Shut Up and Write!
By Jerry Corley | Founder – The Stand Up Comedy Clinic Comedy Tip of The Day: Write, write and write some more. I’ve been a stand up comedian for 25 years. I’ve worked television, radio, the road,...
View ArticleHow I Made 50 Bucks While Sitting On The Crapper
By Jerry Corley | Founder – The Stand Up Comedy Clinic Strange title for a blog you say? Well, wait for my follow-up, “How I flushed 50-Bucks On The Way To Vegas, Just To Warm Up!” I write this blog...
View ArticleWhat is Funny?
What is funny? You really want to know what’s funny? How ‘bout some dumb-ass blogger trying to write an article entitled “What is Funny?!” Funny is such a subjective term. How is anyone going to write...
View ArticleTreating Comedy Like Your Own Business
The business of Comedy can be brutal. Here’s a couple of simple tips to get you going on the right track. Have you ever set up a lemonade stand as a kid? You thought it would be great putting your...
View ArticleComedy Schools
“Yes, you can teach comedy. It is a skill as much as an art.” When I tell people I teach comedy. The first thing I usually hear is: “there’s such a thing as comedy schools?” “I didn’t know you could...
View ArticleHow To Be A Famous Comedian (part 2)
Before I continue down this path of posting under this heading, here is the disclaimer (it won’t be like the disclaimer you’ve seen on drug commercials, you know, “heart palpitations, irritability,...
View ArticleHow To Comedian | How To Get Gigs
That’s no typo up there in the title. I’m going to rebrand the word; change it from not only a noun, but also to a verb. The act of being a comedian. The connotation is so narrow isn’t it. “…An...
View ArticleComedian Lessons | Jokes About Death
Comedian Lesson: When I tell my students that you can write comedy about anything, I mean that. There are ways–I believe–to talk about anything using humor… One of my students recently asked if you...
View ArticleTreating Your Comedy Like a Science
You ever watch other comedians come to the club or the open-mic time and time again with new material? Are you envious? You ever watch other comedians just seemingly come up with material on the spot...
View ArticleHow To Be A Famous Comedian | Interview with Louis CK
Louis C.K. has been called the greatest comedian alive, by GQ Magazine. Louis is definitely at the top of his game. A lot of comedians out there and other students of comedy can learn a great lesson...
View ArticleHow To Write Comedy | The Amazing $79 Weekend Workshop
How To Write Comedy $79 Weekend Seminar IS BACK! [jwplayer config="Facebook 560x315_noauto_share" mediaid="2234"] . . . → Read More: How To Write Comedy | The Amazing $79 Weekend Workshop Read...
View ArticleBusting The Top 3 Comedy Myths
In the 25 years that I’ve been a professional comedian, I’ve faced a lot of so-called myths that have spread around the comedy circles. It’s amazing that no matter how much you work to diffuse those...
View Article3 Key Mistakes in Writing Jokes
I got an email from a person interested in doing stand up comedy and he saw my How To Write Comedy video online. In the video I take a headline right from Yahoo News and I write 15 jokes in about 30...
View ArticleComedy Class | Don’t Use ‘I’ or ‘Me’?
Got an email from someone and I thought it would be best addressed in my comedy-blog. Read on: "I have a question which has been messing with me when writing my premise or setup. i find myself trying...
View ArticleComedy Class | Getting Your Time Cut
We had our combined showcase this Thursday at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, for our Beginning/Advanced . . . → Read More: Comedy Class | Getting Your Time Cut Read more... Copyright © Jerry...
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