Stand-Up Comedy The Book [Paperback]

All the world loves a clown and whether you want to clown around at parties or make a living as a standup comic, comedian Judy Carter can show you how to do comedy.Judy Carteris an author, speaking/comedy coach, and speaker. Her message of using comedy techniques to decrease cubicle stress makes Carter an in-demand speaker for Fortune 500 companies where her keynotes entertain and inspire. Judy’s been featured on more than 100 TV shows, nominated for Atlantic City’s Entertainer of the Year, and has been featured inThe Wall Street JournalandThe New York Times and onThe Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN. When she’s not speaking, snowboarding, or scuba diving, Judy coaches people how to improve their presentational skills by finding their authentic message and making it funny. Her private clients include TV stars, pro wrestlers, celebs, and even a United States senator.What Makes People Laugh?
 
Words with ‘K’ in it are funny. ‘Cupcake’ is funny … ‘Tomato’ is not funny. ‘Cleveland’ is funny. ‘Maryland’ is not funny …
—Neil Simon, The Sunshine Boys
 
What is funny?
 
I’m constantly amazed at what people think is funny and not funny. Some people will laugh at a guy slipping on a banana peel. Some people will only laugh at Hitler slipping on a banana peel. So, what is funny? If someone laughs, that’s funny.
 
An audience will laugh at anything, everything, and nothing at all. Trying to figure out an audience is like trying to figure out what to cook your family for dinner. No matter what you make, someone will hate it.
 
I’ve seen so many comics come offstage after a killer set depressed because all they saw was the one guy in the third row who didn’t laugh at the fourth joke. All the laughter in the room was drowned out by onl£,