How to Crush It on Stage: The 3 Pillars of Stand-Up Comedy Success If you want to learn how to be a comedian and write stand-up comedy that will crush it on stage, then you need to master the three essential pillars of stand-up comedy success. These pillars are being funny, being unique, and being …
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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 …
Here’s a YouTube video of my recent interview with the Clean Comedy Podcast. Luke and James do great work putting on this show every week. You can find The Clean Comedy Podcast on Youtube or you can listen on your favorite podcasting app. You can also check out my earlier interview with them from Dec. …
First, quietly and respectfully ask other comedians if they agree with you. It’s not about accusing anyone. It’s about making sure that you’re justified in calling it a “theft.” If others feel reasonably certain that another comedian is using your material, then you can try talking to the accused thief. If you believe that …
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Why is it that so many professionally funny people get their start in stand-up? In this video, Jared discusses why learning stand-up comedy is so important to actors, screenwriter’s, improvisational comedians, and other comedy professionals. Have a question? Sign up for our newsletter and let Jared know.
Want to learn how to become a professional comedian? Here are 50 time-tested stand-up comedy tips that will help you build a solid career in comedy. While there are hundreds of comedy tips to choose from, applying these 50 stand-up comedy tips are going to help you at every level of your comedy career. …
Sometimes, a comedian is the only sane person in a room because he’s the only person willing to question the obvious and so reveal the false as false. In short, comedians have always been great at calling B.S. For professionals (or aspiring pros) who depend on questioning everything and looking at old ideas in a …
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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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Facebook is one of the most important tools for comedian marketing. Even so, many comedians aren’t using Facebook to it’s full potential. Comedians have the opportunity to use it, and other social media outlets, to network with other comedians in town, out of state, and across the globe. A stand-up comedian’s success is directly related …
