Comedy Writing and Location

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...

Recording Jokes

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...

Comedy Critiques

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...

Using Your Ears For Comedy

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...

Type-Casting in Comedy

You ever see those actors that you can’t remember their names, but they’re in EVERYTHING – whether it’s a comedy, a mystery, or a sci fi flick, they are the same person. You might not remember the actor’s name, but when you see him, you go “oh yeah, that’s the guy who...