Post Numero Dos (2)

Now that I'm a bit deeper into the project, I gotten a taste of stand-up comedy. I've learned a little bit about positioning on stage. Positioning is usually dependent on the joke that you're telling. I've also learned about rolling with jokes and reading the audience. I bet you're all saying to yourselves, "I can't wait for him to talk about all of his interesting findings in comedy." But the thing is, I'd rather not bore you. All of this comedy science may sound interesting but in reality, studying this material was not much more fun than swan-diving onto your child's Legos. What I am going to talk about though is the power of preparation. Comedy is all about preparation and so are many other things in life. Preparation is a key to any presentation. Preparing jokes before hand and knowing where you're walking into is crucial to being funny. This is interesting because it's not what you improvise on stage that necessarily makes you funny, it's the hard work that happens behind the scene that can make the difference between a great comedian and me. Jokes aren't the only things that need to be prepared, your positioning, and the joke you're going to use to cover up how bad your previous joke was. From now on whenever a class mate is worrying about what they are going to do the day of their presentation, tell them to worry about the days before the presentation.

Pilot (1)

Here begins my six week journey of failing to learn how to be a stand up comedian. Every since I was a little kid I've always been inspired by the ability comedians have to make people happy. Now that a school project is forcing me into a new experience, I've decided to learn how to spread laughter and emotion. While it may get hard at times, the first steep is going to be to study and analyze popular comedians and see what makes them so funny. After that, I'm going to begin practicing positioning and speaking skills. This is all of course leading up to the last one or two weeks where I actually try to perform my own routines in front of a live audience. By the end of this process, I hope to transform myself into a full comedian. Right now, I think I could give 3 minutes of really cringy stand up after this project I want to be able to give an 8 to 10 minute stand up performance. This blog will track my progress and hopefully be a good place for me to post a funny joke every once in a while.