In my professional opinion, attitude and perception play a huge role in a comedian’s ability to generate big laughs on stage.
There are many comedians, especially new ones who go on stage to give the best performance that they can. Unfortunately, that tends to cause the comedian to believe that they need to be some larger than life figure on stage—a special character who is embraced by the audience.
First of all, a comedian does not have to become some special character. Each person has their own unique sense of human and style of communicating with others. No special “character development” is required.
But I want to expand upon the term “performance”. I submit to you that if a comedian is thinking in terms of giving a performance, they are thinking like an audience member instead of thinking like a comedian. Read the rest of this entry
About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional
Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.
For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.
Before I introduce you to rising comedian Clayburn Cox, let me say this:
One of the questions that I know many people have on their brain once they have visited my website or will ask me directly is “Does the Killer Stand-up Comedy Systemreally work?”
That’s not a hard question for me to answer. My response to that frequently asked question has been and will always be:
“If you are truly a naturally funny person in everyday life, you have a sense of humor that translates well to a general audience AND you are willing to truly work at honing your comedic abilities for the stage—I challenge you to find ANY system or process that can give you real and measurable results faster than the Killer Stand-up Comedy System.”
But I am fully aware that the statement above will never be as powerful coming from me as actually SEEING real results for yourself.
Now, let me introduce you to comedian Clayburn Cox.
Clayburn is a high school teacher in Auburn, Alabama—a city of just over 58,000 people. And he did something that I don’t usually get access to when comedians contact me, which is…
He sent me links to YouTube videos of his stand-up comedy performances BEFORE and shortly AFTER using the Killer Stand-up Comedy System.
YouTube Video #1
Clayburn Cox had been performing stand-up comedy for less than 6 months and WAS NOT using the my system when the video you are about to review was produced—it was recorded in July 2009.
His PAR Score in this first video is right around 25 (which is pretty darned good for someone who has been performing for less than 6 months):
YouTube Video #2
Now, let’s take a look at comedian Clayburn Cox AFTER using the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and a very brief phone call from me about long set-ups and avoiding running over laughs.
The video you are about to review was recorded in October 2009—just 3 months after the previous video.
This performance was recorded at a comedy competition (he took 2nd place) and the PAR Score for this performance is about 42 (that’s a comedy star level performance—click here to see the PAR Scores of the comedy stars):
This performance level resulted in a week of opener work at the comedy club hosting the comedy competition.
The bottom line:
If you ask me if the Killer Stand-up Comedy System really works or not, don’t take my word for it. Just compare the before and after YouTube videos of Clayburn above.
Or just go directly to the source and ask comedian Clayburn Cox himself, who I strongly suspect that you will be seeing more of in the near future based on his stand-up comedy skill. His website is http://www.clayburncoxcomedy.com/.
Fair enough?
Cheers,
Steve Roye
The Professor of Funny for Money
About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional
Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.
For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.
In my professional opinion, attitude and perception play a huge role in a comedian’s ability to generate big laughs on stage.
Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site. 
Before I introduce you to rising comedian Clayburn Cox, let me say this: