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Ultimate Beginner's Class to Learn Stand Up Comedy
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(544 ratings)
5,394 students
Last updated 12/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Perform in front of a live audience!
  • Make an audience full of strangers laugh!
  • Learn how to effectively write funny jokes
  • Learn how to hold an audience's interest even under the most dismal circumstances

Course content

6 sections37 lectures2h 3m total length
  • Stand Up Comedy Terminology1:00
    This is a list of words that you will hear comedians say when you are out performing.  There are not that many.  I will be using them a lot during the lectures.
  • Initial Preparation and Your First Time On Stage3:26
    You don't need too much preparation before your first time on stage.  Just get out there and make it happen!
  • Getting Stage Time1:00
  • Assignment: Find Your First Show0:21
  • How Do You Become Good? - Comedian Quotes3:00
  • Stand Up Comedy Goals3:28
    Writing down a few goals will help you stay focused!
  • Assignment: Write Down Your Goals0:09

Requirements

  • A sense of humor!
  • An amazing work ethic!
  • An insatiable curiosity!

Description

This course will teach you some of the many ways comedians make people laugh with their thoughts and stories.

In turn, you will learn how to make your own thoughts and stories hilarious!

This course is a beginner's guide to learning stand up comedy and will explain and instruct you how to write and deliver jokes.  The advice and tips in this course can be also be applied to many everyday situations and helpful to many different people:

1. Learn amazing public speaking skills (stand up comedy is the easiest way to get speaking time in front of people).  I will tell you how to get stage time and how different shows are structured.

2.  Learn how to make your stories funnier in everyday conversation.  This course will go into detail about what you should write about and the different writing devices used to make your ideas funny.

3.  Spice up your current public speaking skills with joke writing and comedy writing devices.  This course will explain all the components needed to make an audience laugh.

4.  Conquer a fear of public speaking.

5.  Learn the beginning process involved in stand up comedy and the what it takes to perform stand up on a regular basis.  Most people are huge fans of stand up comedy but they have no clue what the process is like.

6.  You will also learn timing and delivery techniques that will allow you to speak with conviction and maximize the amount audience members pay attention to you!

7.  Also, there are some specific ways that you should network and market your abilities in the comedy world.  This course will explain some of the most effective methods.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to improve his or her public speaking!
  • Curious individuals who want to learn a new skill!
  • A funny person who wants to be a comedian!