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I love the holidays, but every year we hear stories about how stressful the holidays can be. Suicide rates go up, family arguments occur, anxiety and depression increases, crime increases and so do heart attacks. That’s not fake news, those are facts and I know it sounds drastic, but as a comedian I say, “Comedy Gold, right?!” One way to be sure you’re keeping your sense of humor is to remember to keep . . . → Read More: Holidays Can be Stressful or They Can be Comedy Gold, Your Choice! 
So you’re writing and you get a premise down on the page and then… it just doesn’t seem to go anywhere. Does this happen to you? I was Skype-coaching with one of my students today and he said, I’ve been trying to write, but I keep feeling like I’m getting stuck.” It can be super frustrating, especially when you’re just writing to put something, ANYTHING, on the page. So how do you take that idea and make it into something? Here’s a sure-fire way to develop that idea further to get to the jokes. . . . → Read More: Trying to Write Jokes, but Feeling Stuck? 
There are a ton of ways an emcee can ruin the introduction for a comedian. They can bomb a joke then immediately bring you up. They can create an incident with someone in the audience and bring you up on a sour note. They can screw up your name or screw up your intro. They can do a backwards intro. A backwards intro is where they mention your name first and the audience doesn’t feel the impulse to applaud… . . . → Read More: How to Keep an Emcee’s Horrible Introduction from Tanking your Show 
Sometimes I’ll write a joke and think to myself, ‘that’s too simple… that’s not going to get a big laugh,’ only to try the joke on stage and get an applause break. I wrote a joke the other day and opened with it that night at the Comedy Store: “The republicans are consulting with Caitlyn Jenner on how to best deal with Donald Trump… . . . → Read More: Stop Overthinking the Joke. Sometimes It’s Just ‘Funny’ 
A comedian walks into a bar and sees a poster with a saying that is similar to a joke he’s been doing. It’s not the same joke, but it almost has the exact set up line. He panics. A thousand questions run through his mind: “What do I do?” “Did the guy who did that poster see my act and use a version the joke?” “Did I see that poster some time in the past and it stuck in my head?” “Should I stop doing my joke?” . . . → Read More: How to Avoid The Creative Paralysis of Being Original |
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