What is Funny?
Tweet 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...
View Article“How Can I Be More Funny?”
Tweet How a comedian can use visual imagery in his comedy material to trigger stronger laughs. By Jerry Corley | The Stand Up Comedy Clinic A young comedian came up to me at the Comedy Store the other...
View ArticleHow To Be A Funny Girl
Tweet “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 every single day I get asked...
View ArticleWant To Write Comedy? | Video Tutorial
Tweet Being able to produce material on a consistent basis is one of the keys to succeeding in comedy. Whether you are a writer, or want to be a standup comic, you must be able to write material that...
View ArticleHow To Be A Famous Comedian (Pt. 3)
Tweet As we stated in the earlier versions, the path on how to be a famous comedian can be tricky and evasive. Even if there were clear, concise, sure-fire steps one could take in learning how to be a...
View ArticleHow To Write Comedy | New Jokes about Holly Madison’s Boob Insurance
Tweet 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 to share your own jokes on this premise. I use a...
View ArticleHow To Write Comedy | Conan Writer Rips On His Boss…
Tweet 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...
View ArticleWhat’s So Funny?
Tweet 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 comedians and comedy writers have such a...
View ArticleTreating Your Comedy Like a Science
Tweet You ever watch other comedians come to the club or the open-mic time and time again with new material? Are you envious? You ever watch other comedians just seemingly come up with material on the...
View Article3 Key Mistakes in Writing Jokes
Tweet I got an email from a person interested in doing stand up comedy and he saw my How To Write Comedy video online. In the video I take a headline right from Yahoo News and I write 15 jokes in about...
View ArticleComedy Class | Don’t Use ‘I’ or ‘Me’?
Tweet Got an email from someone and I thought it would be best addressed in my comedy-blog. Read on: "I have a question which has been messing with me when writing my premise or setup. i find myself...
View ArticleThe Key To Comedy
Tweet One of the most common questions I get as a stand up comedian, writer and now coach is: What is the key to comedy? And although there are too many variables for me to even suggest that I have all...
View ArticleWhat Is Funny?
Tweet You really want to know what’s funny? How ‘bout some obscure blogger, (Me!), trying to write an article entitled “What is Funny?!” Funny is such a subjective term. How is anyone going to write...
View ArticleWriting Funny about Proposition 8
Tweet 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...
View ArticleInspiring Your Creative Muse with a Regular Routine
Tweet 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...
View ArticleComedy Class | Burbank | Saturdays
Tweet WE DEVELOP COMEDIANS! “WINNER” – 2013 CALIFORNIA’S FUNNIEST FEMALE PAULINE YASUDA “WINNER” – 2011 L.A.’S FUNNIEST COMIC (UNDER 2YRS) JC MORGAN . . . → Read More: Comedy Class | Burbank |...
View ArticleDoes All Comedy Need to be Based in Truth? [Video]
Tweet There seems to be a misconception out there when it comes to theories behind developing and writing comedy. One of the most popularly espoused by many comedy instructors is: your comedy must be...
View ArticleWhy Are You Yelling?
Comedian after comedian took the stage last night. Many in the line up, took the mic and proceeded to yell into it—in a 68-seat comedy room. Really?! This is a 68-seat comedy room. The acoustics are...
View Article3 Vital Things To Remember When Performing Stand-up Comedy
Comedy is a Veiled Attack You’re attacking someone or something. Even yourself. The basic rule about attacking is: Always attack up. What this means is that in our society an audience roots for the...
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Late Show With Seth Meyers Plucks ‘I.T. Guy From Peoria’ as Writer
There is a movie out there called “A Knight’s Tale.” It stars the late Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire, who, after his master dies, changes “his stars” by changing his identity and...
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