Welcome to the Official Comedy Club Blogger for Suffern High School

This is the very first post on the Official Comedy Club Blogger for Suffern High School, where you can get the latest news, events, games, topics, scenes, & etc. for the Comedy Club. The purpose of this is so the people of Comedy Club can let the current president/vice president know what they think of the club, what they want more of, and especially what they think is wrong with the Comedy Club. Originally my idea was to create a web site for the Comedy Club, but I figured it would be too high end and take too much time, but the president of the 2007-2008 fiscal year Andrew brought it to my attention that making a Blogger would be much easier. Therefore this has come into existence....

Comedy Writing Secrets by Melvin Helitzer:
Comedy Writing Secrets by Melvin Helitzer is a book synonymous throughout college comedy courses throughout the United States. In this book there is a lot of information that can help the person who thinks they aren't funny at all turn themselves into a comedy writing genius. The fact of the matter is that everyone has the potential to be funny, but they just need to find that potential and use it. This book is the very best way to find such a thing because if you can write comedy then all you need to do is go up there and perform it... That, on the other hand, is a totally different story.

Get the PDF Here

NEWS!!! : Welcome to Surreality... Hold your gears in place, the year end event is near.

- Funding - We need a significant amount of funds in order to go to a Comedy Club Event.
- Fun - A bake sale is nice, but it's not Comedy... Unless you tickle the customer, I don't think they'll be buying anything then... A year end show is very fun and allows the members to express themselves and just plain and simple go all out with their best material
- Preparation - I'll have it taken care of.... I'll hand out fliers make posters and give hype for the show
- Ultimate Comedy Exhibition - Like "Last Comic Standing" only everyone in the school is invited... They will all go head to head and ultimately we will show the finals at the show...

More News

Now that the whole Crash Course in Comedy thing on Comedy Central's website is over, I decided to become more motile in my approach to this whole learning comedy stuff. I was looking on the net and found a great video oriented thing on Expert's Exchange. Check it out, it's located on the right side of the page under the links section.

About The Expert:

Les McGehee is a working award winning comedian and improvisation pioneer who has entertained and trained millions of happier people throughout the US and the world for 20 years. He has toured through countries and performed thousands of shows. Les and his comedy companies have been featured on ABC WB Fox Family and PBS. His writing credits include a book and many successful scripts and published articles. He has played with famous and not so famous stars of stage and screen including appearances with cast members of Saturday Night Live, Whose Line is it Anyway, MadTV, The Simpsons and others. He has provided improv training to Fortune 500 companies including ATT, IBM and Dell as well as government agencies and prestigious graduate schools of business. He was a founder of the Comedy League of America, Comedy Sportz, National Comedy Theatre, IMPROV MBA and other companies and toured with the National Comedy Theatre's “Tour for the Troops” in 2004 and 2005.

Description:

Summary: “So what is the deal with airports? You walk in and everybody is in such a hurry. Its like the time your dad left without you at the gas station and made you chase the car down the road while your brother and sister are in the back sit giving you the finger...what?...why is everyone leaving?...sir, please don't throw your beer at me...why is my microphone off?...” Stand up comedy and improv comedy is a difficult career and making it is no laughing matter. It takes work, practice, persistence, and wit sharper than Oscar Wilde's pen. It is important for a comedian to be relevant, creative, intelligent, and accessible, even when objects are being thrown at him or her from an angry customer in the audience.

In this free video series, let comedian Les McGehee school you in the art of humor as he teaches you how to do improv comedy. Learn different improvisational techniques and games, how to apply those techniques to different situations, and how to use the art of improv comedy to make people laugh. This step by step comedy lesson is sure to make you laugh and get you closer to your dream of telling jokes for a living.

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Heed the warning: Any e-mails sent with inappropriate or insulting content will be deleted and the address that sent it will be blocked and set as spam mail. This is simply to make the experience for the people who want to help out with the club easier... Hopefully this won't happen because if it becomes too much of a problem then I will have to shut down this blogger.

Featured on this blogger:

GAMES
JOKES, QUOTES, & VIDEOS
THE ULTIMATE COMEDY GUIDE
VARIOUS SEGMENTS
SUGGESTIONS BOX
POLLS
ARCHIVE

Chat With The Creator

Hey everyone... Since I created this web page I wanted to give you all the opportunity to talk to me if you ever feel the need to.

Games

Here are all of the games, if you would like to play a specific one at a specific Comedy Club, either e-mail me or leave a comment here with the date of the Comedy Club so they can be deleted after that given Comedy Club has taken place... This is also the best place to make game suggestions.

GAMES:

PARTY QUIRKS

THREE PEOPLE ARE GIVEN CHARACTERS AND THEY HAVE TO INTERACT WITH THE HOST WHILE GIVING HIM CLUES ABOUT HIS/HER CHARACTER IN ORDER FOR THE HOST TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE

DATING GAME

THREE PEOPLE ARE CONTESTANTS WITH GIVEN CHARACTERS AND THEY HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THE MAIN CONTESTANT GIVES THEM ALL THE WHILE GIVING HINTS AS TO WHO THEIR CHARACTER IS IN ORDER FOR THE MAIN CONTESTANT TO FIGURE IT OUT

WEIRD NEWSCASTERS

A CAST OF NEWSCASTERS ARE ASSEMBLED, BUT ONLY THE ANCHOR IS NORMAL AND THEY ALL MUST IMPLY THEIR CHARACTERS WHILE DOING THEIR PART IN THE "NEWS BROADCAST"

SCENES FROM A HAT

A BUNCH OF SCENES ARE PLACED IN A CONTAINER AND MIXED UP, THEN THEY ARE CHOSEN AND THE FOUR PEOPLE ACTING MUST MAKE UP FUNNY IDEAS TO COORDINATE WITH THE SCENES

WHOSE LINE

UP TO FOUR PEOPLE ARE SELECTED TO WORK ACCORDING TO A GIVEN SCENE AND AS THEY TALK TO ONE ANOTHER THEY INCLUDE AND READ OFF LINES THAT ARE CREATED BY VARIOUS AUDIENCE MEMBERS

THE LINE GAME

THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND ONLY ONE CAN SPEAK NORMALLY WHILE EVERYONE ELSE CAN SAY ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LINES. THEY GENERALLY SAY ONE OR TWO.

SUPERHEROES

EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE GAME! FOUR PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A SITUATION AND HAVE TO ACT LIKE THEY ARE SUPERHEROES TRYING TO RESOLVE IT, BUT THE CATCH IS THE PEOPLE PARTAKING IN THE GAME ARE THE ONES TO DECIDE WHICH KIND OF SUPERHERO THE NEXT PERSON IS

THE ONE WORD GAME

IN THIS GAME PEOPLE CAN ONLY SAY ONE WORD AT A TIME AND AS THEY GO ON THINGS GET STRANGER AND STRANGER AND ALL THE MORE FUNNY AT THE VERY SAME TIME

TRANSLATIONS

IN THIS GAME THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE, TWO WHO ARE SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND TWO WHO ARE GIVING THE MOST REDICULOUS TRANSLATIONS POSSIBLE

MOVIE STYLES

IN THIS GAME THERE IS A SITUATION PRESENTED AND THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE. THERE IS ONE DIRECTOR AND THREE ACTORS AND THEY MUST ACT OUT THE SITUATION IN WHATEVER WAY THE DIRECTOR CHOOSES

SOUND EFFECTS

IN THIS GAME THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTING OUT A SCENE AND A PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING SOUND EFFECTS FOR THIS SCENE, THE WEIRDER THE EFFECT THE FUNNIER IT GETS

THE DETECTIVE GAME

IN THIS GAME THERE ARE UP TO FOUR PEOPLE WHO WILL ACT OUT A SCENE WITH ONE OF THEM BEING THE DETECTIVE AND EVERY PERSON WILL HAVE AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIANCE LIKE THERE IS IN MANY OLD DETECTIVE MOVIES

*New!*

HOMEMADE GAMES-

SPLIT PERSONALITIES:

This game is like Party Quirks only there is no party... Strangers knock on the door and are let in, but the host can't get them out because they have severe mental issues so basically he/she has to pursuade the strangers to leave verbally and they have to drop hints about their personalities along the way....

There's a huge list of games, but these are mainly the ones we focus on...