Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
10:34 am
If you think that you need a hundred or two hundred performances before you can deliver a headliner level performance, then you might want to check out Killer Stand-up comedian Wendy Bax.
Wendy is a 42 year old stay-at-home mom based in Portland, Oregon who had been told for years that she should take a shot at stand-up comedy. In June of 2008 she attended the Christian Comedy Association Conference and it was strongly recommended by top comedians at the conference that she get her hands on the Killer Stand-up Comedy System.
In July 2008, she started working with my system. By April of 2009, Wendy began performing with a local comedy group in Portland called “TIME OUT! The Mother of All Comedy Shows”. Her first performance with that group was only her fifth time on stage.
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at
6:00 pm
Please note: The review for this advanced Premium Article can be found here.
For those who are seriously trying to learn stand-up comedy, you should be very much aware that your first minute on stage is critical—it sets the pace for the remainder of your stand-up act, whether you are performing for 3 minutes or 60 minutes.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at
5:47 pm
Assuming that you have already scoped out a comedy open mic venue and you know the rules for getting stage time there…
You may be wondering what you can do to be your best on stage.
Here are five tips I would use myself to prepare for my first open mic, if I had it to do all over again:
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at
5:47 pm
The following is an article from a source not affiliated with this blog that attempts to provide useful stand-up comedy tips. My comments are provided in bold below.
>> Begin Article <<
People say you’re funny. You’re always making people laugh. It’s something you enjoy doing and when people laugh it is the ultimate reward. You fell like you understand comedy, and now you want to take it to the next level by becoming a professional comedian.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at
7:18 am
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.
Let me start off by saying this…
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