A Career in Stand-Up..
I'm often asked when teaching my stand-up comedy classes how I have it in me to actually make someone interested in performing stand-up funny. Truthfully, I have no such skill. That's a skill each student brings to the class. I have yet to meet anyone who has ever taken one of my classes and privately said to myself, "where the heck did they come from?" Generally, those who believe a stand-up class is something they want to take do so because they already know they're funny. Chances are their friends or family or colleagues know they're funny. They already have the ability to make people laugh. What we do in class is we review the tools required to turn funny things said into a viable stand-up act. Sounds easy, right? Sure, what's easier than having fun? What's so challenging about telling jokes? Well, truthfully, it's harder, much harder than you might think. For starters, when a comic is performing, he or she is expected to be funny. OK...