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Writing for stand up part 2: Having funny ideas

By Andrew | Published: May 14, 2010
This is the second installment of a series about writing  stand up comedy material. Read Writing for stand up part 1: What is a joke?. The third and final part is coming soon. A joke subverts an assumption. A comedian must identify or create assumptions and then surprise the audience by veering off in another direction. [...]
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Link round up: March

By Andrew | Published: March 31, 2010
This post is my second monthly round up of links (see last month’s). It’s been a busy month for me involving lots of reading about, writing and performing stand up comedy. So there is an obvious slant towards that here. Btw, you should be following me on twitter here. Best of this month on The Naked [...]
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Gig Reports: First five open mic slots

By Andrew | Published: March 29, 2010
I completed my fifth open mic stand up spot last night here in San Diego. I’ve been trying to keep up the momentum up after my initial performance and am gradually honing my jokes into material that gets consistent laughs. I’ve written a brief description of each of these gigs. I probably won’t continue to [...]
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