Comedy Tips

“You’re a comic? Tell me a joke!” You better learn to handle that (annoying) question well because a gig opportunity might be around the corner! Rob Spence has 35+ years of experience in comedy. Get more comedy tips on this site or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learncomedy

How to keep your comedy fresh? You say these jokes hundreds if not thousands of times. But how do you keep it fresh for your audience and yourself? Don’t you get bored of your jokes after a while? Here is Rob’s answer to the question: Don’t lose the playfulness. If you see it going away,…

How can you stop hating your material? If you’ve ever tried stand up, you know the feeling. You write something and when you go over it again, you hate it and doubt that it could make anyone laugh. This was a real question from a reddit user. Here is a link to the full question:…

Can you be funny 24/7? A comic posted a question on the forum reddit.com/standup This comic seemed anxious about having to be funny 24/7 with everyone, no matter the situation. Click here if you wanna read the full question. Here is Rob’s video response to the question: Trying to be funny 24/7 with everyone is…

How can you learn to be funny? This is a question I get all the time. As a teacher of comedy, I also get another version: “can you really teach someone to be funny?”So can people learn to be funny and how do you teach them? This is what I believe: everyone is funny. People…