[tieTYT]

> comedy is most similar to music ... why stand-up comedy is inundated with musical comedians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_comedians

No no no, you've got it all wrong. Comedy is most similar to acting! Look, I found a bigger list than you: http://www.listal.com/actors/comedian/all

Re: musicians. Perhaps that's just because this skill can be directly used on stage. Your entire set can be musical. I can't bring a laptop on stage and program as an entire set. Rather, I've never seen anyone do that. Also, musicians probably already have stage experience.

> Mathematics can provide the latter, but the former takes an approach that goes beyond the mathematical. That isn't to say that great mathematics can't produce great material, but like the mathematics of the Eulers, the Pythagorians, the Euclids, The Turings, and so many others, it takes subverting the problem at a slightly different angle.

What are you basing this off of? If you look at the top tier stand up comedians, they all have a variety of backgrounds.

[nagrom]

> Rather, I've never seen anyone do that. Also, musicians probably already have stage experience.

I've seen this guy do it for music: http://www.computersings.com/

The live experience is actually that he turns up, puts his laptop down and walks away...