the guys have got it right.
1. don't give a shyt what anyone thinks (important lesson every dj must learn)
2. say whatever you want
3. do whatever you want
4. if other people don't like what they see and they start criticising you, fvck em. chances are they'll never pull some of the shyt you've done
5. rejection is a big part of this. you've got to get into the mindset where you are doing everything for you. you're making these jokes to make yourself laugh, not to be an entertainer for others. so people don't like it? who cares, you're doing it for yourself
6. don't take yourself so seriously. learn to laugh at yourself cuz sometimes we're all crazy motherfckers - fingz.
ways to become funnier:
1. watch standup comedy. if you watch enough of it, you'll get used to some of the skills they use like
a) make the punchline surprise the third thing on the list:
Gertrude, Maude and Tilly were sitting on a park bench having a quiet conversation when a flasher approached from across the park.
The flasher came up to the ladies, stood right in front of them, and opened his trench coat.
Gertrude immediately had a stroke.
Then Maude also had a stroke.
But Tilly, being older and more feeble, couldn't reach that Far!
this doesn't just apply to prewritten jokes. you can use it on the spot because sometimes if you tell a joke you've memorised, you can look like a tool, people will think you're just trying to win their approval and sometimes big shuggie will come and kick your c*nt in
b) good observation is the key to good humour
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16036
my eyes are always open looking around for things to comment on. when one of my funny mates yells "look, look, over there", i just know i'm in for a good laugh - most of our observations are sexual/sexist/homosexualist
c) you need a good imagination
i'm not going to write a lot about this, but i'd recommend picking up a book about memory like tony buzan's "use your memory". basically, the better your memory is (which comes from imagination) the funnier your ideas will be (and crazier too).
how do you improve your imagination? day dream more! actually lie down with your eyes closed and start thinking of stuff. break the limits of your imagination. (read my first reply to this thread
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50447 to learn more)
d) repitition
this works like nlp. you say something once and it gets a laugh. say it again later and it brings that laugh back up. it's almost like telling the same joke twice
e.g. "do you ever look at your watch and forget to see what time it is?" *looks at watch once, looks away, then looks back*
5 minutes later you say "wonder what the time is?" *looks at watch, away, then looks back*
alright man, good luck
gav
