Is this funny?
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Necroswanson was going to come into this thread and chew out your bad comedy but then he realized what the point?
Making fun of your comedy is like beating a parapalegic, funny but what's the point?
Then he decided to do it anyway...
Making fun of your comedy is like beating a parapalegic, funny but what's the point?
Then he decided to do it anyway...
Since most people watch stand-up rather than read it, it's hard to get an opinion in on if it'd be good live and what not.
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Dane Cook has made a career out of it.WhiteHowl post=18.72254.753441 said:Do something that you know, and if all else fails you can scream and rant like a lunatic. Acting crazy is always funny
It's simple to understand, he was being negative about Retoru's jokes by parodying them.Shivari post=18.72254.753455 said:
ThePlasmatizer post=18.72254.753053 said:
hmm yes, its funny at first but its snigger funny, not omgrotflol kind of funny, but of course its probably our british sense of humour, a good influence could be Jimmy Carr, he does great british stand-up and for a US crowd, why not get some inspiration from Paramounts Last Comic standing, and if your an african-american, Chris Rock, he is hillarious but a white person using anything like his material is just creepy
Also, two pointers; Start by removing yourSusan Arendt post=18.72254.753007 said:
and replaced it with "Alright," and then go with your opener.
You need to reword this entire joke, trust me. It would be a nice place for a profanity, in the beginning of your second joke, as well - instead of the forced long sentence ("So, I really don't even have anything to talk about right now") you could say something like "Anyhow, I'm pretty screwed, you know, since I sat down yesterday and wrote a whole set" - It gives the joke a more natural feel.
If you feel like using that joke, the Bush-joke, then you should pause after having said "I wrote a set of scathing political commentary making fun of Bush" and then act as if you are writing something into the air, could be with your microphone, could just be with your hand, and then just as you look up from the imaginary paper in front of you, you suddenly write something more down, and you repeat this again. This will produce laughter if done right. Then you finish the joke quickly after than, with a good punchline, or if you choose to dump the "I don't know what to say, since I had written all this useless junk" and change the joke, you can then initiate a joke about Bush, but then interrupt yourself "I'm really proud of this one, you know? Since I finally went and wrote something I knew was 100 percent original." then finish the cliché Bush joke, most likely only getting few laughs. "What? You'd heard that before!? How about this one then.." follow up with another cliché joke. This will then act as a cliffhanger, and later in your show, you say "Anyway, I just remebered this one about Bush, and this time I know you haven't heard it before!" proceed with cliché joke.
Overused cliché jokes can work, as well, if you are very energetic and enthusiatic when telling them. If they think you think it's funny, and you then suddenly lose energy/enthusiasm, and look confused if there is lack of applause and laughters, it will save the whole thing.
Also, speech errors make for great fun. For instance saying Bust instead of Bush, and proceeding with a joke about being busted for talking like an idiot.
Well yeah it's cheap, and yeah I'm only a teenager, but I think it would be...decent as an opener. If you can't think of anything better, that is.
This could certainly work. "So anyway, before I got out here tonight, my wife told me.." pause after having revealed what the wife said, and wait for laughter, as people will notice what's going on. Sometimes people can be quite slow though.Eiseman post=18.72254.753690 said:
I can think of a lot better, but again, i write based on experiences i've had, so they may not be as relevent to you. my advice is to write like a teenager. you guys go through a LOT of funny stuff. for example, you're married as a teenager. that's funny! how did you get married? what leaps to mind immediately is pregnancy. you can play this up (i apoligise in advance if that is NOT the reason you are married, and will be adressed later in the post)
"my wife said to me, yes, i have a wife. remember kids, use condoms"
if that's NOT the reason you got married, address it in a similar way
"my wife said to me, yes i have a wife, no, its not like that, i dont have a kid, although not due to lack of trying"
again these aren't perfect, but look at everyday things for funnyness, crude humour is cheap and unless its done well gets old very quickly
"my wife said to me, yes, i have a wife. remember kids, use condoms"
if that's NOT the reason you got married, address it in a similar way
"my wife said to me, yes i have a wife, no, its not like that, i dont have a kid, although not due to lack of trying"
again these aren't perfect, but look at everyday things for funnyness, crude humour is cheap and unless its done well gets old very quickly
