stand-up success – Top Stand-up Comedy Tips https://www.realfirststeps.com The very best stand-up comedy tips on the planet for new comedians! Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:12:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 A Look At The Benign Violation Theory https://www.realfirststeps.com/17416/benign-violation-theory-review/ https://www.realfirststeps.com/17416/benign-violation-theory-review/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:04:34 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=17416 Continue reading A Look At The Benign Violation Theory→]]> This article has been selected for inclusion in the SCF Course. I recently had some interesting email communication with another so-called stand-up comedy “expert” who made it a point to let me know that… What he offers his students is based on the Benign Violation Theory (BVT), as if that sort of thing is supposed to have value and impress me in any regard. Still, just to make sure that I haven’t...

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]]> https://www.realfirststeps.com/17416/benign-violation-theory-review/feed/ 0 Setting Standards For Stand-up Comedians? It Wasn’t Me… https://www.realfirststeps.com/1029/stand-up-comedy-performance-levels/ https://www.realfirststeps.com/1029/stand-up-comedy-performance-levels/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:07:36 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=1029 Continue reading Setting Standards For Stand-up Comedians? It Wasn’t Me…→]]> Many times I get accused of trying to impose impossible or unrealistic “standards” on a hugely subjective performing art — stand-up comedy with my Comedy Evaluator Pro software. For the record, I have not managed to set a single standard when it comes to stand-up comedy, comedians getting big and frequent laughs on stage or how they manage to do it. Headliner comedians over many decades have...

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]]> https://www.realfirststeps.com/1029/stand-up-comedy-performance-levels/feed/ 3 Are You Overlooking Your Most Powerful Laughter Generation Attribute? https://www.realfirststeps.com/1008/body-language-biggest-laughter-generation-weapon/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:01:02 +0000 https://www.realfirststeps.com/?p=1008 Continue reading Are You Overlooking Your Most Powerful Laughter Generation Attribute?→]]> The Critical Importance of Expression Alignment in Stand-Up Comedy What is hugely important for any comedian to understand, regardless of their style or content, is this: If what you are saying (your stand-up comedy material) doesn’t match up with what your face, body, and voice are communicating… The audience immediately senses, on some level, that what you are saying is not genuine or is “made...

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