Any tips for an aspiring comedian?

[RawlDough]

All my life everyone always raves about how funny I am....


The DC area has a nice history of comedians...

Martin Lawrence


Dave Chappelle


Louis CK







Has anyone ever gotten on stage or had a friend try it out? I wanna just jump on a stage but I'm hella nervous..




Tips...advice....stories welcome...








In the great words of Badu "...keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my shyt." Just go easy on me brehs

 

[DaPresident]

Be funny.

 

[Strike-Wun]

Be funny.

Beat me to it

 

[Doobie Doo]

I use to do standup. Just get on stage and perform. Experience is the only way u get better.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

@LBJ

 

[ugksam]

yeah i do it been getting on stage 6 days a week recently, you just have to go to open mics and start trying it, you aren't going to be good at first, you are going to fail in a miserable and embarrassing fashion and you just kinda gotta get over that part of it. write some jokes, usually open mic sets are only 4 or 5 minutes (dont feel like you have to do the full time) and go try it.

 

[86\*/98]

Are you depressed breh?

 

[Mr. Somebody]

All my life everyone always raves about how funny I am....


The DC area has a nice history of comedians...

Martin Lawrence


Dave Chappelle


Louis CK







Has anyone ever gotten on stage or had a friend try it out? I wanna just jump on a stage but I'm hella nervous..




Tips...advice....stories welcome...








In the great words of Badu "...keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my shyt." Just go easy on me brehs

Learn timing

Be more social in real life

Travel more in real life

Combine being social with travel in real life

Go on adventures doing the above mentioned

Know your philosophy on life

Wow, you'll have so many stories to tell with your own comedic twist with all of these things going for you. You cant lose, friend.

 

[RawlDough]

yeah i do it been getting on stage 6 days a week recently, you just have to go to open mics and start trying it, you aren't going to be good at first, you are going to fail in a miserable and embarrassing fashion and you just kinda gotta get over that part of it. write some jokes, usually open mic sets are only 4 or 5 minutes (dont feel like you have to do the full time) and go try it.

Good look breh breh...I should definitely fill up some notebooks with material.

Are you depressed breh?

What made you ask that?

Learn timing

Be more social in real life

Travel more in real life

Combine being social with travel in real life

Go on adventures doing the above mentioned

Know your philosophy on life

Wow, you'll have so many stories to tell with your own comedic twist with all of these things going for you. You cant lose, friend.

Good advice my man. Thanks for your contribution

 

[newworldafro]

Advice: Don't quit your day job (or night time job).......




Good luck.

 

[86\*/98]

What made you ask that?

I asked because a lot of comedians/funny people are.

 

[ugksam]

Are you depressed breh?

this guy brings up a good point, you should be depressed or had a really shytty traumatic childhood in order to want to be a comedian.

that validation you get from entertaining complete strangers

 

[HoloGraphic]

Get rid of stage fright and embarrassment. Best way to do it is allow yourself to fail and embarrass yourself in public, on the streets. Do it enough times where you no longer possess the capacity to be embarrassed, you've been through it too many times, your experienced with your fear of failure and you have no where to go but up. And you have some stories for on stage


In the words of Shakespeare, "all the worlds a stage" everyone and everywhere is your stage and audience. This will develop your character, not just as a comedian, but as a person.

 

[RawlDough]

I asked because a lot of comedians/funny people are.

this guy brings up a good point, you should be depressed or had a really shytty traumatic childhood in order to want to be a comedian.

that validation you get from entertaining complete strangers

I uhhhhhh...plead the fif

 

[ugksam]

Get rid of stage fright and embarrassment. Best way to do it is allow yourself to fail and embarrass yourself in public, on the streets. Do it enough times where you no longer possess the capacity to be embarrassed, you've been through it too many times, your experienced with your fear of failure and you have no where to go but up. And you have some stories for on stage


In the words of Shakespeare, "all the worlds a stage" everyone and everywhere is your stage and audience. This will develop your character, not just as a comedian, but as a person.

lmao, have you ever done stand up before? this advice is horrible, dont just go embarrass yourself in public a bunch of times