If you are learning how to become a comedian, the chances are great that one of the obstacles you are going to need to overcome is stage fright. I think it's a waste of time for young people to try and write comedy today. It's a competitive world out there, and even those of your fellow comics who aren't actively wishing failure on you have their own problems to worry about without wasting precious time giving you a helping hand.
In the 1950s and into the 1960s, stand-ups such as Mort Sahl began developing their acts in small folk clubs like San Francisco's hungry i (owned by impresario Enrico Banducci and origin of the ubiquitous "brick wall" behind comedians) 160 or New York's Bitter End These comedians added an element of social satire and expanded both the language and boundaries of stand-up, venturing into politics, race relations , and sexual humor Lenny Bruce became known as 'the' obscene comic when he used language that usually led to his arrest.
Second, because it's a nice thing to do for other comics who need audiences (I know Point One said we're all on our own, but wouldn't it be nice to prove that wrong occasionally?). You may not even use half of the jokes you write, but it will keep your creative muscles working.
Sometimes when I'm writing the script for ‘The Carmichael Show', I'll go onstage and talk about what we're talking about in the episode to really explore how I feel about it," he told us Contrary to popular belief, though, Carmichael says standup isn't all about the laughs.
When you first
Get paid to laugh started in stand-up, you are generally performing 5-minutes at a time. Later they created the first collective of comedy in Monterrey called For Laughter Standup Comedy. Your audience should be able to see your acts from the waist up at all times, reading their body language which is such an important part of comedy.
There's no one way to write stand-up jokes. I also find a show called Kill Tony where comedians judge open mic participants, like American Idol. When a comedian tells a joke on stage that falls flat, they'll go back and rework it, or punch it up." One of the first things a comic will do to punch up a joke is to first consider the joke's subject.