Comedy Tutorial Number One

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This is just the beginning of a discussion of the elements of comedy. I will add more as time goes by. Here I mention incongruity, funny words, puns, sketch and monologue approaches and a few more basics. This could be helpful for beginners who have to give a lecture at the lodge. "how to"

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[shuttie92]

you mean steal other people's material? hah good tip man

[Featureman]

@shuttie92 Naw. Just recycle. Change it a bit and adapt it to your... no... steal it. Thanks.

[darthjacobmaak]

These are some very good tips. I'm trying hard and sersiously to become famous and I want to make people laugh. This will help alot. I loved it when you mention "No punning". That also helps alot, too. Thank so much! God bless.

[Featureman]

@darthjacobmaak Thank you. Never give up.

[fodabonita]

at your LODGE? that wouldn't happen to be blue lodge would it?

[Featureman]

No. It would be some out of the way place where they pay money to get a comic for the weekend. Oddly enough, even a beginning comic can make a living traveling around the country on a comedy circuit playing lodges and clubs. Thanks.

[ButtonMuncher]

The best tip I can give to you on being funny, and I've done the class, I know it works, is read Tim Ferguson's THE CHEEKY MONKEY. It's a simple how-to-write-comedy book. Do you know how to craft a negation or draw a long bow? You will once you read that book!

[nickedelone]

your done with a job and you're bored...

[M1Reeder]

half pipe?

[Featureman]

Thank you so much.