Defeating 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 MoreThis PC Isn’t For Gamers
Greetings from the unstable comedy landscape that is known as The Stand-Up Diaries! Here’s hoping your summer is going well and that you had a chance to take in the Great Plains Comedy Festival that recently wrapped up. I know that I covered the subject of comics possibly offending the audience in an earlier...
Read MoreHumpty Dumpty & The Irish Peace Treaty
He read the material with focus and intent, yet more quickly than I anticipated a creative type would. Without much expression, his eyes scanned the pages trying to get a sense of what he was reading. After ten pages that took maybe a minute, he handed the material back to me. I asked for his opinion of what he...
Read MoreYou Know? You Think You Know?
Do you know what hard work looks like? Think about your current job/career. Are there quantifiable, measurable terms that you can use to gauge how hard you work? Think about that for a moment. Now, with that picture firmly in your mind, do you think you have a good idea of what hard work looks like in the...
Read MoreI Promise Not To Look At My Phone!
In just eighteen days from the writing of this post I will make my return to The Laugh Shop in Saskatoon for weekend shows on April 24 & 25. Then I turn around and open at the Regina location of the Laugh Shop for May 2. The only shitty thing about the Regina show is that it’s the same date as the fight...
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