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Looking For Stand-up Comedy Material Examples?

Steve Roye — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:00:33 +0000

This article has been selected for inclusion in the SCF Course. There is additional important information related to this article located on the new Addendum page. I find it somewhat interesting when folks find this blog using the search term “examples of stand-up comedy material.” The reason I say that is because… There are literally many tens of thousands (if not more) of YouTube videos...

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In Stand-up Comedy – It’s All About The “Writing”, Isn’t It?

Steve Roye — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:09:51 +0000

If you are under the impression that being able to produce high level, big laugh stand-up comedy material for the stage is all about the "writing", you may reconsider that after you review this article. Actually great writing skills are NOT required at all if you understand talking involves more than words alone. Continue reading →

The “Solid” Stand-up Comedy Writing Logic That Doesn’t Hit The Mark

Steve Roye — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:33:54 +0000

There is a particular type of widespread logic that new comedians fall victim to when it comes to trying to identify stand-up comedy writing techniques that can be used to write a funny stand-up comedy act that will kill audiences. I’m going to call this sort of logic “rock solid, I would bet my house on that” logic when it comes to finding free information about how to write a stand-up comedy...

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