2023-10-27 02:10:45
In a rare TV appearance, comedian Mike Ward visited his longtime friend Martin Matte on Thursday evening on the set of his talk show. He made some confidences, revealing in particular who had been the worst guest of Listening and how much his podcast earns him monthly.
Relaxed and smiling, the comedian who stands out both on the French-speaking and English-speaking scene revealed to Martin Matte, during the segment Questions regarding a boxmake five figures monthly thanks to his podcast Mike Ward: Listeningwhich is closer to $50,000 than $100.
The worst guest he would have received at the Brothel would be Sébastien Bourgeault. “Every time he comes, it’s a disaster and then it becomes fun, but the first hour is always heavy,” Mike Ward said during this segment.
The success of Listening
“It was really the internet that really gave birth to me. Even in the beginning, before there was high-speed internet, I put [en ligne] audio extracts in MP3. It took 20 minutes to “download” a one minute MP3. It made no sense,” first said the 50-year-old comedian who now earns a very good living with the spinoffs from his podcast.
He also returned to the genesis of this project, which began following a fan from New Brunswick, who had won a competition to have a private Mike Ward show, introduced him to podcasts. The comedian admitted to having then fallen under the spell of podcasting.
“I said to myself ‘I would love to do that. The technology is there, I’m going to put on a ‘show'”. I have always liked Quebec comedians, but I find that comedians are funnier “backstage” than on stage. I thought it was going to be fun to hear the world as they are backstage,” explained Mike Ward.
His podcast first started on Skype before conquering YouTube and other podcasting platforms. To this day, the comedian holds a number of records, including the Guinness record for the greatest number of tickets sold to attend the recording of an episode.
Martin Matte wanted to highlight, Thursday evening, the great generosity of his friend whom he knew at the National School of Humor in the early 1990s, returning in particular to his initiative to build and offer tiny houses to itinerant. An initiative that the City of Montreal had refused in the middle of winter.
The two men also introduced a new segment, “The Mike is right”, where two people from the audience had to correctly identify the price of items purchased by Mike Ward. They then spent quality time with Marylène Gendron, who made fun of them.
Martin Matte and direct is presented from Espace St-Denis every Thursday, from 9 p.m. on TVA. Next week, Martin will receive Anne Dorval.
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