...With You Choose, his free comedy special debuting today on YouTube, Jolles has taken that sensibility to its logical extreme, creating a “choose-your-own-adventure” approach that required him to record entire sets of jokes on both sides of a string of issues, and give audiences their choice of which side to watch as the show unfolds. ...
In recording the special at a Los Angeles theater, Jolles taped it twice in front of a live audience. One taping featured the “pro” side jokes in a string, followed by an explanation of what’s going on, then the “con” side. The second taping reversed the order. ...
At the end, Jolles reveals “the prestige,” the magician’s term for a trick’s payoff. In his case, it’s the thing he strongly believes in, and for which he’s not working both sides against the middle. And it’s a lesson about what counts. ...