The_Reaper
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I suspect it does. Or, it at least expands the range of interesting topics you can talk about, e.g. on a night out at a bar with some friends.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Does watching stand-up comedy make you funnier?
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
No, it doesn't. I have a friend who watched Eddie Murphy's "Delirious" a few times and then tried to pawn off some of Eddie's jokes as his own. He fell flat on his face; my friend's not black and he doesn't have the personality to make such jokes work. Epic fail.
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Perform them in your imagination. Use your creativity, it is the defining force in generating quality in every area
Ofcourse you're going to flop if you just regurgitate what you saw on the stand up. It's all about learning the attitude of the comedian, his body language, his imagination and his creativity in the themes of his humour. Yes watching Stand up will make you gain a better sense of humour, but only if you know how to learn from it.Schwank said:
Yeah but...stand up comedians have to exaggerate gestures, expressions etc. because the audience is further away and because it's part of the theatrics. If you do a "true" Robin Williams impression in a bar you will be mistaken for a very happy drunk and possibly tossed out by bouncers. As CaptainJ said if you want to somehow use these sketches to get funnier you need to try and think like one of these guys and not just repeat what they say.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Sir Psycho Sexy
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YES
I credit my wit to a combination of my funny friends and stand up comics
I credit my wit to a combination of my funny friends and stand up comics
Dante420
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You gotta admit that had to of been fun to watch.Schwank said:
I think stand-up comedy can help you learn the format for humor and what people relate to. The way to deliver a joke to a group, etc. but don't copy a joke word for word or you may actually sound pre-rehearsed
CuriousGirl
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Well, watching british stand-up does.
I think the more you watch comedy and talk to funny people the more you start reacting to things with humour. It's kind of like a way of thinking, so I think it does rub off on you a bit.
I think the more you watch comedy and talk to funny people the more you start reacting to things with humour. It's kind of like a way of thinking, so I think it does rub off on you a bit.
of course. you pick up habits from people around you. if you surround yourself with stand up comedians YOU WILL GET funnier. watching standup is obviously not as effective as hanging around standup comedians, but certainly the effect is there
HeyPachuco!
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Jimmy Carr funny for the Lulz,CuriousGirl said:
and it's all over.
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
CuriousGirl
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I've seen jimmy carr live! He was the mystery guest at the end of a load of other comedians, I was second row from frontHeyPachuco! said:
He's not my fave though, not sure. I love so many of them. I can only think of one good american comedian though, but I can't remember his name. is style is actually quite similar to jimmy carr.
It all depends. If you're watching it at like 11pm at night all slouched down practically lying down with a beer in your hands and a bag of potato chips on your lap and your eyes are starting to get heavy I don't think you will get to much out of it. If you are sitting down with good posture and are really aware of the way he/she presents their lines you will pick up on a lot of stuff. I also watch well more like study what they do. I take notice of facial expressions and body movement and the pause before they are about to hit the audience with the pick up line. The pause is really important in the stand up comedians act.
Watching stand up comedy has not made me any better at coming up with witty and funny responses. What it's done for me though was teach me how use facial expressions and body movement to turn basic standard comments that would not normally be funny into something people will smile and laugh at.
Watching stand up comedy has not made me any better at coming up with witty and funny responses. What it's done for me though was teach me how use facial expressions and body movement to turn basic standard comments that would not normally be funny into something people will smile and laugh at.
HeyPachuco!
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Jimmy Carr has be the man for me, his outspoken sarcasm is out of this world.CuriousGirl said:I've seen jimmy carr live! He was the mystery guest at the end of a load of other comedians, I was second row from front
He's not my fave though, not sure. I love so many of them. I can only think of one good american comedian though, but I can't remember his name. is style is actually quite similar to jimmy carr.
Second to Russell Howard
Boxer is totally right about how to view comedians if you want to be witty and funny. If I'm at home cradling a beer and my eyes are red, I won't take much notice - Although Joe Rogan isn't to good at stand-up, his fights, arguments and comebacks are probably the best I've ever seen.
Nygard
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No, you won't. If you watch and watch and then try to be funny, you become Carlos Mencia. Look, if you want to be funny like a comedian and you don't have that on you naturally, you have to develop it as a skill. You have to try many times and fail.
For example, I watch and love Al Madrigal's act. I once tried it but I'm not Al, it didn't work. However, I was once in LA and there was an open mike night at the Improv and most of the guys trying totally blew their acts. I was tipsy and tried it myself and did well, got a few laughs.
For example, I watch and love Al Madrigal's act. I once tried it but I'm not Al, it didn't work. However, I was once in LA and there was an open mike night at the Improv and most of the guys trying totally blew their acts. I was tipsy and tried it myself and did well, got a few laughs.