Essential for the aspiring comic or the working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy is the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on the art of the stand-up comedian.
About the Author
Greg Dean is a former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown, a street performer, and a regular at the Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Through his popular “Stand-Up Comedy Workshop” at the Santa Monica Playhouse, Dean has worked with many of today’s top comics. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
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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.
The whole concept of tightening stand-up comedy material is simple — tweaking your material get the most (or biggest) laughs possible for each and every performing minute.
But what kind of tweaking can you do to tighten your stand-up comedy material?
Let’s assume that you have your stand-up comedy material or jokes written out word for word on paper or on your word processing program.
Here’s a process you can use to squeeze the most laughs out of your stand-up comedy material, provided that you video or audio record your performances. This way, you can associate laugh levels and frequency with your material as it is written on paper. 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.
A lot of people are under the impression that I am against the use of profanity in a stand-up comedy act. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I do say with maximum repetition that comedians simply cannot work in the higher paying comedy markets with a profane act. But in the more traditional stand-up comedy venues, there appears to usually be no limit on the amount of profanity a comedian uses in their act—provided they are funny and can generate genuine audience laughter.
Notice that I said genuine audience laughter—not that short and uncomfortable nervous laughter that is generated out of shear embarrassment for the comedian.
Here’s what I know beyond a shadow of a doubt about using profanity in a stand-up comedy routine: 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.