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Masterclass - Steve Martin teaches comedy

1 min
comedy
Author
Shawn L
Builds stuff minimally
Table of Contents

What if…?

What haven’t been talked about?

Think about comedy all the time.

Learn about new things.

Keep gathering information. When there’s an argument, just observe without taking sides.

You’re a thought machine. Every thing that happen to you is valuable.

Just saying the truth - what everyone is thinking - is funny.

Not going by the book gives you originality.

Have a manifesto: e.g. Being funny without saying a joke.

Make yourself the subject.

“I walked into the bar.”

Set expectation, then twist it.

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to do.

Opening act
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Don’t say “How are we doing tonight?” because:

  • you’ve blown the 15 secs to capture attention.
  • you’re asking the audience to participate right away - which is bad.