WARNING: This episode may inspire you to work harder.
George Hayward is a brilliant guy and a brilliantly original comedian. I met him at a favorite open mic at @PineBoxRockShop run by @steve_malden and @bobby.condon.
George is very smart and talented, but his work ethic is a super power with his LASER FOCUS on standup is phonomenal.
George has quite a life story. His mother is black, his father is white. Education was the top priority in his family, George is a testament to that. He got a full scholarship to Phillips Exeter Academy, then a BA from Harvard and a AB/JD degree from Stanford.
Here's a story about how a kid who once thought he might become an astrophysicist, put himself through a rigorus education and found himself exceeding at standup. George has been on many prestigious New Faces shows and is well on his way to a thriving standup career. Not bad for a guy who's been in NYC for only a year.
Here's some of the videos we discuss in this session:
Take Ya Time: George Hayward Live From Pine Box | Stand-up Set 14:00
George Hayward Delivers The Good News in 1997 First Communion 1:04 ( Clip of George lecturing as a child )
The Good News: George Hayward Addresses the 1Ls at Stanford Law School 25:00 The 25 min set to the Stanford law students that started it all
Talk to Em: George Hayward Addresses the MBAs at Stanford Business School 1:10:24 - the 60-min set with no previous open mics that started George on his professional path
