Christopher Titus Gives Comedy Advice

This is a clip from almost 2 years ago of Chris Titus on the Bob Rivers Show in Seattle, Wa. I was just getting started at Open Mics. I had written a stupid local joke about the Oklahoma Thunder (back when they sucked). I told it during the commercial break and everybody laughed. Then when Titus was on the air, they had me tell it again. This time they let it die in the air and the joke BOMBED. lol. Titus went on to give some valuable comedy advice that I look back on to this day. While the clip is somewhat embarrassing. Comics will make fun of my material today that's actually funny. So what difference does it make if it was two years ago or I wrote the joke yesterday?

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[denniandrew2002]

does he mean a story from personal experience or from other sources like news?

[andrewjrivers]

@denniandrew2002 I think it can be both. Some comics write about their life, some comics write about current events. Some write about both. Titus writes about how stuff on the news makes him feel and how it relates to his life sometimes. I think the basic point he was trying to make, is that, a joke starts with a story. Story isn't just funny by itself. You have to write jokes.

[TheMegaJuniorC]

The advice makes sense if you think about it...

I'm favoring it.

[luvcomedy123]

"Detail by detail" - seriously, as an open mic-er myself this is really some awesome advice.

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

this is some really fuckin good advice. ive gotta check out this guys standup he seems like a cool guy

[krfilms]

This guy is a solid human being! Great interview!