Elliott Morgan (2015)

Hi, Bloody lamp! Thank you for watching me on SourceFed and whatever else. My humor has definitely gotten a lot darker. Since kinda falling into the YouTube game, it's been a constant game of "Okay, will people hate me for this joke? Do I care? Is it funny enough? Is it a reflection of my world view or solely done for shock value?" The result has been, as I'm more open about what I find funny, people seem to be more attracted to it. Weird how that works. Like... be yourself or something? Is that the moral? I don't know. This is my first answer, so it's a little longwinded and I apologize for that. The last thing I wanna do is ramble. When I ramble, I accidentally forget put linking verbs, and it just becomes unreadable. I'll try to make sure Id don't ramble or put typos hate tpos

I don't look too far into the future, but a Grammy is obviously next on the docket.

That little dick from Texas.

Also, am I dreaming, or is there a scene in that movie where they're all floating up toward a giant blade that could dice them to pieces? God I love that movie.

Awesome! I love standup so much. I always have, and I view getting to do it as a huge honor, whether it's an open mic or an hour-long special called Premature, available now on Vimeo on Demand.

As for my comedic inspirations, I don't think I'll shock anyone by listing some names: Pete Holmes, John Mulaney, Bo Burnham, Steve Martin, Joel McHale, and Bill Burr. There's kind of this generation of comedians who I love watching grow and try new things. They really inspire me. Mulaney got flack for his show, but he was really experimenting with it. That spirit of doing an old thing slightly differently is super cool to me. And Gallagher.

Always Gallagher.

Closed door writing room times. We were all going mildly crazy there, and that insanity manifested itself in all sorts of ways.

I believed, behind closed doors, I'd pretend to be a mentally challenged stripper and give someone a lap dance. Joe and I would find horrendous, disgusting, vile photos on the Internet and send them to Steve with captions like "New Breaking Bad news!" or something, and it would be a photo of... stuff I refuse to conjure in my memories.

Holy shit, Steve. Lunch is like this weird challenge for me. It's the one meal that actually affects my day. So I try to eat something healthy. But honestly, I'm a sucker for fast food. But lunch is just this forgettable meal, what is it even trying to be? Do you ENJOY it or do you just eat something to stay alive? That's the conundrum. I will probably eat a roast beef sandwich today. That'll do.

My back starts kind of hurting around 3PM, so I force myself to stand up. Fun fact: Tylenol doesn't work on bed sores! HEY OH!

Great question! This is a tough one to answer, because I'm not sure how I feel about the phrase "to this point." I think this industry is full of ups and downs, and I accepted that when I moved to Los Angeles five years ago. So "this point" kind of implies a solid trajectory, and I try to avoid that mentality in this industry. Otherwise you go crazy panicking about "what's next," etc.

THAT SAID, and let me just say that there's a chance this could sound egotistical. I do NOT mean it that way, I promise. I would never diminish or try to downplay the role having an audience has played in my fun little journey. I'm eternally thankful and amazed anyone watches my stuff.

That said, I do believe good stuff would have still happened, yes. In an alternate universe, with no YouTube audience, I do believe good things would have happened. It would look different, for sure, and it might have taken a little longer, but I think it would have happened. I'd also probably have two penises, because this is an alternate universe we're talking about, and you don't know how many penises I have in that universe, let alone how many Twitter followers.

In this universe, I have one penis and a nice group of people who support what I do. I hope they like the special and we can all keep having fun together. :)

Hey, man! Hi to your girlfriend and good luck to her on finals. I remember those. #itgetsbetter

I appreciate the nice words about The Study. The Study was a fun show, and I belieeeeve we're doing more. There's talk of Elliott C. Morgan losing all his money, going to prison, etc. We'll have fun with it.

I think a lot of what I do creatively is reactionary to what I've been doing. So Happy Hour lost jump cuts and didn't use a teleprompter. The Study was a character-driven satire, because everything prior had been very strict hosting. The character of Elliott C. is very much me (just awfuler), but the idea behind the show was to make an ambiguous show. Like, I wanted there to be kernels of morality and rightness in the horrible things he was saying.

Whether that came across, who knows. We'll figure it out. Or we won't. That's always fun, too. :)

Also, yes, please indulge when you're ready! I will say it's a very chill comedy special. Someone else said it was good for unwinding. That's a very nice compliment. Good luck man!

I quit SourceFed and started doing stand-up. I bribed a series of higher-ups in showbusiness. I started doing cocaine, so I'd fit in with a lot of other budding stand-up comedians. I sold one half of my soul (other half is for a sitcom later). I performed a sexual flavor, which is like a sexual flavor, but... banana-flavored. Haha, I just made myself smile at how stupid this answer is. I'm so sorry. Epic fail here. Please forgive me.

Even effed up the flavor joke. Nice, Elliott. elliottmorganspecial.com

1. I go between gross Pizza Hut, with pepperoni, bacon, and onions, dipped in ranch, with whiskey/coke on the side. After that, I enjoy a nice dessert of regret and self-hatred.

2. Gilligan has bitches swoonin', so he's fine.

The thing I go between is, uh, this place called PizzaRev/Pizza Studio. Like a Subway but for pizza. I put jalapenos, and spicy topping, and then sriracha all over it. Not gonna even check if that's the right spelling of sriracha. Can't be right.

I don't really like ice cream. SORRY. I AM AN ARTIST AND ECCENTRIC. FEIF4DDJEHEJWHFYY8

Seriously though there's a scene in Friends, where Ross is explaining why he doesn't like ice cream, and he whimpers, "It's too COLD!" And I agree.

Hey, great question! The folks at Supergravity Pictures have been absolutely incredible, and I'm not just saying that because they set up this AMA. They've given me such a huge amount of support that it's really comforting.

As for the jokes themselves, I think any standup imagines a special at some point. So I guess the jokes came the first time I did an open mic. WHICH WAS TERRIBLE BY THE WAY. :)

Thank you.
They approached me, and I pitched it to them. I knew the stand-up special was coming, so I wanted to rebrand myself on the platform I started on.
I'd say the odds are REAL GEWD.

Yes! Haha, funny you say that... TGS is alive and well. We're just working on REALLY improving it.

Leave please.

I swear to god.

Leave.

I KNOW! It cracks me up. Like, I doubt he'd even recognize me, because I'm making such a weird face, but man....

Him using my face as a meme is like... I don't know. It's like a microcosm for the randomness of the whole internet. I love it.

No idea. But it's the best thing ever when I see that on my feed.

Read this as "smell like," and had so, so many questions....

When Steve Martin replied to one of my tweets.

Favorite is always changing. Devotion, You Gave Your Love To Me Softly, Say It Ain't So, Hash Pipe (come at me!), and Had It Up To Here.

I like you as a person, as well! I mean, I don't know you, but you like me, and isn't that the most important thing to us humans? With our constant need for validation and approval?

ANYWAY. I'm excited to find out what's next. Ideally, yes, I'd be doing more television. I'll never stop YouTube, but I love television. Like, honest to God, I'd kick an actual baby for a role in the next season of Fargo. KICK.

A.

BABY.

Joel McHale.

For Fargo, I'd kick a baby. For a YouTube show? I don't know, be zany?!

Go do theatre, man! I miss it so much. Study acting. Read about it. Oh, and write stuff! Have fun with it. I'm super, legitimately excited for you. :)

Hey, Costa Rica! My only advice is to ONLY create stuff you a) think is funny and b) haven't seen a thousand times. Good luck! Have fun! Life is fun!

UPC was my favorite thing, too! So thanks! UPC was more an homage to The Soup. The Study was more an homage to the dark recesses of my brain, and also, like, "If I do this, maybe they'll be more receptive to my standup special." Or maybe not! WHO KNOWS!

Thank you SO MUCH for watching it! Seriously!

Next is touring, and I'm shhh working on a web series with my writing partner, Jon De Weerd, starring myself, Lee Newton, and Joe Bereta. Not gonna lie, I think it's some of the funniest stuff we've written.

Besides that, I wanna get better at hosting, stand-up, and I had a dream last night someone told me I should lose four pounds, so maybe I'll try that. Oh, and a grammy.

Hmm... album? Wow. The Blue Album, Automatic For The People... Want One by Rufus Wainwright. Hard to pick a favorite ALBUM! Man, so many factors.

My favorite song ever is Go Or Go Ahead by Rufus Wainwright and it has been since I was like 17. See? If I don't know an answer to your question I'll just answer an entirely different question.... MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

Is that... Amazon board room guy? Hahaha

Depends on what part of The Study. Are you talking about the "contractual oblination" segment? Or the racist, sexist, awful rest of the video?

Either way, 100%.

He's a maltipoo, which is a cross between a-- wait a minute. Watch the special!

Hey! Thanks for being here! And for watching stuff! Mashable was a great experience--those folks are amazing. My favorite part of Florida is Sarasota and those keys. Longboat Key, Siesta Key. Grew up every year going to Longboat and still go back most years. It's beautiful and eery. Read Duma Key by Stephen King, dude! So good.

Cheap?! Heck nah. His style makes for, uh, how you say... better videos? haha

Haha, there's no shaking off the vestiges of belief systems we were raised with. I have some stuff on the Bible in the special. You should check it out, it's available exclusively and ONLY on Vimeo on Demand right now.

If a plant is growing because we're talking to it, it's probably doing so out of fear. "Crap... there's a human near me. I thought I was in a damn meadow. I better grow as quickly as possible because these idiots kill my kind by the forests-full."

"Depression" is a strong word. I've spoken on depression on Happy Hour and was certainly not in a good mental place through much of that time, but I've never been, like, diagnosed or anything, and I don't believe that's really what it was. I'd hate to self-diagnose like that.

I think, like a lot of people, I just have low lows. Nowadays when that happens, I try to consume as much as possible. Books, podcasts, youtube videos. I try to fill my brain. I also have other habits that aren't as healthy, like drinking scotch or killing pedestrians in my car.

Gungor's new album, FOR SURE.

Fun question, and big fan of your username.

It took me a little longer to find my voice. I think the missing factor was always that I cared too much. So when I stopped caring, it all happened more naturally. The same can be said for stand-up. The power to not give a shit about what others think is possibly the single greatest power a human can achieve.

Or so I've heard, and if you disagree, please let me know, and I'm SO SORRY if you think I'm wrong, seriously, so sorry, oh my god I'm embarrassed

(I'm finding many of my answers are structured the same way: sincerity, followed by a classic betrayal. It's like longwinded 'I see what you did there' stuff.)

No such thing.

My bad, dude! I've been moving all around. So, no, it's not in the mail. But I love you. So.