Comedic pauses are an essential part of stand-up comedy. They can help make your material easier for the audience to understand, create comedic tension before the punchline, and give the audience time to solve your joke and begin laughing. Let’s start off with an example of amazing comedic timing. Notice how the pause directly in …
In this video, Jared discusses the psychology of stage fright, his own stage fright, and how he got over it.
Many comedians grow up using humor as a defense mechanism. In this Q&A video Jared shares his own experience of using humor as a mask and why it’s so powerful when comedians switch from using humor to HIDE their vulnerabilities to using humor to REVEAL them to the world. Sign up to our newsletter to …
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In this lesson, I’ll introduce you to various styles of comedy and give you a few examples of each style in action. Here’s what you need to know before we dive in: You do not have to choose only one of these styles… especially early on. If you still consider yourself a beginner then …
This is a ridiculously awesome way of remembering your set. I’ve been very open about my past struggle with stage-fright and perfectionism. The intense fear I felt early in my career lead me to search for better ways of remembering my material. I developed this strategy for remembering comedy material very early in my career …
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This is easily the best strategy for turning a bombed joke around. “Calling the moment” is a way of saving jokes that was popularized by Johnny Carson. The brilliance of Johnny Carson was that he could get just as many (if not more) laughs from a bombed joke than a good one. Calling the moment …
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Take a look at the stand-up comedians that you are a big fan of. What do they all have in common? Aside from the ability to get laughs and high creativity… each one of them uses stand-up comedy as an art form of self-expression. What happens when a comedian DOESN’T use stand-up comedy as self-expression? …
Comedian Charisma Why are some audiences willing to follow a comedian to the ends of the Earth while others have the most difficulty even getting a few fans? A part of it is simply charisma. And the good news is that charisma isn’t something you’re born with. It’s a skill. You don’t have to change …
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One of the most important stand-up comedy tips you can apply if your learning how to be a comedian is to use gestures effectively. Effective gesturing communicates more than just words alone. In fact, 93% of communication is non-verbal. This stand up comedy tip will communicate over 14 times more in the same amount of …
