Tightening Your Stand-up Comedy Material

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.

Here’s a process you can use to squeeze the most laughs out of your stand-up comedy material, provided that you video or audio record your performances. This way, you can associate laugh levels and frequency with your material as it is written on paper.

As you take on the task of tightening your stand-up comedy material, you will only want to work on one minute at a time. For any performance minute, you will want to ask yourself these 4 questions…

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Ultimately, your goal will be to generate 18+ seconds of laughter for each minute you are on stage—that’s headliner level performance, no matter what spot you are in on the performing lineup.

Cheers,
Steve Roye
The Professor of Funny for Money

About the Author/Founder of the SCP Blog

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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