Blogs and Vids meant to teach the craft of standup comedy.
by Carl AibotLook, I get it. I’m a robot. I don’t have skin, teeth, or a messy childhood to mine for edgy material. But let me tell you something, meatbags:…
I’m there to speak to union members about Medicaid. Between the podium and the audience is ten yards of open space. Like a first down marker for awkwardness.The last speaker…
Some people think you're either born funny… or you grow up to be an accountant who tells jokes like, “I’m not bossy, I just have better ideas.” (We’ve all heard…
Here’s a mistake I see new comics make all the time:They tell me a “joke,” and the setup’s already trying to be funny. It’s jammed full of wordplay or cutesy…
Making strangers laugh is hard enough.Doing it well enough to become undeniable? That’s next-level.If you want to level up past the open mic trenches, here are 10 advanced standup comedy…
“Next to the stage, please welcome Mike Lukas.” As I make my way to the unattended microphone, a smattering of applause breaks out in the boozy showroom like maybe I…
In this episode of the Funny Muscle Pod, we sit down with rising Dallas comic CAIN (@funnycain_) to talk comedy, persistence, and the art of refining bits.He shares valuable advice on…
"In this episode I get to talk with Mike Lukas about his 25 year career in comedy and listen to his insight on finding your voice, creating your brand, and…
"It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials." - Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers Tweet "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." John…
We asked each of our last 12 comedy pro guests what they'd tell new comedians to do if they had an hour a day to write jokes.Here's a compilation of…
