Monday, February 8th, 2010 at
10:24 am
I will have to do this properly over two posts because…
The income differences between income for comedy club comedians versus corporate type comedy work is strikingly different. So, for this article, I am going to focus on work in the comedy clubs and what you can expect for pay in those environments.
You probably won’t get any pay until you reach the level of opening act. The pay?
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at
10:25 am
Here’s the first rule I have when it comes to showing folks how to write stand-up comedy material:
Don’t try to “write” anything. Weird, huh?
I say that because before you “write” anything, you need to have a good idea of what you want to talk about on stage. This is probably the most important step that is largely overlooked by most people as they sit down and attempt to write something “funny” from thin air that may or may not be funny from an audience perspective.
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at
9:28 am
For those who want to learn stand-up comedy rapidly…
I would be making use of online tools that you have at your disposal now. One of those tools is YouTube and if you know how to use it, you can really shave a ton of time off what it takes to get into your zone.
Since so many accomplished comedians have videos on YouTube, here’s how I would use these videos to my advantage…
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at
9:22 pm
The whole concept of tightening stand-up comedy material is simple—tweeking your material get the most (or biggest) laughs possible for each and every performing minute.
But what kind of tweeking can you do to tighten your stand-up comedy material?
Let’s assume that you have your stand-up comedy material or jokes written out word for word on paper or on your word processing program.
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at
8:55 am
I just read an article concerning the boom in stand-up comedy, parts of which really rubbed me the wrong way.
The title of the article is called: It’s no joke: Recession turns folks into comedians. Click here to review this article for yourself.
What I am going to do in this blog post is to identify that information which I believe to be accurate and also identify that information which I believe to be absolutely false or misleading. Portions of the article in question are provided in italics below.
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