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

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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.

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