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12-27-2012, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MA
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Anyone ever try stand up?
I've always wanted to give it a shot. I can't imagine anything more difficult than getting on stage and trying to make people laugh, that has to be one of the hardest things you can do in the entertainment industry. Has anyone ever tried it? I've been to a few local shows and I've seen some people who have the crowd cracking up and others who made me think they were going to break down and run off the stage . There's nothing more awkward than watching someones joke fall completely flat and start to choke up and all they get is an awkward silence
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12-27-2012, 10:27 AM
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It's ARRI not ARRI
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago
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12-27-2012, 10:28 AM
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I'm a terrible man
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brasil
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _PBH_
I've always wanted to give it a shot. I can't imagine anything more difficult than getting on stage and trying to make people laugh, that has to be one of the hardest things you can do in the entertainment industry. Has anyone ever tried it? I've been to a few local shows and I've seen some people who have the crowd cracking up and others who made me think they were going to break down and run off the stage . There's nothing more awkward than watching someones joke fall completely flat and start to choke up and all they get is an awkward silence
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Make me laugh, funny man.
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12-27-2012, 10:35 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger Lee
Make me laugh, funny man.
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so a baby seal walks into a club
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Last edited by _PBH_ : 12-27-2012 at 10:38 AM.
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12-27-2012, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Chicago
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What's the deal with airline food?
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12-27-2012, 10:38 AM
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I'm a terrible man
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brasil
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Ever notice how when you go to the grocery store, there's always that cart with the one bad wheel? WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THAT
Quote:
Originally Posted by _PBH_
so a baby seal walks into a club
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HHHHSSSSSSS
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12-27-2012, 10:39 AM
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PoopScooper
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Wisco
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Originally Posted by _PBH_
so a baby seal walks into a club
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12-27-2012, 10:41 AM
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It's ARRI not ARRI
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago
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12-27-2012, 10:48 AM
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I'm A Hypocrite
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: 817
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Two penguins are in a bath tub, one penguin says to the other "can you pass the soap?". The other penguin responds "no soap, radio"
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12-27-2012, 10:54 AM
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tra la la la la la
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Boston
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my roommate does standup, he's pretty good at it. One time my roommate opened for Sarah Silverman in front of like 5000 people. He keeps a notebook in his back pocket and whenever anything happens in his life that could be funny he writes it down then modifies it later into a joke.
Start with college open mics and stuff because the audience will be a lot more receptive and laugh even if you aren't that funny which will give you confidence which is key. Once you have confidence you can do pretty well as long as you can write a half decent joke.
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12-27-2012, 11:11 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Chicago
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If recent airings of Comedy Central standup specials are any indicator of current comedic trends, you should make several references to Apple products and social networking. They don't even have to be part of a joke. People will laugh at just the references.
For example:
You: So the other day I was using my iPad to check my Twitter
Audience:HAHA HOLY **** I CAN TOTALLY RELATE TO THAT
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12-27-2012, 11:18 AM
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tra la la la la la
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Boston
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yeah relating to people is always good, also never act like you're better than the audience, they hate being talked down to
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weanegro: its like a really tiny person eating a regular size gummy worm
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"Originally posted by komodo-117: our beloved pharmacudical companies"
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12-27-2012, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Moscow
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Friend of mine did it a few times. He fell kinda flat the first time or two but he's just doing it for fun. Just give it a shot, worst thing that can happen is a bunch of people you don't know don't think you're funny.
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12-27-2012, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dualimpact
Two penguins are in a bath tub, one penguin says to the other "can you pass the soap?". The other penguin responds "no soap, radio"
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****ing LOL'd bro, LOL'd. 
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12-27-2012, 12:36 PM
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tra la la la la la
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Boston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dualimpact
Two penguins are in a bath tub, one penguin says to the other "can you pass the soap?". The other penguin responds "no soap, radio"
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looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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weanegro: its like a really tiny person eating a regular size gummy worm
HOW.THE.WORLS.SHOULD.WORK
"Originally posted by komodo-117: our beloved pharmacudical companies"
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12-27-2012, 06:28 PM
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#16
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: South Carolina
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Don't do standup in the town/city you live in. Go far away and give it your all!
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12-27-2012, 06:31 PM
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True Story
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington
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I did once, but I felt dizzy and couldn't reach my laptop so I sat back down.
True Story
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12-27-2012, 07:57 PM
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I'm a terrible man
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brasil
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bump_Pitch
Don't do standup in the town/city you live in. Go far away and give it your all!
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This is a good idea, as is the "no soap, radio" plan. There's a reason sitcoms use laugh tracks, gnome sane?
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12-27-2012, 08:22 PM
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Timeless Art of Seduction
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
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"Why do they call it ovaltine? The mug is round, the jar is round. They should call it roundtine."
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12-27-2012, 08:36 PM
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...bro
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comedy is all about personal pain and suffering. i can tell the worst stories of my life and turn it into humor.
open up with some generic "airline food" joke and bash the audience for why and how they aren't laughing.
be the most cynical ****er you can be and show no mercy toward anyone.
tosh and dave chappelle are two great examples.
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12-28-2012, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dualimpact
Two penguins are in a bath tub, one penguin says to the other "can you pass the soap?". The other penguin responds "no soap, radio"
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Originally Posted by p-ballplaya1440
****ing LOL'd bro, LOL'd. |
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Originally Posted by dub CRISP
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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Yea the last show I went to all the other commedians in the set were sitting at the tables behind us giving sympathy laughs when some jokes fell flat. It works I suppose but to me it seemed sort of obvious they were trying to help him out.
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