Hi guys! Comedian here. Looking to hear what other comedy writers do to keep up there chops. Classes you might be taking, other comedy skills you like to practice that help your writing? Is there anything you struggle with when it comes to writing a comedy? Let's hear it!
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Hey, Carly Crickenberger. I write straight Comedy sometimes, and I mix it with other genres.
I watch Comedy movies and shows to keep up my chops. I also watched a Comedy TV writing webinar on Stage 32 a while ago. It's free. www.stage32.com/education/products/netflix-stage-32-present-how-to-write...
I struggle with writing Comedy scenes and jokes sometimes.
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One of my personal favorite activities to do when I have time is to go to a public place like a busy park, train station, and most especially a coffee shop or restaurant and just eavesdrop on what people around me are talking about. There's no better way to get a sense of what matters to people today than going around and actively listening to them. Plus you might hear some incredibly hilarious things like this one I head recently: "I think I'm going to take up smoking so I can die of cancer before I have to pay off my student loans." I mean, what a punchline from some random guy on the street!
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Maurice Vaughan great to hear there's a webinar. I'll have to check it out!
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Pat Alexander I love that! Igot some inspiration for one of my best sketches called "It's a mindset" from two women on a train stating just that to validate their own awful life choices.
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Carly, I like to listen to comedy albums in order to keep my own chops up. (Warning: I'm more of a throwback...since what I listen to came out of the 1955-2001 period. That means a lot of Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory, Redd Foxx, Justin Wilson, Moms Mabley, Bob Newhart, Flip Wilson, and Phyllis Diller. And some Bobcat Goldthwait, George Carlin, and a few others.)
I'm more a storyteller than anything else.
Great question...glad you're here on Stage 32!
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Cheers!
I took a half dozen Improv classes in the past year, at DC Improv club here in Washington, they have three main instructors, multiple levels and topics,
I started about a year ago and then found my favorite instructor and took more classes with him and also with his colleagues as we went through the Levels 1, 2, 3, and performed several "grad show" events on their main stage with our class groups which were usually a dozen to 16 people, meeting each weekend for a 3-hour workshop session for 6 weeks,
it was amazing and has been a great source of humor and spontaneity, I think it has helped my dialogue writing and sense of comic timing and openmindedness a great deal!
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HI Carly, I would say that my first experience with comedy, was watching The Carol Burnett show, and listening to inappropriate records from Redd Foxx growing up. Later took some improv classes from The Groundlings. And everyday life encountering people can be inspirational. Sometimes I struggle with translating those experiences on a page.
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Carly Crickenberger Thrillers are more of my focus currently.
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There is no doubt that one day or another I will explore this area, because I like to tackle all themes, it will come but for the moment I have not written any comique yet, or maybe my idea for Kick Ass 3.
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Daniel Stuelpnagel that’s awesome! I also took improv classes there!