by jmcinnis | Oct 24, 2014 | B. Research Techniques
I just read an article about a guy who controls his tourettes syndrome by doing stand up comedy – I always thought stand-up comedy ENCOURAGED people to cuss. But the article mentioned that this guy has gained self-confidence and educated people on the disease at the...
by jmcinnis | Oct 24, 2014 | B. Research Techniques
I just read an article about a guy who controls his tourettes syndrome by doing stand up comedy – I always thought stand-up comedy ENCOURAGED people to cuss. But the article mentioned that this guy has gained self-confidence and educated people on the disease at the...
by jmcinnis | Sep 26, 2014 | A. Humor Writing
I’ve been away from my blog for a while. . my apologies. Turns out writing a book in 3 months causes you to never want to write anything AGAIN. I had a super brain drain that I’m coming out of (check out “Convention Comedian: Stories and Wisdom From Two Decades...
by jmcinnis | May 20, 2014 | A. Humor Writing
yes I’ve been quite about joke writing for a few months because all my comedy energies have been stuffed into book writing. And now it’s here; my new book titled Convention Comedian: Stories And Wisdom From Two Decades Of Chicken Dinners And Comedy Clubs....
by jmcinnis | Feb 15, 2014 | A. Humor Writing
Okay, so you still aren’t sold on using comedy? Maybe you think it’s just for comedians, because we know how to do this and you don’t. Or maybe you’re just in too serious of a business to use humor. Okay, but there are many other places you can inject humor. . .here’s...
by jmcinnis | Jan 31, 2014 | B. Research Techniques
Looking at WHERE people are sitting Can give you great comedy material to kick off your speech. I’m doing a comedy show for a group and they told me that the top sales guys and gals are sitting at the front tables. That got me to thinking. . .where are the...
by jmcinnis | Jan 10, 2014 | B. Research Techniques
I’m finally using technology for comedy. . .sort of! I got the new-to-me iPhone 5 (with Siri of course) and there’s a neat-o recording app that allows me to record comments. I know there’s been other recording devices, and this really isn’t a...
by jmcinnis | Jan 3, 2014 | A. Humor Writing
Some people like reading things that are funny, some people like hearing things that are funny, some people like seeing funny visuals. . .and some people like all of the above. As a result, I’m putting together some “How To” videos on joke writing. I call them The...
by jmcinnis | Dec 20, 2013 | A. Humor Writing
Well today I DIDN’T get hired for a comedy show because some client heard the word “fax” in one of my jokes and she didn’t like the reference. Really??? That joke still works great, and people still know what a fax is, in fact they still use ‘em! So do I freak out and...
by jmcinnis | Oct 4, 2013 | B. Research Techniques
One of the best research techniques I know of to find humor is to LISTEN. Because most people are so busy talking that they don’t listen to what’s going on around them! Here’s how I found humor just by listening this past week. The speaker...
