Stand Up Comedy Crowd Work Appreciation

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I'm working from home today & put on a random recommended vid from YT & got to this part & had tears in my eyes lol. If you're at work, keep the volume low or put some earbuds in :heh: Time stamped but the whole thing's been pretty damn funny



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CROWD WORK IS GOOD BUT ITS BEST WHEN YOU USE IT TO TRANSITION TO ANOTHER JOKE. OR WHEN YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE ENGAGEMENT. JEFF ACURI DOES REALLY GOOD CROWD WORK AND HE TIES IT TO HIS JOKES.

CROWD WORK IS ALSO GOOD FOR ADVERTISING BECAUSE YOU DON'T GIVE AWAY THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF YOUR SHOW IN THE CLIPS
 

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The comments in here are crazy. Crowd work is very hard because you have to be genuinely naturally funny outside of I’ve told this joke over and over until it becomes funny, you have to shoot straight from the hip.
This. It's like a rapper going on sway in the morning and freestyling off the dome. Always gotta respect the freestyle. If you can rap, that shyt gone be fire. In this case if you're actually funny, that crowd work gone be lit.

What I hate is that I originally only saw a few people doing crowd works outside of their normal stand up, but every time I browse I see someone new trying to do crowd work when they never used it as a main event before trying to be like nate Jackson, Gary Owen etc

I respect a good attempt, but the content creator style influence these days makes everyone think they need to jump on any new wave as soon as they come across it, even if it's already well saturated
 

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The comments in here are crazy. Crowd work is very hard because you have to be genuinely naturally funny outside of I’ve told this joke over and over until it becomes funny, you have to shoot straight from the hip.

ITS EASY TO PICK UP BUT VERY HARD TO DO WHILE WORKING IT INTO A ROUTINE. I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HATE ON COMEDIANS WHO DO STRAIGHT CROWD WORK. IT'S A FAIRLY EASY THING TO DO IF SCAN THE CROWD BEFORE GOING UP.
 

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ITS EASY TO PICK UP BUT VERY HARD TO DO WHILE WORKING IT INTO A ROUTINE. I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HATE ON COMEDIANS WHO DO STRAIGHT CROWD WORK. IT'S A FAIRLY EASY THING TO DO IF SCAN THE CROWD BEFORE GOING UP.
You have to be sharp, witty, quick, & actually funny but not that offensive. There's nothing easy to pick up about that
 
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