You, Yes You, Can Do Standup Comedy

You, Yes You, Can Do Standup Sumana Harihareswara 1

What Drove You To Do This? 2

Observational Humor “What’s up with that?” 3

#1: What are you cranky about? 4

[use your party anecdotes] 5

[suitable & unsuitable observations] [in which I embarrass myself] 6

#2: Humor = Incongruity 7

#3: Extrapolate to absurdity 8

#4: Multiple Punchlines give the listener good ROI for each joke’s premise 9

#5: Bits + Segues = Set 10

#6: Iterate Test rhythm, diction, order, gestures Goal: three punchlines per minute 11

Workshop time! #1 Write for 5 minutes Find 2 peeves/anecdotes 12

Workshop time! #2 2 minutes Find the paradoxical truths 13

Workshop time! #3 2 minutes Extrapolate to absurdities 14

Workshop time! #4 2 minutes Situation, unexpected result, absurdities 15

Workshop time! #5 1 minute What’s the segue? 16

Workshop time! #6 5 minutes Practice by yourself, then with a partner 17

Let’s put on a show! 18

The fun goes on Look up a local open mic Watch stand-up with a knowing eye Be more fun at parties 19

Thanks for coming! Sumana Harihareswara brainwane.net CC images from Flickr users: Curious Expeditions, lunawhimsy, robotson, brentbat, Cayusa, fortune cookie, theopenseas, starﬁsh235, Marcio Cabral de Moura, donttouchmapeyote, moriza, Sunﬂower Central, oskay James Morrison, Stef Noble. Thanks all! 20

You, Yes You, Can Do Standup Comedy

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