Q: How do you find your delivery style as a comedian in stand-up comedy?

A: If you are a naturally funny person in everyday life, you don’t “find” your delivery style because you already have it.

Not only do you already have it, but you will end up abandoning the unique sense of humor and the already developed comedy talent you have if you start trying to “find” your delivery style instead of realizing that you have it already.

Are you aware that:

1. Psychologists will tell you that by the time a person is 16 years old, they have the foundational sense of humor and personality they are going to have for the remainder of their lives.

In other words, you already have a natural delivery “style” that works in tandem with your sense of humor and comedy talent to generate laughs in everyday conversations — and you have had it since you were a teenager.

2. The baseline comedy mechanics that are used in everyday life to generate laughter in casual conversations are EXACTLY the same as those used on the stand-up comedy stage.

3. Your ability to cause people to laugh in everyday life is a combination of “formulas” (for lack of a better term) that you have developed during your life that are specific to you, your sense of humor, and your unique way of expressing what you have to say (your delivery style).

Note: You DO NOT need to know what your own unique laughter “formulas” are specifically — you just need to know that they exist, making sure that you don’t abandon what makes you funny in everyday life when trying to produce stand-up comedy material.

Here’s a video from my own stand-up comedy routine — don’t miss my notes below the video regarding “delivery style”:

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