Comments on: Yes, You Can Tell Stories As A Comedian

By: Larry Goodale

Larry Goodale — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:03:31 +0000

The secret to storytelling (at least for me) is the shorter the setup the better. They need to start laughing from the beginning. The preacher in me is not shortwinded. I can take awhile to setup where I sm going. But in comedy, words need to be at premium. Every phrase I say that is classified as a S (that doesn’t get a laugh), makes the goal of 4-6+ laughs a minute harder to reach!

By: TopComedyGuru

TopComedyGuru — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:14:43 +0000

In reply to Chad Wallace. Your comment is right on the mark! Structure is the key to being able to say what you want to say AND get the punchline frequency you need to slay an audience.

By: Chad Wallace

Chad Wallace — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:55:00 +0000

Being new to stand up, most of my material is drawn from my past. First, I would write/say the story, then edit it down to the important facts. Put them in bullet point form and derive jokes/punchlines from each bullet point. I would keep in mind any tangent sub stories I could derive from each bullet point but then go back and try to tell the story with joke/punchlines inserted.

Also I would keep in mind if I could tell the story from an unusual point of view, i.e. from the dog point of view or the car POV.