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What Makes a Good Stand Up Comedy Premise?

An effective standup comedy premise should contain two elements: a topic + a condition, but in order to truly hook the audience you need two more essential dynamics to be present in your set up or the joke risks receiving a diminished laugh or worse, nothing at all...

by Jerry Corley

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Quickest Joke Writing Tip Known to Mankind

Don't get stuck. Sometimes writing a joke is as simple as adding a condition to a statement and turning the irrelevant condition relevant...

by Jerry Corley

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The Biggest Secret in Comedy

George Carlin said he knew with 98 percent accuracy that a joke was going to get a laugh before he got on stage.

Ninety-eight percent! I want to be like that.

However, to get to a level of mastery with your comedy, you first have to understand why people laugh and how comedy works.

And here's where I share with you the biggest secret in comedy...

by Jerry Corley

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Boring Premise to Great Routine

There are no bad premises in comedy, only premises we don't feel connected to. But there's always a way to take a premise and give it some context so that it comes alive and can create excitement.

by Jerry Corley

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How to Write a Joke like Chris Rock

That's right. In this post, I'm going to show you how to write a joke like Chris Rock... Well, I'm going to show you one specific way that Chris Rock writes

by Jerry Corley

Comedy Material Generator - How to Write a Joke

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What Makes a Joke Funny?

“All this time, I’ve been a coincidental comedian. And now I feel like I can write jokes any time I want, because I finely feel like I understand what makes a joke funny!”

by Jerry Corley

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How to Write A Joke – Jerry Seinfeld Style

This is cool! As you might already know about me, I'm a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld. I studied him when I was first starting comedy right alongside two of my

by Jerry Corley

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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

by Jerry Corley

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How To Write A Joke

Formula: Creating Surprise Using Implied Expectations by Jerry Corley - Founder of the Stand Up Comedy Clinic How to Write a Joke: Start with the Truth 1. You can wait for something funny to

by Jerry Corley