Over the last several years, I have been getting more and more questions from folks who are 40+ years old and wanting to know if stand-up comedy is a viable option for them.
The short answer is this: Not only is a stand-up career viable for older funny people, but they have the absolute biggest market available to entertain—a market that is HUGELY ignored by Hollywood, New York and the comedy club scene.
But before I continue, let me make something perfectly clear…
If TV or movie fame and fortune is your ultimate dream and you want to use stand-up as a vehicle for that, please be aware that you will be taking the “salmon swimming upstream” approach to your stand-up comedy career. It will be even harder for you to crack that nut than for the younger comedians. Read the rest of this entry
About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional
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.
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.
There are a number of very good reasons why you should consider attending a comedy workshop or comedy class, especially at the beginning of your comedy career.
And one of those reasons is NOT to make you funnier. If you have read my work before, then you know that you bring funny to the table—you don’t somehow become magically funny.
But a comedy workshop or comedy class can give you some things that you just can’t get anywhere else, specifically stage time and peer review depending on the class or workshop you attend.
Here’s a brief laundry list of how you can benefit from taking a comedy class or comedy workshop (depending on the curriculum of course): Read the rest of this entry
About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional
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.
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.
If you were looking for stand-up comedy tips of real value…
Please pay close attention. What I am about to share with you is a bit more intense and hard-hitting than the “standard” stand-up comedy tips that you will find online.
Specifically, I want to reveal the 3 most important factors that directly impact how quickly a comedian can “move up the food chain” in the world of stand-up comedy entertainment—factors that come into play whether you are brand new to stand-up comedy or a seasoned veteran.
The speed at which an entertainer can progress as a stand-up comedian is directly affected by these factors: Read the rest of this entry
About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional
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.
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.