One big problem that many new comedians have is called “running over laughs”. What this means is that the comedian starts into their next bit before the audience has finished laughing at the last bit.

There are a number of reasons for this—nervousness or desperation to taste or sustain laughter momentum comes to mind first.

Another reason is that comedians who have 7 minutes of stand-up comedy material and are given a 5 minute performing spot can’t seem to figure out that they need to leave some of their comedy material out of the 5 minute set.

So they just talk faster and rush through their act, trying to squeeze the entire 7 minutes in and ultimately running over laughs in the process. Read the rest of this entry

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