Do Stand-Up Comedy

On Friday I’ll be graduating from the Adelaide Comedy School and performing about 5mins of Standup at Comix Comedy Cellar.

I’m both nervous and excited. After going through the 10 week course I think I’m pretty well prepared.

I love everything comedy. Funny movies, books, shows, websites, videos, music, and espescially stand up. I would spend every weekend in a comedy venue if I had the people to go with me or the bank account to afford it.

I also feel that I have at least a pretty good knack for it too. My friends are always suggesting I try it and I know that doesn’t mean jack because they are my friends, but the other night I was at a bar and some comedians were doing open mic night and a woman I was talking to was laughing like crazy and my little jokes and told me I was funnier than anyone that had gone up that night. And she wasn’t hitting on me, beleive me I made that mistake LOL.

So I really want to try it, but I get stage fright real bad. It’s the only thing that is holding me back. I have to give presentations at work sometimes and just that gets me stuttering and red faced. If I could ever build up the courage and be confident up there I really think I could do well.

I’m have a real sarcastic streak and like to turn about everything into a joke. People tell me I’m real funny and that they would watch me do stand up. I’ve always wanted to give it a try; so I finally decided what the hell, let’s do this.

I’m not going to quit my day job, but I thought I’d start putting together a bit and trying it out on amateur night at the local club. This Thursday I’m going to the club, but I will probably just watch and then plan to get on stage for the following one. Wish me luck; I don’t want to freeze up in front of all those people!

any help on expanding on ideas

This is something I definitely want to pursue and hope to one day!

id like to get into comedy, my friends think im funny but i cant think of any jokes to base a stand up routine around.

I have done this before and it is the ultimate feeling for me to have a large group laugh because you told them something funny. I enjoy the process of creating material and then being able to share that with a large audience. I do not think I could do this for a living but every now and again I would like to sneak on to a stage and tell them what I think is funny.

...called the other day pestering me about why i hadn’t made a payment for a while… a year or so… and as I was explaining to her the complexities of poverty, she goes “well maybe you should do stand up comedy for money” Is that a prophecy? Probably not. It just seems like too much effort. You HAVE to be funny right now, I’m too moody for that; i wanna be funny in my own time, sometimes I wanna be surly… neway, that’s it

I really think my entire life is a stand up comedy act. I just need to find another stage somewhere and give it a whirl… it will be awhile. I will give up on this until I have that Divine Moment..

don’t you fret though.. it’s coming at us.

~lg!

maybe not stand up, but I dunno. I’m scared that I’m not actually funny. I’m pretty much only situationally funny or theoretically funny. To do standup I’m pretty sure your funny has to be concrete