There are hordes of prospective comedians who search the Internet night and day looking for the best “joke formulas” to use in order to “write” stand-up comedy material that gets big laughs. They buy book after book and attend expensive stand-up comedy schools and workshops to try to learn and apply “joke formulas”.

If you understand what a joke formula really is, then you will also understand why they are largely ineffective when it comes to developing stand-up comedy material that actually works.

Here’s what you won’t learn from a comedy workshop, comedy school or read from ANY of the popular books on “writing” stand-up comedy material when it comes to joke formulas… Read the rest of this entry

Below is a fantastic comment and real opportunity for me to educate comedians and audience members alike about the simple, yet largely hidden dynamics of stand-up comedy.

I’m talking about secrets that even seasoned comedy professionals don’t know when it comes the relationship between stand-up comedy, television and how ”funny” is actually determined–from an audience reaction stand point and from the comedian perspective.

You won’t find the secrets I’m about to share with you in any government study, university curriculum or in the Killer Stand-up Comedy System. Read the rest of this entry