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Greg Dean has the longest running stand-up comedy school in America, since 1982. Dean has over twenty-five years experience teaching stand up comedy workshops and is the author of the book Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy.

 

Greg Dean

The Dean Of Comedy

 


Dean has innovated what may be the only technique-based approach to learning standup comedy. This sets him apart from all other comedy school instructors who only teach you their opinion of what the instructor thinks is funny. His stand up comedy workshop brings out your individual sense of humor. Dean also teaches something only professional comedians know...being funny pays.

Free Stand-Up Comedy Class

You know you are funny. You probably make people laugh on a daily basis. So why aren't you getting paid for it? This is your chance to really appreciate just how good you can be. . .FREE. . .as you learn from the top comedy teacher in the country. Learn to write a joke in just five minutes. It's easy...all you have to do is show up!

 

Next Free Comedy Class – Thursday Feb. 18th
Class Hours 7:00pm - 10:00pm
From 7:00pm - 8:30pm You May Sit in FREE!

$50 Discount on Beginner Stand-Up Comedy Workshop with $100 Deposit on or Before Feb. 21st. Sign Up Online Now and Save!

Get on the Confirmation List: E-mail gregdean@stand-upcomedy.com or Call 323-464-4355.

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Beginner Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

In this comedy workshop, Dean teaches you the fundamental skills, principles, and techniques used by great stand-up comedians. This puts you in control. His approach will cut four to six years off your development time as a stand-up comedian.

● Joke Writing – Five Ways to Generate Stand Up Material

● Eliminating Self-Criticism – Be Free to Play

● Overcoming Stage Fright – Turn Fear into Funny

● Visualization Memory – Stop Trying to Remember the Words

 

Next Beginner Stand-Up Comedy Workshop – Monday Feb. 22

Tuition: $395

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Sit In a Comedy Class - First Half Free - Monday Feb. 22nd
To Get on the Confirmation List: Email gregdean@stand-upcomedy.com or Call 323-464-4355

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A comedy class that works to help get on a comedy stage!

 

 

 

Advanced Stand-up Comedy Workshop

In this comedy workshop, Dean teaches advanced writing and performing techniques. You will perform a seven minute show at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. Free recording of your show. (Prerequisite: Beginner Workshop)

 

Routine Construction – Work at Five Laughs per Minute

● Joke Tagging – Add Jokes to Your Jokes

● Microphone Technique – Avoid Amateur Mistakes

● Riffing – Make Jokes Talking with the Audience

 

Next Advanced Stand-Up Comedy Workshop – Tuesday Feb. 16th or Wed Feb. 17th

Tuition: $395 Sign Up Online Now!
Beginner Workshop Required Before Taking Advanced Workshop

Discount: $100 Off for every student you get to sign up for Beginner Stand-Up Comedy Workshop

Contact Us: Email gregdean@stand-upcomedy.com or Call 323-464-4355

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Greg Dean – The Dean of Comedy

 

 

Dean moved to Hollywood California to do stand-up comedy in such venues as the Comedy Store where he became a paid-regular. At the Comedy Store, he also helped to develop an evening of improvisation and sketch comedy. He organized his own improv troop, Good Co., which included Andy Garcia. The Comedy Store sent him to La Jolla, California to work on a similar evening of comedy, where he met and trained Whoopi Goldberg. He was then offered the dubious pleasure of being the opening act for the male exotic dancers at Chippendale's, which he did for the next three and a half years. In 1986, Dean briefly reunited with his comedy pal, Michael Davis, to appear as a special guest on Saturday Night Live and Parade of Stars. Since Parade of Stars was a Vaudeville show, Dean fulfilled the lifelong dream of playing the Palace Theater in New York City. More about the stand up comedy teacher Greg Dean…………….>

Reasons To Take A Stand-Up Comedy Workshop
By Stand Up Comedy Workshop's Greg Dean

 

The most powerful benefit of taking a stand- up comedy workshop is having a safe place to deal with your fears. Fear of doing stand-up comedy has two basic roots: Facing the Unknown and Feeling Unprepared. We’ll tackle these one at a time.  More about Reasons to Take a Stand Up Comedy Workshop…………….>


Assessment of Stand-Up Comedy Instructors
By Stand Up Comedy Workshop's Greg Dean

 

This article discusses the two different approaches to teaching stand-up comedy: Opinion-Based Instruction and Technique-Based Instruction. Opinion-Based Instruction is founded on the stand-up comedy instructor's sense of humor, personal preferences and what they thinks is funny or acceptable; Technique-Based Instruction is founded on a curriculum of stand-up comedy fundamental principles and skills the students learn and apply to their own style of doing stand-up comedy. These two approaches are diametrically opposed ways of teaching stand-up comedy students. More about Stand Up Comedy Teachers…………….>

 

Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy
By Stand Up Comedy Workshop's Greg Dean

 

Chapter One - The Secrets of Joke Structure

A joke requires two story lines. The setup of a joke creates a 1st story in our minds that leads us to expect something; then the punch surprises us with a 2nd story that's compatible with, yet different from, what we're expecting. For example, imagine a male comic, appearing to be completely grief-stricken, telling this joke: (SADLY) "My wife just ran off with my best friend. Boy, do I miss him."  The 1st story leads us to assume that the comic is unhappy because he misses his wife. We expect the story to continue along this thought, so we're surprised when the 2nd story reveals that the comic is unhappy because he misses his buddy. This shatters our original assumption. More about Step By Step to Stand Up Comedy…………….>

 

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