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Top 5 Reasons to Take a Stand Up Comedy Class
These top 5 reasons to take a stand up comedy class shed light on ways to improve your stand up comedy routine in a fun, informative and professional way.
The Importance of Negative Opinions in Stand Up Comedy
What's Bugging You? A great stand up comedy premise usually begins with a negative opinion. But there’s a common misconception that having a negative opinion means you must feel hate, or strong anger. And sure, if you do feel hate (and it’s funny), or you do carry...
Joke Writing Part 1 – Building a Stand Up Comedy Routine
Joke Writing with Greg Dean In this online video clip, Greg shares some of the secrets of effective joke writing, the techniques behind it, and why it works. Stand Up Comedy, contrary to popular belief can be taught! This is just a short clip where Greg starts to...
The Birth of Joke Structure by Greg Dean
Joke structure is one of the single most important skills that a stand up comedian needs to creat a superb stand up comedy routine. Greg Dean, the creator explains the early days of the development of this technique which gives great insight on how to create jokes.
Posting Stand-Up Comedy Clips
These days, the internet provides free exposure to every stand up comedian, so it’s worth thinking about how much to post. Here are some of my ideas on the matter:Understand the Benefits & Risks to a Stand Up Comedian As a stand up comedian, making your material...
Focusing an Inattentive Audience
In the stand up comedy classes that I teach, students often ask me how to handle a situation in which a stand-up comedy audience isn’t paying attention. Here are some approaches:Take Charge It’s easy to forget--when people refuse to pay attention to you--that you are...
Act Out the Characters in Stand Up Comedy Scenes – Part 2
As discussed in Stand Up Comedy Scenes Acting Out the Characters, Part 1, the tips were, “Show, don’t tell,” “Find more characters,” “Let go of reality,” and “Study the characters. Next, we’ll go into how to go about studying the character you wish to act out in your...
Act Out the Characters in Stand Up Comedy Scenes – Part 1
Show, don’t tell is an old adage that means whenever you have an opportunity to introduce a piece of information, don’t just tell us about that person (or thing, or event), show us. By showing, you bring the audience into the present moment. The action starts...
Stand Up Comedy Classes- Doing Dark Material
Doing Dark Material by Greg Dean, the Professor of Stand Up Comedy In today’s stand-up comedy scene, the tone has turned toward darker material. In a never-ending search for topics that haven’t been talked about stand-up comedians are pushing that line between...
Stand Up Comedy Classes: How Do I Know if a Joke is Funny?
Stand Up Comedy Classes: How Do I Know if a Joke is Funny? by Greg Dean Every stand up comedian must eventually test new material to find out if a joke gets a laugh or the roar of silence (which can be very loud!) So here are a few things to keep in mind. Make Sure...
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Learn from the Professor of Stand Up Comedy – He’s got 40 years in the trenches teaching students how to maximize their “funny! with his tried and true techniques. Other comedy schools have tried to copy his methods, but they just don’t get it right. Don’t get a copy — get the real thing!