Comments on: Is Your True Comedy Talent Actually Making It To The Stage Or Is It Being Held Back? https://www.realfirststeps.com/4157/ignoring-your-standup-comedy-talent/ The very best stand-up comedy tips on the planet for new comedians! Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Larry Goodale https://www.realfirststeps.com/4157/ignoring-your-standup-comedy-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:34:23 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=4157#comment-2104 Be yourself. Don’t do an impression of what you think a comic is supposed to look and sound like. This mental picture of what a perfect comic looks and sounds like is ingrained deep inside us. So when we hit the stage, we consciously or unconsciously (I’m not sure which it is or maybe it’s a combination of both), act differently than we do in normal life. We take on this perceived image of a comic. It is freeing to just be yourself. How do you get people to laugh in day-to-day conversations? Capitalize on those traits.

]]> By: TopComedyGuru https://www.realfirststeps.com/4157/ignoring-your-standup-comedy-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:44:56 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=4157#comment-1946 In reply to Trent Williams.

You be yourself – you are your own unique character already. 🙂

]]> By: Trent Williams https://www.realfirststeps.com/4157/ignoring-your-standup-comedy-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:46:24 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=4157#comment-1937 Hmmm… what you say about here reminded me about what one of your students said in the preview of your Killer StandUp course. He was talking about not trying to have a character. How do you keep from copying other comedians style? I ask because right after I listen to a comedian, the jokes I come up with will be directly in that comedian’s style (thankfully, I don’t think of jokes that are just reworded versions of the comedian’s material).

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