stand-up comedy success – Top Stand-up Comedy Tips https://www.realfirststeps.com The very best stand-up comedy tips on the planet for new comedians! Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:52:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Are You Stuck In Research Mode Looking For Info On How To Become A Comedian? https://www.realfirststeps.com/9984/research-become-comedian/ https://www.realfirststeps.com/9984/research-become-comedian/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:02:41 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=9984 Continue reading Are You Stuck In Research Mode Looking For Info On How To Become A Comedian?→]]> I can fully understand why someone who is considering becoming a comedian could get easily stuck in what I can only describe as “research mode.” By this, I’m talking about doing continuous research about becoming a comedian but never seeming to have enough information to ultimately get on the stand-up comedy stage. That is probably why you are reading this article right now. 🙂 It’s not hard to...

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]]> Comedy Open Mic: Are You Ready? https://www.realfirststeps.com/568/comedy-open-mic-ready/ https://www.realfirststeps.com/568/comedy-open-mic-ready/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:09:25 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=568 Continue reading Comedy Open Mic: Are You Ready?→]]> One of the things I can tell you with great certainty is that when I made the decision to take a shot at stand-up comedy and started signing up for open mic nights, I was hugely unprepared. I had a vision in my head about what stand-up comedy was and how it should be done based solely on having watched countless hours of stand-up comedy on TV. In retrospect, I can also say that the only thing that...

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