Comments on: For Any Teacher Or Trainer Who Wants To Become A Comedian

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:13:34 +0000

Powerful. Simply powerful. I consider myself a very good speaker but I no open mic experience at all and I always thought that I might be to late to get all that open mic experience. Then this article made me realise that I have been doing open mics for years! Maybe it was not in a club but I have numerous crowds of people laugh before with my stories and observations.

Steve, I don’t how you do but from all the different website that I have visited and articles I have read it is only you that has the power to make me think and realise. Steve, you are good at what you do.

By: Larry Goodale

Larry Goodale — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:11:42 +0000

This article was very encouraging. I live on an island in Southeast Alaska. There are no Comedy Clubs here. But we do have people. (Strange people-but people) We have a monthly Island Grind (fancy title for talent show) and I speak weekly at my church. I see all of life as opportunities to hone my stand-up skills. Some, like the Grind, I call it Stand-Up Comedy. Where other places, like the church, I use my sense of humor to help people learn and grow by keeping things interesting. Thanks for telling me you learned about comedy in the classroom setting!

By: TopComedyGuru

TopComedyGuru — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:36:40 +0000

In reply to Chad Wallace.

I think this is a great idea because the comedy you do in that setting is essentially the same as what you will do on stage. In other words, comedy mechanics are exactly the same in ANY environment. You should be able to pull out a bunch of comedy material that will work with almost any audience.

I developed a huge amount of the stand-up comedy material I did on stage while teaching comedy traffic school in CA.

You just need to make sure that what you do on stage is tight, more focused and doesn’t contain all the “extra” information you are required to provide in the course of doing your speaking job.