Watch her workshop the final punchlines for her new Netflix special.

NY Times: How Taylor Tomlinson Nailed Her Closing Joke. In this multimedia piece, Jason Zinoman follows the comic as she workshops the final punchlines for her new Netflix special.

One thing that comes across is how much she cares about each word, trimming and adjusting phrases in order to figure out how to make ‘em really pop.

Tomlinson wants to make her closer a relatable story with characters you are invested in. So at her performance in Dallas the next month, she begins fleshing out its concrete details and making it more specific by adding the name of her friend, Courtney.