obvious.

[@jergervasi3331]

Liz is awesome. I’ve seen her do this act before, and she is just a true professional who is consistent down to the tiniest detail. Always funny and endearing to me, as well.

[@heyLGO]

Such a treat to get to watch this live, and to see it again and it's even funnier (and wiser).

[@ThomasEWalker]

Ayep! Comedy doesn't just get me through 'dark times', tho - comedy gets me through ALL times! Therapists?? WHo can afford therapy? I have comedians... like this one. PS - Look up "2 non doctors", which is Liz and her friend Maria.

[@mousegaia]

My favorite comic in my favorite TED talk!

[@charillagillett9832]

You're one of my favorite comedians now!! I'm sharing your stuff all over! You're Finn but somehow calming too HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Sometimes good enough is good enough. And Liz is always better than we could hope for (:

[@ecsellvideos]

Great talk but an even better human! Well done, Liz.

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

The joke about wanting a 45 year old divorced man with children that drive because Uber is expensive is very old material.

[@BLSChampion]

@@carlgreisheimer8701 ba dum tss! (...because you made it a dad joke... which is now technically a double dad joke.)

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

@@BLSChampion I am just saying it's an old joke. Her stuff is funny as all heck, but she has to get newer material. I know it's not easy thou.

[@active.7universal]

@@carlgreisheimer8701 I noticed most comedians recycle

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

@@active.7universal Yeah, it's not easy writing new stuff that is really good. Some English majors will tell you it is easier to write drama than write comedy.

[@davidcurtis7547]

Love Liz and the Bodega Cats sweatshirt . More Liz please

[@Raphael_NYC]

I have followed you for some time now. You are insighful, funny, and so on the money. Love listening to you. Thank you. raphael nyc

[@David-wo9un]

I can’t get enough of your content; you are so great!

[@youremakingprogress144]

It's a little bit awkward when the audience doesn't realize that the presenter is a comic, and the funny things she's saying are intentional and it's okay to laugh at them. I'm glad they got it, though, because I love Liz Miele.

[@davideller4022]

As small town comic, I appreciate the hustle, because this was a great opportunity to test your comedy special material in front of a non-comedy audience, because my god, I learned nothing other than your material works for an academic audience.

[@edwardcherry7986]

As usual Liz you were great! Can’t wait until you’re back in Boston!

[@dynelol]

LMAO! Now that's solid trolling! This isn't a Ted Talk. It's a 17 minute sneak peek at her new special. Rather than actually get into this subject and do a speech, she just pretended she was at the Comedy Cellar or something. LOL

[@douglasbriel6103]

Best female comedian since Jennifer Saunders. She's gorgeous too.

[@brianoneill3916]

Saw her in a tiny club in Dublin recently - she is fantastic! This seemed like a slightly humourless crowd 😛

[@hermunkulus]

Love Liz

[@johnmrusk]

That was funny! I'm surprised that the audience was so quiet

[@jeffkane221]

Best TedX ever. Wow, tough crowd. Hand sitters with sweaty butts. SMH

[@David-wo9un]

“Bad News Pictures” is hilarious because it’s true; never have been told good news after dental X-rays.

[@DeadheadWoody]

Liz your hilarious and your Hair looked fantastic tonight at the Jukebox ~ Woody

[@Lyonatan]

Wonder if her therapist screend her about ASD cuz she's just like me...

[@kb4640]

"you're 37, why aren't you baked yet?!" Nice

[@dyardsale5475]

I did not know you did one.

[@gameroni7570]

❤️💪

[@roberthunt1540]

Maybe the most intelligent comic on the circuit.

[@rcjr.7725]

Can't wait to see you soon in Detroit you rock and you're so adorable I'd be that couch guy...lol... F the beach

[@IronPunkVids]

I forgot this was a TedTalk

[@intolerant_left]

BODEGA CATS!!!

[@DigitalDuelist]

Reno hosts Tedx talks!?

[@TheJustinJ]

This channel has 36.4M subs. If you want to get your face out there... Its a Helluva swing for the fences.

[@littlemeg137]

With that hair, she looks like Moonunit Zappa

[@jamesthompson7282]

It's a good act, and Miele delivers it well, but it's clearly NOT a comedy club and no one there came prepared to laugh. Oh well. Look up her other vids. Liz is a truly GREAT comic.

[@mcwarren8755]

Dog day Afternoon !

[@kumichooyabun9339]

I know this is wrong of me but, big shout out to the camera person & video editor for the 4:00 mark ❤

[@fistofthenorthstar9010]

falls flat without crowds reaction. i rather prefer the other taping of this special

[@AJ-xm4xc]

I think the entire ted-talk genre is very unnatural, which is why it seems it was more difficult for Liz to connect here, even though the audience was laughing.

[@masonr1666]

I like Liz Miele, but how is this a TED talk? - I kind of wish she would have talked about her struggles with dyslexia, and not do her stand up routine.

[@fredio54]

This was disappointing for me since it was fully her doing a normal standup gig and no additional perspective or context or info about those dark times methods. The segue never came. If you're not familiar with her work this is a decent example of it, but with a drier audience expecting something else. Ha ha.

[@SparkyWrench]

Meh

[@bikebudha01]

Um, this is just the first 17 minutes of one of her comedy sets. While I enjoy her comedy, 'her set' is not really a 'ted talk'....

[@mattgeyer573]

Agreed. I was wondering when she was going to mention why or how comedy gets us through hard times.

[@pest1382]

I think the audience is a little too dense to understand her routine.

[@aarondavid5866]

how much therapy do women need now. even this is emotional vomit over nothing. like your life is good

[@jaclynjaclyn512]

I went to her show last night and in support of her cat issue (saying she lost her cat) I yelled out I can hook u up with a cat. She has the body guard come up to me stops the show and says don’t call out or I can’t tell my joke n if u say one more thing he is gonna deal with you worse than I will” literally in front of everyone. I said 1 thing! She could have said please don’t call out, but no. I struggle with really bad depression anxiety n go to an intensive outpatient program bc I attempted suicide. I go to these feel better, she claims comedy helps depression? How about u treat ur audience kindly bc u never know what they are going through. 2nd she kept telling single joke stories because she claims to currently be single and then makes up a joke about her “current bf” are u single or not? Which means her stories aren’t true and all made up. Then she goes on to tell us she got another cat because hers died and then tells us it died in a month of having it, but doesn’t tell why. Clearly she did something to that cat or doesn’t know how to take care of a cat if she is embarrassed to explain why it passed.

[@SomeGuy-hf4nl]

You should have said zero things during her show. It was the "Liz" show you were interrupting, NOT the "Audience" show. The only thing out of your mouth anyone should be hearing at any comedy show should be laughter and cheering. If you want to help her with her cat issues, try calmly talking with her after the show. Don't just yell out and break her flow the moment an idea form in your mind. Don't be an attention thief. One way to help with that would be to slow down on the drinking, at least whilst in public. How about you treat your host with respect, and have the decency to keep all of your toxic negative thoughts to yourself and your therapist? Perhaps you should show this comment to your therapist? He or she might also agree with me that you were in the wrong, in the wrong to think that you should make yourself a part of her show, and in the wrong to think that it was appropriate for you to go on her KZbin page in attempt to hurt her somehow with your unintelligent psycho babble. SHHHHHHHHHHH 🤫 We're all trying to enjoy ourselves here, and you are ruining it for the rest of us.

[@jaclynjaclyn512]

@@SomeGuy-hf4nl a great comedian works off the crowd. She sucked lol have u ever seen a great comedian? She literally made up stories

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

@Jaclyn Jaclyn she had a boyfriend named Justin up until September 2020. I don't think she has gone out with anyone since. If you take some of the stuff she says on various podcasts or her co-podcast production, "2 non-doctors" on face value, her narrative adds up.

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

@Jaclyn Jaclyn She also lost her cat "PASTA" of 16 years in September, 2021. She then got a kitten in late 2021 but died after short time do to a virus the kills alot of kittens,(not her fault). Now she has a kitten called REVENGE ABS that is growing rapidly. I think R.ABS is about 10 months old now.

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

I have met her in real life by the way.

[@altriego1]

She's bombing pretty bad the 1st minute, I don't think the audience realized she started without them.

[@chrlpolk]

This was a Ted talk? It was awful. The most unfunny I’ve seen her. Even worse than the podcasts where she pretended to be an enthusiast of various things she had never talked about prior, just to promo herself during the pandemic. Her early comedy stuff is fantastic.

[@ShainAndrews]

Believe it or not... the audience has a huge influence.

[@SomeGuy-hf4nl]

Are your negative comments really worth your time or anyone els's? Jesus Christ, get a life, ya pu$$y.