How To Write Stand Up Comedy (GUIDED VIDEO)
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- čas přidán 28. 01. 2021
- This is a real time video, grab a pen and paper and lets get to work! How to write your first stand up comedy set. Write your own unique comedy set with this proven formula as well as the reasons to why specific jokes and structure work.
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Out of the thousands of videos on stand up I've scoured over the last year this is the single most helpful one I've found. Thanks for everything you do man.
That's amazing to hear, many thanks for the very kind words. I'll continue to upload the best videos I can. Cheers.
Yep me too
Totally agree
Brilliant and thank you so much
Very generous of you to share this awesome tutorial! Thank you!
Super useful vid. Thank you!
Thank you for This video.
Amazing vid, great advice, thanks Gary 👏
I really appreciate that Claudia, many many thanks. I'll keep them coming.
Watched this video twice atleast and will watch it many more times. I needed this so bad
That's amazing to hear. Delighted your getting value from the videos. Many thanks for commenting and the kind words.
So very helpful thanks again for the tips. I’m super excited about my first set now!
I love the enthusiasm! Many thanks for commenting. Looking forward to hearing how your first set goes.
thanks dude
Thanks for commenting. That's fantastic to hear mate. Great stuff.
This is such a great video really appreciate this man I just subscribed, I am a complete beginner when it comes to writing stand up comedy but this really got my brain into gear and thinking and was really helpful, usually I just sit there and try and think of jokes while listening to music but it never works, now I know all I needed was the stereotypes, carry on with the amazing videos bro
Many thanks mate, much appreciated. Best of luck with your writing.
Dude seems like he actually is trying to help me, and he’s straight to the point, awesome video
so helpful and useful, thanks much!
My Pleasure.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for messaging. Absolutely my pleasure.
Just started my comedic writing process and your videos are incredibly helpful and inspiring. Thank you for all you do.
Edit: Video idea for the channel. Do you think you could pull different bits from different comedians and talk about their style more in depth? I.E How Bill Burr implements story telling to elevate his comedy or how Louis C.K and Anthony Jeselnik use dark humor etc. Would love to hear your personal perspectives on different styles of already known comics.
Thanks for commenting. I am delighted to hear you are getting value from the channel.
I already have a video on Bil Burr's writing. You can check it out here - czcams.com/video/Rnmzptj4tHc/video.html
I also have one on Dave Chappelle and Jerry Seinfeld. I'll have plenty more coming soon. I'm looking forward to doing one on Louis Ck. However, I'm going to spend a good deal of time preparing that one cause he's one of my favourites, and it's important I do it justice.
Fantastic brother
My pleasure. Delighted you got value from it.
Thank you
You're very welcome
Very useful information
Many thanks for commenting and it's great to hear you got value from the video.
Great video, I like how you left plenty of room to tweak it. Keen to do an open mic in Dublin city once things open up. Any recommendations?
Hey John, thanks for commenting, delighted you enjoyed the video. I live in London but I'm planning a move back to Dublin around September.
I know about Battle of the axe in Temple Bar, also I believe there's an open mic night at international bar. I'm not sure what the scene is going to look like when things open again. There will be open mics for sure as they do bring in money for pubs, but there might be a change in the venues. Only time will tell I suppose.
@@LetsTalkComedy OK, good to know. Hopefully I'll get a chance this year anyway.
Please do a step by step video on memorizing your set (how-to) and performing it specifically the first time. Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for commenting. Indeed I have already addressed this issue in a previous video. You can check it out here, czcams.com/video/zSgkZiO2RD4/video.html
Hope there is something here that can help.
Really it's a matter of finding out which way you can stay consistent with your practice. My advice is to run through your set a few times each day, saying it out loud and not just in your head. I'd also recommend buying a mic and stand and practicing performing with that. You'd be surprised how much easier it is to remember lines when your body language onstage is the same as when your practicing.
@@LetsTalkComedy amazing tips! I will check out that video thank you for responding 😀
@@ambermariemalone My pleasure. Hope you get value from it.
@@LetsTalkComedy a mic, mic stand, small amp should cost 200 dollars or less, set it up and practice at home, and you can learn a lot this way
thank you this was very helpful. but do you have any tips for kids i'm 13 thus sum of these stereotypes don't fit me thanks.
Great video sir...
But I am introvert... People says that my they can't hear me (actually i'm speaking with my full voice)..
What shall I do?
I can't even speak openly with friends...
Maybe it's social anxiety.. Plz help sir!!
I have my first open mic night next month and I'm super stoked to get on stage and make people laugh, hopefully.
how did it go?
Great vid.... I'm planning to hit the comedy scene as a character comedian...It seems to me there isn't many about...Any tips.... I've got Acting experience.. So Character I have come up with is gonna be great... I'm quite excited...
Thanks for commenting. I'm not sure if I have any videos about character acts on the channel yet. I try to stay away from telling people about their own personality when onstage and instead try and offer practical tricks. I wouldn't want to appear as if I think one character is better than another. Just go up there and have a laugh with it. Don't overthink at the beginning. Get a few gigs done and see how you feel about different aspects of your performance. Best of luck with it.
I’d love to know if anyone has tried this. Even better, a video of doing so…?
Thanks for commenting Lee. That's a fantastic idea. I've been meaning to revisit this type of video. When I do it again I might consider having people send me their attempts and discuss it. I'll have a think and come up with something that'll work for the channel. Thanks again for the idea.
Man knows his business!!!
HEY BUDDY!
Great to hear from yah mate. Thanks for commenting. We'll catch up soon I hope.
I would love to send you my 5 minute set to get your constructive criticism about my set BTW I'm a beginner comic.
@@josefigueroa2877 sure thing. Feel free to link it here an I'll have a look.
@@LetsTalkComedy how do I link my set to you directly I don't want it shared with anyone else just privately to you.
@@josefigueroa2877 upload it and set it as an unlisted video. Then send me the link. Or message me directly on Facebook.
awesome video. Thanks teach!
Much appreciated.
Subscribed! Love your videos
Really appreciate it mate.
@@LetsTalkComedy just uploaded a minute clip of my 2nd time up! I crushed a packed bar
Good stuff, is it the mixtape set?
@LetsTalkComedy yea, that was 1 minute of the 4 minute set I did
@@yap_clips Great work. You sound very good on the mic, you've got good charisma and the venue looked very tough to work. Those type of gigs, where you need to battle constantly for attention, are going to turn you into a real strong comic. My only piece of advice I'd offer is to structure your patter so that you don't repeat yourself too often. The beginning you set up the premise of the joke by saying how people still try and sell you a mixtape, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, however If you were to start with the story of how you were walking and a guy got your attention, I feel this creates more tension as the audience will be wondering what the person wanted and are you in some sort of trouble. I love the bit about how you look from the back, I use those sort of bits too, there's much more you could get from it before even moving onto the mixtape part. So pretty much what I'm saying is that I feel there is even more jokes hidden in your material. But even if you don't listen to anything I say you're going in the right direction. Keep it up.
Very helpful. I’m thinking of doing my first open mic night soon I’m glad I found this 😊
Brilliant Idea, have you done it? How'd it go?
Thanx 🤠🐐🇳🇴
You're welcome 😎🐏Yes
@@LetsTalkComedy i have been procrastinating writing down my 5 minute set because i did not know how to conect it all. So i finally sat down and started writing… and realised I had 2 hours of material. No Wonder I had problem connecting it all 😂
I felt kind of stupid and incredible lucky at the same time
Why aren't you viral?!
That's a lovely question to receive, however It's one I don't really want to answer cause if I thought about it I might come up with countless reasons....
I know it's going to be horrendous...lol...but still looking forward to going up infront of all of those strangers, sucking like there's nobody laughing and getting this done!!! The most exciting scary 🦋s !!!!!😂
Can not wait, some RANDOM thing I've always just wanted to try and do it. I'm doing it. Have a day...have a rime on an open mic...HAHAHAHA...YIKES...LOL 💖
That's amazing to hear, please do drop back and let me know how it went.
Whats your best tips for confidence? I have some sketches and sets that I'm so proud of but I can't even show them to my family as I feel I would die of embarrassment 😂
Thanks for commenting Kaitlyn. TBH with you I think I'd die of embarrassment if I had to perform a set just for my family or friends. I assure you performing for strangers is a lot easier. The reason for this is cause those that are close to you know who you are deeply and it's very difficult to bring them on a journey. Comedy performance is all about letting your audience know who you on on your terms, with your unique funny observations and opinions and how to express that is the journey you go on as a performer... the funnier you can express yourself and win over majority of an audience the further you will go as a comic.
Obviously it's incredible difficult to perform like that in front of people who already know you and more importantly know you as lots of things other than a comic.
Obviously there is nothing wrong with trying out a few jokes in front of friends who also have an interest in comedy and can give you honest and helpful feedback.
Regarding videos on confidence. I have a video on overcoming stage fright which you can check out here czcams.com/video/0cjdeGlJ7wA/video.html
also I have a video on the difference between confidence and charisma and where your focus should be, you can check that out here czcams.com/video/voq2tQFlb4Y/video.html
and I also have a video on how to build stage charisma which you can check out here
czcams.com/video/SEgWtDUv8os/video.html
I'll be making more videos on this topic again in the future. In the meantime don't be hard on yourself for being terrified performing for friends or family cause every performer I know would consider it the hardest thing to do. All the best. Hope you enjoy the videos.
@@LetsTalkComedy thank you so much! Also your videos are super helpful :)
@@kaitlyn9213 Appreciate that, many thanks.
If I write a joke and performing a standup comedy and nobody laugh on that joke what would have happened ? May be i will lost my mind.
Thanks for commenting. Hahaha. Indeed you certainly will not lose your mind. It's happened to myself and everyone performer I know countless times. You simply move onto the next joke. The audience are there to tell you what works and what doesn't. After a while of performing and listening to you're audience you'll begin to know what is going to work before you even say it onstage. It's just a matter of gaining experience onstage. Everyone goes through bad gigs, it's how you get better from them is where the difference between acts is.
ok thanks, however , I would like to hear some examples please
Thanks for commenting. In terms of writing what is it your after. This video gave you the starting out patter to go and add to it and make it your own. There's not much more I could have added to it. Let me know what exactly it is your trying to improve and if I don't have a video addressing it I'll make one. Cheers.
How do I progress from here to original
Thanks for commenting. The more you write out exercises like the examples on this video the sooner you will come up with all your own stories and jokes. Anybody who does what's on this video will all have a different result as everyone has different stories to tell. My advice is to redo what you've learnt on this video over and over again and each time you get writing add a little more of yourself into it. The structure doesn't need to be followed in the same way it's presented on the video. Get as creative as you can and wherever you find yourself getting funny dig deeper and do more of that style. All the best with it.
how do you reccomend not ‘umm’ing and ‘ahh’ing? i’ve been doing stand up for a couple months and done about 10 mics but i still uhm so often it’s annoying
After 23 years, I'm still "umming" and "ahhing" for me. It tends to happen when I'm improvising. If it happens during a prepared piece, it's usually due to the bit not being practised enough. My advice would be to run through your entire set on your own. Practice practice practice. If there's a bit you always stutter on, then maybe it's a way of your brain telling you the bit is weak and needs work. Hopefully that helps. Thanks for commenting
i did my first set last week and killed it. spents years writting and. then spent weeks refining , a few days before i practiced my set over and over again. the moment they called my name i went blank. Probably cause i was near black out drunk lol I went up and somehow pulled my first joke out my ass. then continued doing 4 minutes of my written. no mattrer the prepaeration comedy is a wild card lol
Man I keep seeing that it’s best not to write jokes cause it’s bes to just go up there & be funny
Thanks for commenting. I'm not sure about this. The term ''going up there and just being funny'' can only happen if lots of things are already in place. I can go onstage and just be funny for 20 minutes, but it's prob not going to hit as hard as if I had prepared material. My advice would be to continue to write as often as you can AND perform as often as you can. The vast majority of comics got good at comedy this way. It's tried and tested. It won't be too long till you can make it look like you just go up there and be funny, when in fact there is hard work and consistency that has gone into it.
im a highschooler
Good for you. I'm ancient.
Hello. Can I use a funny poem I wrote?
Absolutely. Use whatever you've got and makes you happy performing, it's your time and your stage.
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Thanks for commenting. Not sure why you tagged that section of video. Can you elaborate?
@@LetsTalkComedy just a time stamp for myself to remember where I was. I appreciate your videos!
@@LetsTalkComedy just a time stamp for myself to remember where I was. I appreciate your videos!
@@Amaxdue That's actually pretty smart. Nice one.
Could I possibly ask your advice on the open mic I did tonight, it wasn't great, the pub was empty almost. It was only my 19th gig and I forgot a lot, but I'm working on it! For my first or second gig, I followed a template of yours that worked really well and I have kept some of the things and I'm so thankful for your advice! It's ok if you don't get time to watch the set, we're all busy but it would be great to get some advice from you if you find the time! thanks again for what you do! x czcams.com/video/iBKunECsAXI/video.html
Hi Sonja. I'm stressed to my eyeballs trying to sort out banking here in Spain so those 5 minutes watching your performance was really enjoyed. Nice material. You tend to do word play very well. It was what worked best in your set. Perhaps add more of that in and sacrifice some of the informative pieces. For example, you only need to mention being a dominatrix once, and construct the jokes around the assumption they are all on board. Another thing I'd say about that particular material. Whenever you start talking about areas connected to sex that's out of the norm you do lose a few people. It's just the way it is. I frequent the fetish events around Europe and whenever I mention it onstage people look at me like I'm from space. So keep that in mind...it's not always the material that needs work. Sometimes you just shock them a little and don't even know it. You must remember at all times that your performing for prudes, lovely friendly and supportive prudes, but prudes all the same. Hope there's something usefull in there. Keep up the great work.
@@LetsTalkComedy Aw, thank you so much! I thought you were going to say you were stressed to your eyeballs and didn't have time to take a look and I was just about to type that, 'thank you, that's fine and no worries', so I was thrilled when you said you enjoyed it, thank you!
I really appreciate it and have printed your comments out to keep next to me while I edit and try to polish the set. I'm so excited that I've been invited to do the Leicester Comedy Festival this year but also terrified that it's well out of my league and I don't have a clue how it works! Got to do some research on that! lol.
It's funny that you lose a few people talking about the DSM stuff. I find with a younger audience it works better than with the older folk. I have some funny stories about attending fetish clubs and places like that with my former bf but I'm guessing I need to be very careful about which type of audience I use those jokes on! haha.
A couple of my friends' said to me 'You're doing so well! You're going to be famous!' and I said 'I bloody hope not! I've got Catholic Aunties and if they see the smut and filth in my set I'll open my front door to a line of elderly Irish women with suitcases and their arms folded on my front path!'. They'd hold an intervention I think and they'd fly by Ryan Air! lol.
Thanks so much again, your advice is always golden, when I did my very first set, I used a 'template' that you uploaded and I always find that you never give bad advice! Thanks so much again and have a great weekend lovely! x
What an intro like 5 minutes now, and still in the intro my god i got annoyed 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Yep, gotcha
Please get to the point faster.
I barely watched four minutes of this video and it really feels like you are talking down to me...
The over explaining, etc.
No offense just feed back.
Thanks for commenting. I used to keep it quicker cause I wrote out each episode but I found that I was missing quite a bit of theory that way. I certainly don't mean to be talking down. This was recorded right before I moved country so perhaps my thoughts were elsewhere. Next videos will be better.
You may feel like he is over-explaining from your perspective, but he has a wide and varied audience and many of us find it to be exactly what we are looking for. This is of course, subjective.
bro, get to the point faster lol
Well.. in this video I write out an entire set. I'm unsure where the single point of the video would be?