In this video, Jared talks about what it means to “Shape your comedic space.” Want to learn how to write stand-up comedy stories? Check out our Playfully Inappropriate and the Playfully Inappropriate Workbook on Amazon.
What makes for the best punchline isn’t as straightforward as people thought. The Surprise Hypothesis, which posits that jokes become funnier as the punchline becomes more surprising or unpredictable, has largely failed empirical research. Even weirder, results suggest that less-surprising punchlines are often funnier. While counter-intuitive, it makes sense once you dig a little deeper.
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 the
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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. Got questions about how to be a comedian or write funnier jokes? Sign up for our newsletter and let Jared know.
In this video, Jared discusses the psychology of stage fright, his own struggle with stage fright, and how he ultimately 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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Why Is Point-Of-View So Important In Comedy? In this lesson, we’re going to explore why POV plays such a huge role in comedy. I stumbled across so many great strategies for POV Humor while creating this lesson. But in this lesson, I want to focus on the big picture. So we’ll look at how POV
How Jokes Work (From the Audience’s Perspective) As you’ll see, comedic conflict and joke-telling are not completely inseparable. A joke is simply a setup/punchline structure that is designed to create a comedic conflict. All jokes create comedic conflict, but not all comedic conflict is created from jokes. Understanding comedic conflict greatly increases your repertoire as
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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 play
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Comedic Conflict is easily the most important topic in comedy. When you understand Comedic Conflict, you understand the single-most important tool in every comedian’s toolbox. There aren’t any “exceptions to the rule” with Comedic Conflict (unlike joke-structures). It’s easy to see examples of Comedic Conflict throughout stand-up, improvisational comedy, sketch comedy, TV, movies, and even
