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anyone done stand up?

Cheesypoof said:
if i got up and did stand up, i am so shy right now, but i do think i could make people laugh. i dont mind the knocks at all, because i'm a 'face puller' caricaturist kind of erm, 'performer' if you could call it that.:eek: I dont see why, if i can make a gang of 10 friends and their mates who i never met before crease up in stitches why i cant do the same for a tough, alpha male and their spouses kinda audience, which would be my ultimate target! :eek::D
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I have three friends who are professional stand-up comedians (though only one makes a decent living from it), and several who do it now and then. They all say it's completely different to making your mates (and even their mates) laugh. Don't approach it that way.

I reckon you could succeed, though. Most comedians completely mess up their first gig - so, if you don't, if you get a couple of laughs, consider it a huge success.

Good luck! And, yes, tell us where it is - even if it means you get hecklers, that would just be extra opportunities for you to be funny. :)
 
Papingo said:
I went out with someone who does stand-up a little while ago. I was much funnier than him IRL. I think he saved it for on stage. Actually most of that wasn't much funny, probably why he seemed more interested in getting me to help him than interested in me per se. :rolleyes:
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One of my friends (not one of the comedians mentioned before) is a magician who includes lots of jokes in his routine. It was most disconerting, when I said something funny, to see him get his little notebook out and write it down.

(I am much funnier IRL than on this board. I'd have to be, really!)
 
scifisam said:
I have three friends who are professional stand-up comedians (though only one makes a decent living from it), and several who do it now and then. They all say it's completely different to making your mates (and even their mates) laugh. Don't approach it that way.

I reckon you could succeed, though. Most comedians completely mess up their first gig - so, if you don't, if you get a couple of laughs, consider it a huge success.

Good luck! And, yes, tell us where it is - even if it means you get hecklers, that would just be extra opportunities for you to be funny. :)
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oh i will mess it up, i will mess up spectacularly and go down in a floatilla of beer and taunts.


hecklers are arite tho. i would love to hear their taunts, their shouts, andd invite them up the stage with me, or maybe seduce them, in an astonishing surprise from the stage where i stand. see how they respond. on their knees begging for mercy my friend. BRING IT ON!!

;)
 
You need to prepare some stuff. Even the best would struggle to wing it 100%.

If you do a tryout spot and think you want to do another (central London), let me know. A friend of mine runs a night.
 
Thinsg is cheesy, I don't find you particualrly funny on the boards. You say you make your friends laugh - what sort of thing do you do that makes them laugh?

Let's have a sneak preview of some of your material
 
Cheesypoof said:
or maybe seduce them, in an astonishing surprise from the stage where i stand. see how they respond. on their knees begging for mercy my friend. BRING IT ON!!

;)
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I think you might have a slightly skewed idea about how these things work.

Where can we get tickets?
 
have made people laugh when i've done poetry gigs:( but it was the bits they were supposed to laugh at:cool: and it is a great feeling when you hear people laughing at something you have said to make them laugh, terrifying standing up there for the first time, and trying not to speak too quickly and garble your lines, good luck to ya!!
 
Being funny with your mates is a completely different kettle of fish than being funny on stage to an audience of staring, expectant strangers.

If you don't go up there with material prepared, you're a complete moron.
 
Epico said:
Being funny with your mates is a completely different kettle of fish than being funny on stage to an audience of staring, expectant strangers.

If you don't go up there with material prepared, you're a complete moron.
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aye, you need to prepare for a gig like that - can't imagine improv working on your first comedy gig
 
scifisam said:
One of my friends (not one of the comedians mentioned before) is a magician who includes lots of jokes in his routine. It was most disconerting, when I said something funny, to see him get his little notebook out and write it down.

(I am much funnier IRL than on this board. I'd have to be, really!)
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:D Same here. I typed that last night and thought how many people are going to read that with scornfully raised eyebrows. Important to note that I said funnier than him, not funny. :) Though obviously in real life I'm fabulously funny, it just doesn't seem to come across on the boards....... :(;)
 
scifisam said:
One of my friends (not one of the comedians mentioned before) is a magician who includes lots of jokes in his routine. It was most disconerting, when I said something funny, to see him get his little notebook out and write it down.

(I am much funnier IRL than on this board. I'd have to be, really!)
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actually, i have written down phrases i have overheard to use in poetry:o
 
I’ve thought about getting into comedy for a long time, but stand up…..like Bluey said it’s a different league, you’ve got to be on the ball and you cant change the flow of a joke midway through or scrap it altogether cos you’ve realised its shit when you are halfway through saying it. So I think I’d be better at writing. I’ve had people in stitches loads of times but that’s usually because they are a certain sort of person – if you are serious about this remember you are going to be performing to a wide range of personalities – if your friends are all a bit wacky and get your sort of humour it doesn’t mean everyone else will.
 
Just to add (because this thread has annoyed me :rolleyes:) - people see good comedians and think it's easy. It's not. Even the people who seem to be doing freestyle, freeflow stuff are following a structure. It may be an inbuilt instinct with the people who are good at it or maybe they've studied it or maybe they're actually working to a loose script but it's not as easy as they make it look. They'll almost always have an 'act' to fall back on if they dry as well. Humour has a rhythm, if you haven't got that you're fucked.

They've also developed a character, whether it's an extension of their own character or something they've created. They'll have developed a style as well - it'll be observtional, character based, storytelling, whatever. The vast majority of comics don't just get up on stage and ramble, they have a stock of material if not a finely honed act. Dealing with hecklers is rarely off the cuff either, there'll be a backlog of experience, one liners and retorts that a good comic will have built up over time.

I'd urge anyone who thinks they're funny to get up on stage at the first opportunity and try it.

I've seen people do very well just getting up, taking the mike and telling a string of jokes one after the other - had people laughing like drains- but they were 8 yrs old and it was at Butlins.
 
Yetman said:
I’ve thought about getting into comedy for a long time, but stand up…..like Bluey said it’s a different league, you’ve got to be on the ball and you cant change the flow of a joke midway through or scrap it altogether cos you’ve realised its shit when you are halfway through saying it. So I think I’d be better at writing. I’ve had people in stitches loads of times but that’s usually because they are a certain sort of person – if you are serious about this remember you are going to be performing to a wide range of personalities – if your friends are all a bit wacky and get your sort of humour it doesn’t mean everyone else will.
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Quite so. We've all made our friends laugh but they've had plenty of time to get used to us and our nuances.

The thought of standing in front of a crowd scares the hairs off me.

I'd much rather stick to the writing also.
 
Have you thought this through at all?

Are you going to specialise in that line of comedy that leave your audience feeling uncomfortable and cringy? Like The Office. Because thats what I reckon its going to feel like out there.
 
Epico said:
Have you thought this through at all?

Are you going to specialise in that line of comedy that leave your audience feeling uncomfortable and cringy? Like The Office. Because thats what I reckon its going to feel like out there.
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:D
 
I did it a couple of times but it was horrible and I was shit. My thinking was that everyone had told me playing live (in a band) was terrifying and I would shit myself, being quite a shy fella I was surprised to find it was nothing of the sort. So when I got to thinking I might try a bit of comedy I brushed off the 'you will be terrified and 'it's the worst' type comments.

Anyway, I was wrong, it is the worst. I still roll onto the floor in a ball sucking my thumb and shaking at the memory.
 
Cheesy, what would seriously worry me about this idea is that you get quite aggressive and abusive if someone 'heckles' you on the boards. I reckon you'd end up glassing someone if they did it while you were performing. :eek:
 
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