In order to understand what a PAR Score is, you need to know what PAR is.
PAR is an abbreviation for Positive Audience Response, which is laughter, cheering or applause.
So in order to understand what a PAR Score is as it applies to stand-up comedy performances is very easy, if you understand that there are only two things that happen when a comedy performer is on stage:
- The comedian or comedy entertainer is talking or…
- The audience is laughing (or cheering or applauding). Each of these events is measurable on a minute by minute basis. 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.
Since my patent-pending Comedy Evaluator Pro software was launched in 2003, I have had a number of critics over the years verbalize their disdain about my software (some rather caustically I might add) and comment on how measuring audience response (i.e. laughter generation ability) is not a valid or acceptable means of evaluating a comedian.
I have to say that I find those sorts of comments completely laughable and I rate them highly among the most ridiculous conspiracy theories.
But I also know that once the stand-up comedy documentary I Am Comic is finally released for public consumption, the number of critics with the same sorts of nescient comments will increase dramatically.
So, instead of merely recommending that these critics look into getting a belly button window installed so that they can see out, I have decided instead to provide a bit of education for these folks in this blog post about my software — specifically, what it can do and what it can’t do. 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.
Below is a fantastic comment and real opportunity for me to educate comedians and audience members alike about the simple, yet largely hidden dynamics of stand-up comedy.
I’m talking about secrets that even seasoned comedy professionals don’t know when it comes the relationship between stand-up comedy, television and how ”funny” is actually determined–from an audience reaction stand point and from the comedian perspective.
You won’t find the secrets I’m about to share with you in any government study, university curriculum or in the Killer Stand-up Comedy System. 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.