Time To Celebrate Equality
I have a confession to make. It’s been almost four years of this blog and over 150 posts. When I suck on stage, don’t get laughs, or don’t get stage time I feel almost like a phony or ashamed to try and continue this blog to write anything relevant. Let’s face facts. I am in the world of...
Read MoreThis Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True…..
I love watching interviews and talk shows, especially when comedians are being interviewed. I sat down to watch Charlie Rose tonight, and his guest was Larry David. If you watched t.v. sitcoms back in the 1990s then you probably watched or could rehearse lines from an episode of Seinfeld, the quintessential show...
Read MoreSpinning The Wheels Can Be Progress
I shouldn’t be here. I mean, Saskatoon is the last place I want to be on August 18, 2015. I really should be elsewhere, like in Los Angeles on a well deserved vacation. I would definitely shop (because all guys to go L.A. to shop, don’t they?), take in a couple of Dodger games, stick around for the...
Read MoreDefeating A Bully With A Single “Punch”line
There are twelve major comedy formulas in stand up comedy. Once you recognize what they are, it becomes easier to write. One of the most powerful to use, if done properly can really get an audience on your side and keep them there. I have learned that an audience wants to like you as a comedian. Some comics, like...
Read MoreRelaunch Into The Same Deep Waters – With The Same Rickety, Leaky Boat
When you pursue your passion, something that you enjoy it should bring you and those around you joy, revelling in the good times and plowing your way through the bad times. When you are a comedian and you struggle, it sucks. I don’t care who you are, nobody likes to fail even occasionally, even though failure...
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