Attempted vlog and Log (5)

This vlog was almost as big of a fail as my blog posts 1, 2, and 3. My biggest problem is that I was too confident and I thought that I could come up with things off of the top of my head and they would be funny. While some of the jokes were pretty funny, I couldn't continue with the joke. To compensate for this fact, I made a compilation of some of the funniest jokes I made up. Keep in mind that some of my ideas for my vlog changed over time. Instead of just writing a full routine when I realized that this improvisational technique wasn't working, I decided to stick with it because it still shows the idea of making jokes up on the spot, which is what I've been working on this entire week. Enjoy these random clips of me trying to be funny. (I'm actually just super awkward and random in the video which makes it kinda funny)


Comedy...kinda from Alejandro T on Vimeo.

Along with the vlog, I also wanted to talk a little bit about comedic styles. Comedic style is the idea that not all comedy has to be delivered in the same way. Some comedians are extremely enthusiastic and full of emotions when they are speaking while others may tend to be straight-forwards and awkward. For example look at these two stand up routines, Darik Santos and Kevin Hart. The Kevin Hart one is a long video so just fast forward to a random part and watch like 1 minute or 2. Darik Santos is one of the most awkward people I have ever seen, but he does what a great comedian would do, and he uses that to his advantage. His jokes are stupid. So stupid that they make you laugh. That's the thing about this form of comedy. Awkward is funny. Not all comedy is made for the audience to laugh with the comedian, sometimes the comedian purposefully wants the audience to laugh at them. Looking at the Kevin Hart video, you see that he really feels what he is saying. If the story he is telling is full of pain, then he looks hurt. If the story is full of positivity, his voice reflects that.

The point of showing this is to explain how comedy isn't one sided. Many people might not understand a certain form of stand up, while others could die laughing at the same routine. There is an infinite number of ways to make a stand up routine. Look at Andy Samburg in this Harvard Ceremony. Its incredible how a good joke can fit any occasion.