I want to talk about a Killer Stand-up Comedy System user named Roger who recently started using Comedy Evaluator Pro to help him improve his stand-up comedy performances.

Well, guess what?

His initial PAR Score was 15.  Well, by using Comedy Evaluator Pro to evaluate his stand-up comedy act, in just 2 performances…

He has managed to increase his PAR Score by 25% (it’s now at 20).

In other words…

He got 25% “funnier” — in 2 performances. That’s pretty darn incredible if you ask me — provided the software was being used properly.

So, I want to caution anyone using my Comedy Evaluator Pro software to evaluate your own act because… Read the rest of this entry

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One of the most common “syndromes” among comedians that I see is lack of consistency with their “A-List” material.

In a perfect world, we would like our stand-up comedy material to kill the audience 100% of the time. But this is not a perfect world and every comedian, no matter how consistent or effective can have an off day (kind of sounds like working a day job, huh?)

But there are factors that a comedian can be aware of that absolutely affect their performance, some of which are within the control of the comedian themselves.

Before I jump into the meat of this article, let me say that your ability to entertain an audience at the highest level of your ability depends on the fact that you have an audience in the first place (not 3 people) and that they are paying attention to what you are saying. Read the rest of this entry

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I want to talk briefly today about “progress indicators”.

I had one major goal every single time I performed on the stand-up comedy stage. And that was…

Make it hard, if not impossible for a comedian to follow me at the same level.

Well, I was able to meet that goal over and over again. As a matter of fact…

There were headliners that did not want me on their show for that very reason.

But I made an interesting observation along the way… Read the rest of this entry

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