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The very best stand-up comedy tips on the planet for new comedians!
The very best stand-up comedy tips on the planet for new comedians!
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Im no pro but have always been a happy pereson who loves making people laugh everywhere i go,i have always thought that the true everyday work or family crazy experiences that everyone can relate to are the funniest things ever…I also find myself using a lot of cursing but in a tasteful somewhat way,but not overboard..I also believe that your either funny or your not and i love bringing joy and laughter to everyone i see and have always wanted to try my luck on stage at a open mic because i realy do feel that i truly missed my calling and at age 50 i still have it in me ….
I have a question, when it comes to grading/scoring an open mic show, when should the actual recording start and stop. I started my timer when the MC announced my name and the stopped once the MC started talking after I was done. I had a total show time of 6:47 and a total response time of 1:23. I calculated this to a 20 with 12 seconds average per minute. The audience was smaller around 15 people. While I am getting better, I don’t feel that I am actually a 20. I want to make sure I am not recording audience response where it shouldn’t be credited toward my act.
When evaluating a stand-up comedy set using Comedy Evaluator Pro, you should start the evaluation when you start delivering material and end the evaluation after the last laughs or applause in your set.
You shouldn’t include intros or comments by the MC at the end of your set in your performance eval.
So if the info you provided is correct and you are using the software accurately, your PAR Score (or average seconds of laughter) should actually have been a bit higher for the evaluation you did for that set.
With that said, it appears that you have a pretty solid performance benchmark (especially with an audience size of just 15) and should continue to tighten and adjust your material smartly in order to generate an average of 18 seconds of laughter per minute (PAR Score 30).
That’s not an impossible feat. I have had students score a 42 (25 seconds of laughter per minute) with just 20 people in the audience (properly seated of course).
Is there a ratio of practice time to actual performance time? Example for a 5 minute set you should have X minutes of practice time to prepare for the set. Is there a different ratio for initial and professional?
There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to rehearsal. However…
Until a comedian has “core” material that is proven and works with consistency, I recommend that comedians spend at least 20 minutes of rehearsal for every 5 minutes of material per rehearsal session.
And until the material is down pat and delivered naturally, I recommend as many rehearsal sessions as needed prior to a performance in order to deliver new material professionally — before it is ever exposed to an audience.
Great Thanks