Playing An Ace From A Sleeveless Shirt
It has been a long and exhausting day in more ways than one. I don’t even know where to begin. I should feel euphoric and elated at my accomplishments today, but the game of life is a marathon, not a sprint. Sometimes you are too tired from the distance you’ve covered to appreciate how far you’ve...
Read MoreGroundbreakers or Phonies?
One of the things I was taught early on by my comedy coach was that as comedians, we are not only the funniest people in the room but also the most courageous. We get on stage and tell jokes in front of people we have never met, with the expectation that they will laugh. Lots of people want to be us and a lot of...
Read MoreComedians Are The Bolt Cutters Of Life
If you are a comedian and going through something horrible in your life, you will probably write about it. then you become a person outside of yourself who is viewing what happened. You aren’t in there feeling the emotions, the pain of what happened. It’s like a third-person narrative of your life with...
Read MoreCopy Catter
I just finished watching the great documentary on stand up comedy from several years back. It’s called The Art Of Stand-Up that was produced by the BBC. Watch it on YouTube. For anyone who thinks it’s easy to get on stage and tell jokes, you will see there is a lot to it that the average person does...
Read MoreWhat’s In Your Closet?
My comedy coach told me something a few years ago that I remember but don’t fully put to use. He said if you are trying new material, it’s best if you use your tried and true (audience tested) material at the start of your set, the new in the middle and the tried and true at the end. The reason for this...
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