Ten Ways to Upgrade Your Crowd Work
By Michael Halcomb and Mike Lukas It used to be that when a comedian worked the crowd at a show, it was to stall or to add time, not to…
Blogs and Vids meant to teach the craft of standup comedy.
10 Respectable Standup Comedy Moves Every Pro Comic Masters
When you first start out in standup, the mission is simple: say as many funny things in a row as possible before someone in the audience checks their phone or…
How to Win Over a Tiny Crowd (Without Crying or Quitting Comedy)
Last night, I "crushed" in front of seven people. Not seventy.Not seventeen.Seven. Humans. In chairs. Facing me. They weren’t even sitting together. One table was celebrating a divorce. One guy…
What Great Comedy MCs Actually Do (Besides Just Not Sucking)
Let’s be real: most emcee spots are handed to the new comic who’s just stoked to be on the bill. It’s the comedy equivalent of being the kid who gets…
How to Strengthen Your Corporate Communication Using the Funny Muscle Method
Let’s face it: most corporate communication has the emotional range of a spreadsheet. It’s jargon-laced, over-edited, and about as memorable as the fifth bullet point in a PowerPoint presentation about…
Inside the Joke-Teller’s Brain: 10 Things a Comic Is Doing at Once
“I’m so skinny, I need to issue a formal apology to my skeleton for making it do all the work.”That’s one joke. One line. But to deliver it right—on stage,…
The 10 Worst Things a Standup Comic Can Do (That Aren’t Bombing)
Let’s get something straight: bombing isn’t the worst thing a standup can do. In fact, bombing is like falling off a bike—if you’re not doing it once in a while,…
Coffee, Jokes & My Robot Co-Writer
Here’s a fun one I’m taking to open mic tonight.It started with a simple, true premise:“I hate that I need coffee every morning.”I handed that to my custom AI joke…
How I Used My AI Comedy Intern to Help Self-Publish My Book Without Letting Him Touch the Content
When I tell people I self published a book with the help of AI, they immediately picture some robotic ghostwriter named Carl pounding out my punchlines while I sip espresso…
10 Ways to Absolutely Wreck a Joke (Please Stop Doing These)
Let’s be honest: writing a great joke is hard.Delivering it onstage? Harder.Delivering it well to a room full of half-buzzed strangers with trust issues and tight schedules? That’s a dark…
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