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Comedy Central Presents

Michael Kosta

Comedy Central · 2011 · 21 min

A former professional tennis player hands out his business cards mid-set.

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Michael Kosta works the room like a guy used to winning, which tracks for a former professional tennis player who topped out at a global ranking of 864. He contrasts the strict physical discipline of a pro athlete with the nocturnal decay of a stand-up comic, working the front row to hand out his business cards to women, along with one specific guy who makes the cut. When he isn’t casually hitting on the audience, he offers highly impractical advice for surviving shark attacks and talking your way out of parking tickets.

Filmed at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York City for season 15 of Comedy Central Presents, the 2011 broadcast catches Kosta a few years into his transition from collegiate tennis coach to Los Angeles comic. He spends the rest of the 21-minute runtime complaining about mothers migrating to Facebook, the realities of dating a vegan, and the lasting indignity of being the youngest child in his family.

The set list

6 bits

  1. Drinking and wearing contact lenses

    Opens the set offering advice on why combining drinking with contact lenses is a terrible idea.

  2. Past career as a high-school, college, and professional tennis player

    Reflects on his athletic history and playfully brings up his tennis trophy.

  3. Being the youngest child in the family

    Argues the youngest child is the funniest child due to being subjected to early torment and dumb nicknames.

  4. Parents wanting to be friends on Facebook

    Rants about mothers ruining their children's lives by being on social media.

  5. Dealing with parking tickets, shark attacks, and crocodile attacks

    Offers survival and administrative advice to the crowd while handing out cards to women in the audience.

  6. Going on dates with vegans

    Breaks down what to do when taking a vegan out on a date.

How it plays

Tone
Playful, observational, and irreverent.
On stage
Confident, athletic, self-referential former pro athlete who doles out advice and flirts with audience members.
Pace
Upbeat, direct, conversational, and audience-interactive.
About
tennis and athletic background, family dynamics and being the youngest child, parents on social media, dating and relationships, animal attacks and life advice

Backstory

Featured on Season 15, Episode 2 of Comedy Central's signature half-hour showcase series Comedy Central Presents, airing in January 2011.

Details

Released
Runtime
21 min
Where
Comedy Central
Topics
After
Comedy For Attractive People (2015)

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