Many people are under the impression that the process for generating laughter while giving a presentation or speech is somehow vastly different from delivering stand-up comedy. This notion is FALSE. The comedy mechanics for generating audience laughter are exactly the same as those needed for stand-...
Sandler did his first stand-up at 17 at an open mic in Boston. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 Rodgers said that Hawk suggested McAfee as an emergency fill-in for a golf tournament team, and McAfee agreed to do it even while in the midst of a stand-up comedy tour. Jr...
So I figured that taking a shot at stand-up comedy couldn’t really be that hard.I remember vividly what I was thinking when I first made the decision to become a stand-up comedian: “All I had to do was write some jokes, tell them on stage and soon I would be discovered!And it ...
And unfortunately, most people who attempt to teach stand-up comedy do so from the perspective that anyone can learn stand-up comedy whether they actually have comedy talent or not, much like anyone can learn to put together a model airplane in a “put peg A into slot B” approach. You ...
Bits is an app for professional stand-up comedians. It’s designed to keep your writing process fast and organized so you can focus on your comedy instead of the…
The Evolution of Me – Life and Stand Up Comedy Stay updated via RSS News February 13th 2016 Shite Iranian Metal Band Arrested #ConfessTheBand #Blasphemy #Islamism Iranian Metal Band ‘Confess’ Arrested for Blasphemy. Being a bit of a Paul Simon, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Clive Dunn sort of a...
For more tips on how to make money in stand-up comedy, check out my book Don’t Wear Shorts on Stage, available in paperback and ebook. (And help me get my self-esteem back!) Returning to the Stage after Quarantine… June 18, 2020 ~ Leave a comment Here’s some advice based on...
Folks wondered if I was nervous. To be honest, I wasn’t really. The audience that comes to a Peer Revue show is not the same as one that goes to a classic standup comedy show: Peer Revue audiences are a combination of fellow STEM professionals and college students who understand that ...
In mid-2017, I participated in the first Australian edition ofSustainable Stand Up. Here is the fruit of the labour: The premise of Sustainable Stand Up National Science Weekwanted environmentalists who had never done stand-up comedy to perform a 5 minute comedy set based on their personal ...
From old-school nightclub veterans to alt-comedy legends, Patton Oswalt to Richard Pryor – our picks for the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.