Tag: standup
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Standup vs. Storytelling: Part Four | Delivery (Part One)
Similar to babies and pizza, much of the difference between standup and storytelling is in the delivery. Some differences are subtle, such as cash or credit being the preferred method of payment; some are substantial, like the difference between 18 hours of indigestion and 18 years of financial and emotional responsibility over another human being.… Read more
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Standup vs. Storytelling: Part Three | Audience
I once read about an experiment (somebody else read about it and told me about it) where five gorillas were placed in a metal cage with a cement platform in the middle of it. Above the platform were bananas. Any time one gorilla climbed the platform to get the bananas, the others were administered an… Read more
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Standup vs. Storytelling: Part Two | Content
Some high school friends and I began writing a book back in the mid-90s about casual humor called “We’re So Serious about Comedy, It Isn’t Funny.” We’re still waiting to hear back from some publishers. We dissected all comedy into what we called The Four “C”s of Comedy. Those Four “C”s are Content, Context, Timing… Read more
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Standup vs. Storytelling: Part One | Intro
First off, I don’t fancy myself an expert in either standup or storytelling, so find a few grains of salt to go with this article. I do, however, fancy myself an expert in knowing and dissecting the difference between two things that I am approximately average in. Take that with your choice of spice. I… Read more