The Ultimate Comedy Guide

This will be updated often at the most because as most things that aren't history, they will be rewritten...

THE ULTIMATE COMEDY GUIDE:

Comedy is something that dates back to no ends and most people that achieve it in it's natural form are generally the ones who have the highest standards in their personalities...

Tip #1:

Let Loose

Most people are afraid to go up their and make asses out of themselves, but those same people don't realize that making an ass out of yourself is a huge part of comedy. If you can't do that then you might as well just go up to audience members and tickle them because it won't be easy to make them laugh otherwise... This is something a lot of people miss. Want to see someone who really lets loose? Look at Jim Carrey, he is an icon when it comes to characters...

Tip #2:

What is funny to you isn't always funny to everyone else...

The type of comedy that prospers above all else has to be one that goes in a general aspect. Stupidity is the most common and general type of comedy there is and examples lie in the many celebrity bashings we witness daily and if that's not enough look at stuff like Mind of Mencia; a show that directly targets stupidity and literally staples the bulls eye to it's back. Look at stuff on BET and Wild n' Out, I think there are some people that might annoy you a lot meanwhile others might be falling out of their chairs laughing at the very same thing you can't stand. Hell, you might like the Daily Show and those same people would look at you funny every time you laughed at Jon Stewart's political wisecracks

Tip #3:

Face Contortion and Body Language

This has to do with Letting Loose, but it goes more into the aspect of giving a visual for the people... If a joke you make isn't funny, most of the time the body language you use and the faces you make will make up for it.

Tip #4:

Don't overthink before you act

When you overthink you overact and screw up, I know this personally. This isn't limited to Comedy either... Think about the Tests you take and how sometimes you look back and feel bad because you screwed up on something you knew just by overthinking it. Try to blindly act so you feel more natural when going up there.

Tip #5

Be Selfish & Raise Yourself

When people look at you and you feel nervous it's a good thing because you can get your thoughts together faster, but if you're going up there and you're still nervous then you can freeze up or choke. Generally this applies to everybody, when they're sitting and watching they feel like they can do a better job, but when they're up there it's like everyone's ready to pounce on them and tear them limb from limb. Try to be a little self centered like you're only trying to satisfy yourself instead of everyone else (not like that -_-), your standards will raise and you'll feel more confident... Just don't over-do it...

As for part 2, you can't rely on the other people up there and keep feeding off their heat. The reason there are teams in many improvisational comedy shows is because they want you to compete instead of rely on each other. If you have to keep relying then how are you going to do when you want to do stand-up and have nobody to rely on. In this case rely on yourself... This way you can do your thing and eventually you will be able to coordinate with everyone while performing, at first this is something good to go by.

That's all for now...