For those who've done stand-up comedy or thought about it...

harmless_little_f***
harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I've fancied giving it a go for a while now.

Anyone know how to go about writing shit for a 5 minute spot?

Oh, by the way 'sit down comedian' jokes are out. It's been done. :(
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

- the great Sir Leo Harrison
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Do you hang out with any funny folks on a regular basis? I could have a new routine of brilliant, crass, social humor every week if I ever recorded us guys at band practice. Work your material into every day situations and see how it goes over before you take it to the stage. Like a poem, good jokes need constant work and editing.
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Do you hang out with any funny folks on a regular basis? I could have a new routine of brilliant, crass, social humor every week if I ever recorded us guys at band practice. Work your material into every day situations and see how it goes over before you take it to the stage. Like a poem, good jokes need constant work and editing.

    I think my friends tend to think I'm the funniest of the lot... which either means I am, or I have extremely boring friends.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I think my friends tend to think I'm the funniest of the lot... which either means I am, or I have extremely boring friends.


    i think its fairly well known that successful stand up comedians have agreed that people who are funny amongst their friends don't necessarily make a good stand-up comedian... its actually quite easy to make 3 people laugh when sharing a beer in the pub... getting people you've never met to laugh with you with no interaction from them must be pretty hard.

    Mookie9999 just popped his stage cherry... he's a good person to ask.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    dunkman wrote:
    i think its fairly well known that successful stand up comedians have agreed that people who are funny amongst their friends don't necessarily make a good stand-up comedian... its actually quite easy to make 3 people laugh when sharing a beer in the pub... getting people you've never met to laugh with you with no interaction from them must be pretty hard.

    Mookie9999 just popped his stage cherry... he's a good person to ask.

    I agree with the lot of this.

    Maybe Mookalicious'll get on this thread.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I agree with the lot of this.

    Maybe Mookalicious'll get on this thread.

    he's probably too busy making people laugh.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    dunkman wrote:
    he's probably too busy making people laugh.


    Out flashing people in his trenchcoat again?
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