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If you take time to investigate someone who appears to be "naturally" funny, you will find that they developed their ability to be funny through exposure and experience. You can learn to take a shortcut to developing that skill by following these few simple steps.
14 Reasons Stand Up Comedy is Great For Actors
Growing up the child of actors and being an actor myself, studying with the top teachers in New York and L.A., I never knew that right before my very eyes was a solution to the actors age-old problem of unemployment.
It's stand-up comedy. Out of all the actors in the Screen Actor's Guild, at any given time, 2 percent are working.
When I discovered stand-up comedy, I learned that I could work when I wasn't 'working,' hone my ability to be present and in the moment and become fearless!As an actor, most performing is at auditions or in acting class. And what are those scenes, 3-minutes? Auditions, 1-2 minutes?
When doing stand-up, you have a nightly opportunity to be on stage and be open to every minute inspiration that occurs for stretches of time like 5, 10 or 20 minutes?
Why Are You Yelling Your Comedy?
The benign violation theory, a psychological phenomenon where the audience will recoil from the offense. In comedy it's when the audience is repulsed or offended by the content or also the volume. Yelling or screaming into the microphone is not a substitution for authentic enthusiasm...
How To Be Funny (Pt. 1) | A Non-Comedian’s Guide
Okay, okay, you've talked me into it.
After all the emails, I'm now going to start to dedicate some of the space on this blog for non-comedians; a place where the
What’s So Funny?
Years ago, when I was first starting in comedy, I worked with a headliner comedian who said he hadn't written a new joke in 11 years. Why do so many
How To Write Comedy | New Jokes about Holly Madison’s Boob Insurance
Just for kicks I wanted to write some quick jokes about a random story that showed up in the news. This is what I came up with. Please feel free
How To Be A Funny Man in 3 Steps
There's an old saying, "It is impossible to dislike someone who makes you laugh." Whether you are looking to use humor to improve relationships, sales, presentations, script writing or simply
How To Be A Funny Girl
"How can I be a funny girl? You can never find anything on how to be a funny girl!" This young lady said to me recently. Interesting question, because literally
What is Funny?
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
How I Made 50 Bucks While Sitting On The Crapper
By Jerry Corley | Founder – The Stand Up Comedy Clinic Strange title for a blog you say? Well, wait for my follow-up, "How I flushed 50-Bucks