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...
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...
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...