Recently, Ettarose made a comment about the difficulty in making YHBT humor work later on, after the event. If you have ever ended a story with tears in your eyes from laughing, only to find a blank look from your audience.. and then claimed “you had to be there.” Then you understand her frustration. Most [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Odd Is In The Details
Image via Wikipedia Let’s get into detail about our obsession wish details. In Truth in Comedy we discussed how there has to be a germ of truth at the base of all comedy, otherwise it floats away like a kite without a string, or comes crashing to earth, either way the humor fails. Your audience [...]
World Aids Day
John: Who once gave a stand-up monologue about how silly it was for gay men to wear condoms. Gone. Michael: Who wrote books and told jokes about his misadventures in the clubs. Gone. Joel: Possibly the best improv light and sound man who ever lived. Gone. John: A designer who used vintage fabrics before vintage [...]
