Don’t Abandon Your Bits
Our jokes are our babies and they’ll never grow to full maturity if we give up on them too soon…. If you like a premise then nurture it, feed it exercise it (like a giga-pet) and help it become the best joke it can be.
Tag Archives: Advice
Opening Lines…
I’d like to talk about opening lines and the beginning of your set. The opening lines of your set are your way of introducing yourself to the audience. They should […]
Debates on “Making It”
The closest Dunkin Donuts to me is two block west and three blocks north. I can follow that route, and I know I’ll get there. If you’re at my house and […]
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THIS SIGN!!!
*I wrote this entry more than a year ago and never shared it, probably because I didn’t want to risk the job, but I don’t work there anymore, so what […]
How to “Get Good”
I was recently witness to two comics arguing in an online group over how to “get good” as a comic and they came from two camps 1 – Quantity: “Do […]
Ebola Quarantine Solutions…
I really don’t understand why she’s still upset over being asked to stay home for 21 days, in her own home.
I can only come to two conclusions:
1) her house sucks and she doesn’t have Netflix…
2) she is not a real American.
Comedy Tips For All
Unsolicited advice for moving forward and also looking back…
I love you and I respect you as a person and a comedian, even if I don’t agree with your attitude or behavior in certain circumstances.
A Generational Gap in Time Wasting Social Activity
I refuse to be ridiculed and judged for my chosen method of modern time wasting socialization, because at least I’m quiet when I do it.
Inspiration Running Dry?
Don’t feel bad that the ideas aren’t coming so rapidly.
I’ve come up with some ideas for getting those juices squirting again. Some of them I actually use, and some of them are just brainstorms, and I”m not sure if they’ll yield anything. They all boil down to fall under one, two or all of three of the following concepts…
Consequences of a Bad Attitude
At the end of the night, I sat there hoping that someone might make me feel better, but no one did and I eventually had to admit that I had no business being around anyone. I made for the parking lot and called my GF to give her a piece of my mind. Just as I said earlier, she was oblivious to my misery, I’d imagined the whole thing and it was all smoothed over within moments, but not before I got pulled over for going 55 in a 35 zone…
Mark Miller - Creative Person 