June 4, 2025

Will the real stand-up please stand up

  • The Current
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After Google’s Veo 3 model took big leaps in its ability to create sync sound and speaking characters, Mocean's Chief Creative + Marketing Officer took on a new experiment: get Veo 3 to create part of a live stand-up comedy special, with location and character consistency that feels unmistakably real.

Check out the end result on Greg Harrison's Substack and learn how he dialed in performance and coverage with a range of prompts, a variety of weird outtakes, and lots of editing.