In my humble opinion, I believe that there is a serious problem with stand-up comedy nomenclature and the symbolic association with the terminology used to communicate the activities comedians employ to develop their stand-up comedy material.
Specifically, I am referring to the term “comedy writing”.
I have come to despise term “comedy writing” and try to avoid using it, even though it is thoroughly ingrained in the global psyche of stand-up comedians.
Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and is a globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development and presentation strategies -- for entertainers as well as speaking professionals.
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It doesn’t matter if comedian tries to “write jokes” the hard way or they go with the easier “topic based” comedy material development approach detailed in the Killer Stand-up Comedy System…
A comedian must understand line length and why it plays a critical role in writing or developing tight and well structured stand-up comedy material.
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I’m going to use a YouTube video of a performance by Killer Stand-up comedian Clayburn Cox to provide a case study in word usage for a headliner level stand-up comedy performance.
Here’s some background information that you need to know before I jump into this case study:
1. Audience size, seating and attentiveness will always impact the laughter results a comedian can achieve for any particular audience.
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I can tell by the search terms that people use to find this blog that there continues to be a stream of folks who appear to be looking for the “pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” when it comes to “writing” stand-up comedy material.
One of the frequent search terms that people use to get here is “how to write punchlines”. For those folks who are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that “writing” is the key to being hilarious on stage, may I recommend that you make a small investment in any number of inexpensive books that are available on “writing” stand-up comedy.
Personally, I find the “mainstream” approach to “writing” stand-up comedy material or how to write punchlines much akin to the 1700’s concept of bleeding sick people to remove the evil spirits that cause illness. A lot of people had to croak before that process was chucked into the “this really doesn’t work that good” category.
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In my humble opinion, I believe that there is a serious problem with stand-up comedy nomenclature and the symbolic association with the terminology used to communicate the activities comedians employ to develop their stand-up comedy material.
Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and is a globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development and presentation strategies -- for entertainers as well as speaking professionals.
One of the biggest problems most new comedians encounter is that the “set-ups” to the punchlines in their comedy act are way too long.
