The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You’ve seen so many comedians making it big in the 2010s via stand-up comedy, via Twitter, via YouTube, heck even via Vines and Instagrams. You’ve seen so many comedians writing books about their lives and careers. But where’s the book that’ll tell you how to make it in comedy? Joe Randazzo, …
This essay originally appeared on Ron Babcock’s website and is reprinted here by his request and with his permission. A LONG BUT BY NO MEANS DEFINITIVE “HOW TO GUIDE” FOR DOING YOUR OWN DIY STANDUP TOUR Hello, my name is Ron Babcock and I’m a comic in LA. Last year …
This is republished with permission by the author, Adam Newman. https://vimeo.com/79174128 To any stand-ups submitting for a Comedy Central Half Hour this year (or any future years), I thought this might be helpful. This is the time of year when comedians are starting to put together submission tapes (it’s a …
Grandma Kashian’s guide to Hiring a Comedian for your function By Jackie Kashian Andy showed me this article about some comic who did an LA County Sheriff’s Luncheon for “600 or 700 people.” : https://www.salon.com/2013/07/26/sheriffs_department_in_hot_water_over_race_jokes/ Andy suggested that, since people DO NOT KNOW how to book comedians at professional and …
