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Caitlin Peluffo on What Makes a Great Comedian

4 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Caitlin Peluffo observes that many comedians appear broken, but the truly successful ones—those who sustain a career for ten years or more—are overwhelmingly emotionally healthy and self‑aware. She notes that long‑term professional stand‑up comedians tend to go to therapy, work through personal issues, and avoid projecting their problems onto the audience. According to Peluffo, making comedy a lasting career requires self‑awareness and accountability. By contrast, she characterises open‑mic performers as “rough around the edges,” implying they often lack the emotional maturity and professional polish of seasoned comedians.

There's something a little broken about a lot of comedians. A lot of them, but the really good ones, you know, the ones that continue to do it after 10 years plus, are 9 times out of 10 really, really nice, really adjusted, go to therapy, figure out their shit, don't put their shit on you. If you want to make this a career, you have to have some sort of self-awareness and, uh, accountability. And so I will say open micers, rough. Professional stand-up comedians, awesome.