There are two events that always stand out among EVERY comedian who can slay an audience and that is…

Applause breaks and standing ovations. And for the record, applause is a recordable PAR Score event.

I was watching Comedy Central and caught the last part of one comedian’s act when it became glaringly apparent that this comedy star was getting more genuine and lasting applause breaks than I have ever seen in my life.

Who was this comedian? It was none other than comedy ventriloquist Jeff Dunham during his Comedy Central special called Spark of Insanity. Read the rest of this entry

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