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bro, your channels fantastic, i have a suggestion, invest in a microphone. simple one from ebay. keep going man! the world needs more laughter. writing from australia.

If you are a black guy, make sure to mention you are black.

He's definitely one of my idols. If you make anymore videos (and I really hope you do!) I'd love one on the ridiculousness of Katt Williams. Like how he gets ALL of his physical jokes to land gloriously 😅 never, ever cringe. I want to do more physical comedy but no one talks about the intricacies of it.

Thank you, great value!!

I´m listening to this while I´m supposed to be working. I will do my first night as an MC today. Greatings from México!!!

Great video dude!

I’m a brand new stand up comedian doing mics in NYC. Glad I found this page, good stuff

I signed up for a free comedy course to raise money for charity with Ultra Comedy 8 weeks ago. I perform my first ever gig next Sunday and I just wanted to say thank you. Your channel has been the best help I have found on CZcams and it gets me through washing the dishes everyday which is a bonus. Thank you for giving this wonderful gift to aspiring comedians Gary.

Thank you for This video.

I like the way you talk and share your knowledge and skills. Thankyoux Kyra x😊

I really appreciate these videos, thank you

Someone let this man out of that closet!

If you’re not first (pray you’re not) listen for any similar jokes you’ve came up with if people respond to them. Current events are good things to talk about. Double down on the moment and keep touching on the point you’re trying to make and revisit it in different ways. (Sometimes it writes itself while it’s happening) Don’t be afraid to be yourself instead of following a script you wrote. The crowd responds more naturally to you. Make arcs and segways. Talk about yourself and make fun of yourself which is basically introducing yourself. Silence is your friend and sometimes not saying anything and making gestures or faces can pull people in. Laughter is contagious and a big crowd of people is pretty easy cuz they wanna laugh. Open mic night with comedians only is a pissing contest and they hold in laughter so you don’t get any satisfaction so try to avoid those crowds. Please please for the love of god avoid gross out humor. It’s cheap and it turns people off especially if they’re eating. It also shows inexperience and no skill or self awareness. Clean comedy is always usually the way to go to be booked and the real good comics are the ones who know how to use dirty humor the right way. Work on pull in jokes like hey what’s your favorite color no one is talking to you sir. Like trick them into a joke. And lastly just poke fun at anyone or anything in the room. People like being included or notice something that everyone is probably thinking of. Like a phone going off or someone being loud. Point out the obvious. Make people relate to you in the moment. That’s 11 years of doing stand up comedy experience for you. Hope all this helps!

Super useful vid. Thank you!

That was really informative! Thank you.

I typically think that you need to write your things during the day on your phone and trying to think about the comedy of things that happens in the moments you do whatever you do during the day - and write it down on your phone and that way you're gonna remember lots of things during your past life and you'll be able to add it to your sketch on your phone

It took me a while just to write jokes, then now I finally feel I might have my 5-6 min set that I can finally practice and get to stage. It was hard cause I really didn't like any of my jokes and didn't have confidence, but now that the writing is out of the way I can finally commit to practicing so I can take to stage. FINALLY! lol any tips for memorizing?

Why are *all* the comedians you talk about dudes? Have you never seen a woman do comedy?

Hosting my first one Tuesday 5/21/2024

Actually need this ...thanks a lot

Another trick for not being able to look people in the eyes is, if you wear glasses or contacts, don’t wear them. I did that and I was able to look at a mass of blurry faces while appearing to be confident.

respect to you for responding to comments 2 to 3 years after the video was made

Any tips for hosting a local open mic, just to get some comedy in our area?

What if you never estimated the growth in your comedy career after 2 years. I have a huge concern about hitting a wall and running out of material and now being book for more shows in scramble to keep a different mix of material and not be known as someone who repeats material.

Taking notes on Facebook messenger? Good thing you are just cracking jokes and not plotting against the government! 😂 😂

Keep making good videos bro ❤❤❤

I love the way you explain things so if you haven't already, could you please make a video on mind mapping. Cheers!

Would have been awesome if you had given few examples. Nevertheless awesome 👏🏼

That great but can you give an example of joke while you’re using this rule of three

Got my vary fierst stand up gig coming up thank you for the tips

Very generous of you to share this awesome tutorial! Thank you!

OMG this is exactly what I do! haha! I look above their heads so they think I'm looking at someone else but really I can't see shit and I'm just staring into the darkness behind them and not making eye contact with anyone! lmao!

Thank you so much. I just did my first ever open mic! Loved it and had fun.

Greatly appreciated this video. So helpful to an open mic’r😅

This was extremely helpful. Thank you 😊 subscribed!

This is worth its weight in gold! Thanks!

I watched a lot of videos about how to do stand up. Your videos Are drumroll… the best. They Are simple clear unpretentious and motivating! I hope you keep making videos, they Are better then you think, its a wonderfull format. Thanx

Does your charisma change during the set ... Like for each joke.?

Thanks so much!

I tried this an they thought I had autism (I do)

it was really benefit thank you so much, I even subscribed your channel 😃

I think this is going to be very helpful. I’ve used some of this information in my stand-up set, but this should help me focus a little more and hopefully get some more flow in continuity in my sets. Thanks for the tips.

Thanks for the tips. I’ve been using some of them already, but it’s always nice to get validation/confirmation. And I have been reworking some bits during my writing sessions. Making them better. And then ripping off those to come up with tags, or Segway into another bit.definitely very helpful. Thanks again.

Love these videos! Appreciate you taking time to share your approach. It’s got me thinking!

These videos are super helpful thank you so much! Do you have any videos yet about developing our stand up persona? This is something I’m struggling with currently! I’d like to ask other open mic comics around me their opinion of my on stage persona, but I’ve not done so yet 😬

Great job sir

Where is tip no. 4?

Some good tips here. I’ve been trying to use act outs since my first Open Mic last November. After seeing how effective they were for guys like Bill Burr and Sebastian Maniscalco. I know I have to get better at moving around on stage, although I certainly do try and look all around at every part of the audience. Have to think more about the front and back as opposed to side to side. I’m honestly not completely comfortable with making up fictitious people for jokes. Worried about the slippery slope, like what happened with Hasan Minhaj. But I guess a little bit of exaggeration of actual events, for comedic purposes, only, and not to distort the truth, is OK.my last five minute stand-up set actually mentioned something in reference to my Facebook page, but probably nothing that would attract anybody to go to my page. Will have to work on that. Try to come up with something worth mentioning in my next set. Thanks again for the tips.

Speaking of not having it all together, I recently tried to make myself a microwavable ramen bowl, but I accidently forgot the water. Let's just say my kitchen looks like a scene from Dantes inferno

Have you ever noticed how ridiculous it is that were expected to have our lives figured out by age 25? I mean, i still cant even fold a fitted sheet at all. And yet, im supposed to know what i want to do with rest of my life? Its like trying to ask a Make A Wish kid to live Its like trying to ask a group of engineers to not overcomplicate a simple task Its like trying to ask a narcissist to think of others Its like taco bell keeping their good shit on the menu, it just doesnt happen Its like fat guy walk up more than one flight of stairs, by the end your out of breath and lowkey scared to go back down