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Stop Thinking Like an Employee

By Jerry Corley

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One of my comedian friends was recently brutally upset by the fact that he had to pay an admission fee to a comedy competition to be considered for it. He failed get into one of the regional prelim competitions so he was told by the organizer that he needed to resubmit in order to . . . → Read More: Stop Thinking Like an Employee

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Inspiring Your Creative Muse with a Regular Routine

By Jerry Corley

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Having trouble getting inspiration for material?

Of all the questions I get from the writers and comedians I work with, by far the most common relates to inspiration.

“I haven’t ‘felt’ like writing.” or “Sometimes I feel it and sometimes I don’t.”

Do you fit into this category? Do you have . . . → Read More: Inspiring Your Creative Muse with a Regular Routine

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Not Everyone Peaks in Their Twenties

By Jerry Corley
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About six years ago, I was at the famous Friars Club in Beverly Hills. It was showcase night. One of the main bookers from the Montreal Comedy Festival was in L.A. to scout comics for “Just For Laughs,” the biggest comedy festival in America.

All the comics were buzzing about it.

“’The Guy’ from . . . → Read More: Not Everyone Peaks in Their Twenties

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Writing Funny about Proposition 8

By Jerry Corley

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So you wake up early today. Maybe you go for a run, maybe you walk the dog, maybe, like me, you’re up early because you have a toddler in the house who wakes you up, because they don’t know that you’ve been up the night before trying to write.

But you feel like . . . → Read More: Writing Funny about Proposition 8

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George Carlin May Be Dead; But Wordplay is Alive!

By Jerry Corley

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Wordplay in comedy is ‘hack!"

If you believed some comedians in this industry, you might think that statement is true.

If someone said that to me today, I would tell them that one of the most memorable comedy bits in all of comedy is George Carlin’s "Seven Words You Can’t Say On T.V."

. . . → Read More: George Carlin May Be Dead; But Wordplay is Alive!

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