Comedian Lessons | Double Your Laughs With an Honest Reaction

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A good comedian needs to get acquainted with the reaction shot.

What do I mean by that? Well, if you’ve ever watched “Friends” or the BBC’s “Coupling,” you will get to see truly masterful work on the part of the actors (and the directors and editors), in capturing the reaction shot. The . . . → Read More: Comedian Lessons | Double Your Laughs With an Honest Reaction

How To Write Comedy | Conan Writer Rips On His Boss…

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Conan Writer Deon Cole talks about Conan’s tattoos…or the lack thereof, and how he wrote a joke that didn’t make the cut…

Deon talks about how he became a writer on "The Conan O’Brien Show." It’s an interesting story and revealed a side of Deon that I’ve seen before, liked and . . . → Read More: How To Write Comedy | Conan Writer Rips On His Boss…

How To Be A Famous Comedian | Louis C.K. pays tribute to George Carlin

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I was just writing something about a video I came across on YouTube. It was Louis C.K. paying tribute to the great George Carlin. Then I received an email from a student of mine referring me to HuffPost Comedy which is a segment of the Huffington post. They had beat me to . . . → Read More: How To Be A Famous Comedian | Louis C.K. pays tribute to George Carlin

Comedy Lessons | A Word About Hecklers

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Comedy Lessons is a series in my comedy blog that deals with individual solutions to problems that arise in the pursuit of a career in stand up comedy or comedy writing. These comedy lessons are a direct response to situations that have happened to myself while performing live or to my colleagues or students . . . → Read More: Comedy Lessons | A Word About Hecklers

What is Funny?

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What is funny?

You really want to know what’s funny? How ‘bout some dumb-ass blogger trying to write an article entitled “What is Funny?!”

Funny is such a subjective term. How is anyone going to write about how to be funny? It’s almost like trying to definitively answer, “Who is God?” Or “What is . . . → Read More: What is Funny?