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How To Be a Stand Up Comedian - HowExpert

How To Be a Stand Up Comedian - HowExpert

Your Step By Step Guide To Be a Stand Up Comedian
Created byHowExpert
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Stand Up Comedy
  • Stand Up Comedy Tips
  • Stand Up Comedy Basics
  • Stand Up Comedy Lessons

Course content

1 section7 lectures35m total length
  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 11:24

    Uncover stand-up comedy secrets, conquer public speaking fear, and get the crowd laughing, drawing on twenty years of pro experience and over 1,000 performances with elements, shortcuts, and trial-and-error lessons.

  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 22:09

    Turn workplace humor into stage performance by embracing risk, building a 15-minute act from five-minute sets, ad libbing, and crafting lines that provoke consistent laughs.

  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 32:27

    Recognize humor in everyday life and tailor it to your comedy style, whether family, sports, or topical. Use 'that's funny because' or 'wouldn't that be funny if' to test bits.

  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 41:31

    Discover how surprise twists on everyday expectations drive laughter, from old-school misdirection about flying to new-school shocks that push taboo statements and audience reactions.

  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 51:06
  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 61:24

    Explore observational humor that points out how things are, then twists the truth for surprise laughter, using cats and dogs as examples, plus ear hair jokes.

  • How To Be a Stand Up Comedian Part 725:13

    Learn a step-by-step approach to stand-up, including creating material, matching style to your persona, building audience rapport, mastering voice and timing, and using body language and improvisation.

Requirements

  • No experience necessary

Description

If you want to know how to do stand up comedy, then get the "How To Be a Stand Up Comedian" course now.

You will discover simple step-by-step secrets on how to succeed at improv stand up comedy.

It is created by a real stand up comedian with real life improv experience.

Get the guide and discover how to become the funniest guy on stage!


Table of Contents

Section 1: Stand Up Comedy Secrets

Section 2: Being Funny and Performing Funny

Section 3: Being Funny Means Seeing Funny

Section 4: Surprising Twist

Section 5: Juxtaposition

Section 6: Observational Humor

Section 7: Step-by-Step Strategy

Step 1:  Generate comedy material using “that’s funny because” or “wouldn’t that be funny if.” Remember it is the “surprise” that creates comedy.

Styles of Comedy

Step 2: Match the style of comedy to your natural abilities or natural “character.”

Connecting with the Crowd

Step 3: Get the audience on your side quickly by being consistent with your “character” and your “language.”

Your Voice

Step 4: Make sure your voice is interesting (remember, a monotone done for a purpose is interesting in its own way).

Timing

Learning Timing

Step 5: Be conscious of timing in your joke delivery and study others’ timing.

Funny Physical Things

Step 6: Create one specific “look” for a specific moment in each major bit of material in your act. Practice in a mirror and note the audience reaction.

Improvisation

Material

Step 7: Material is all around you. Nail down your comic “character” and then use it to react to news and situations. The result will be comedy.

The End ...or the Beginning?


Who this course is for:

  • Stand Up Comedians
  • Stand Up Comedy Enthusiasts