Premium Article Review: Starting Your Stand-up Comedy Act: Your First 60 Seconds

One of the things that I personally struggled with when I started developing stand-up comedy material was getting the big laughs on stage in that most critical time—the first minute on stage.

Every professional comedian will tell you that your first minute on stage is critical and has an impact on the rest of your show.

Unfortunately many aspiring comedians struggle in their first minute on stage, which makes it even harder to gain any momentum for the rest of their show.

I wanted to show folks a step-by-step example of how I would approach my first 60 seconds on the stand-up comedy stage—in the most efficient and effective way possible.

In the Premium Article Starting Your Stand-up Comedy Act: Your First 60 Seconds, I take 2 original comedy bits that I developed and show you how I could use either bit to get a big laugh on stage in about 20 seconds.

Collectively, both of these comedy bits represent a little over a minute of material on stage with 5 good laughs in 60 seconds, without having to rush to get to the punchlines.

NOTE: Even though I am retired from active performing, I still perform at a few private functions over the course of a year.

Here’s what this Premium Article reveals:

1. A complete breakdown of each bit, including time, number of words used and delivery methods for greatest impact

2. How I combined these 2 bits to make a full minute of big laugh comedy material

3. Step-by-step how I would approach delivering this stand-up comedy material in order to get the biggest laughs possible

The information provided in this Premium Article is not available in any of my books.

BONUS: I have also included a bonus section entitled: Getting A Laugh BEFORE You Hit The Stage.

BONUS: The comedy bits that I use in this article are yours to use provided that you recognize that it is not the words that make any bit work, it’s how you deliver your comedy material that really makes it funny or not.

Click here to access this Premium Article.

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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