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Got Humor? Comedy SecretsforProfessional PresentationsGot Humor?Comedy SecretsforProfessional Presentations

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2002 Darren LaCroix Get Darrens free Newsletter:Humor Talk www.HUMOR411.com

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If you hear a voice within you saying you are not a painterthen by all means paint... And that voice will be silenced. - Vincent Van Gogh

Secrets from Stand-up Comedy:

THINGS COMEDIANS Dont want you to know!Speakers dont want you to know either. The speakers that use humor to convey their messages, are theones that get hired most!!

Shhhhh Secret #1)_________________________________________

Ooooh a process... How sexy, how fascinating..That is the coolest secret of all... means you can learn this stuff!It is a learned skill and Ill prove it to you (video clip)

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The $ 2,500 lesson Darrens opinion ___% of growth comes from the amount of time in front of audience. Now I get paid for those drives to Portland, ME How can you be funny Darren until you are comfortable? But, What if I bomb? Its not about this presentation.Its about: If you go up today, next week I will be better. Make the switch! Make it more uncomfortable NOT to go up than to go up on stage.

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The TRIANGLE of WOWThe size of the laughter is determined by the length of all 3 sides

YOUR GOAL:

Side 1 - Material

Side 2 - Delivery

Side 3 - Setting


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Material -___________________________________________

-Every word either adds or detracts! There is NO ______________________

( A laugh is inversley proprtional to the amount of words it take to get there!)

Delivery -___________________________________________

-You words must match your __________________________

Setting- ____________________________________________

-Setting is not only the room, but what is happening in the _________________ of the audience

-The Lull is because of a _______________________. Plan to remove as many as possible!

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Shhhhhh Secret #4) _________________________________________

Comedians are people who get paid to ____________. -Dave Fitzgerald

Always ask yourself who is the victim? (Valet)

You will ALWAYS have that 2%!

Humor is in the mind of the beholder. - Darren LaCroix

People will laugh harder when the can connect to the emotional side of your story or joke.

They are connecting their experiences to yours or your characters.

Shhhhh Secret #5) _________________________________________

Where do we laugh?

Disecting the punchline....

Take my wife _________________________

The Rule of 3

and how it relates...

I was nervous about the trip so I took _____________, ______________, _____________________

Set up is creating an _______________ (using your voice and body)

Punchline is _______________________

punchline

(Set up)

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Shhhhh Secret #6) _________________________________________

Write this down! (Dave Fitz) After 11 years... only..

(Audio) Bob Seibel Create & test, Create & test!

Practice 4 times THEN & ONLY THEN decide to throw it out!

Adding funny words....

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Must believe funny first

Must believe you can deliver it effectively

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Ask the question what is my attitude behind this line?

What is the attitude of the characters in the story

Jay Lenos practice. Later he adds the attitude & body movement (aka delivery).

Shhhhh Secret #9) _________________________________________

Oliver _ How was the audience? Wisdom.. Really asking how did I do.

Vinnie ( Goes back to belief... challenge)

9A) _________________________________________Friday show - Saturday early show - Saturday late show

Same person, same talent, same stuff

We will deliver different based on what is in our own mind...

Shhhhh Secret #10) _________________________________________

Robin Williams

Can I get you something.... like a watch?

They look like a genious to a comedy civilian!


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Darrens favorite Quotes about HUMORDarrens favorite Quotes about HUMORDarrens favorite Quotes about HUMORDarrens favorite Quotes about HUMORDarrens favorite Quotes about HUMOR

Comedy = Tragedy + Time -Steve Allen

Most comedy is mean in some way, shape, or form lets face the facts no one ever laughed because

someone almost fell on the sidewalk. The laughter only begins when that back hits the pavement. -

Mike Donovan, comedian

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation

-Mark Twain

The comedy situation arises from the incongruity between a certain character and a situation in which

the character finds himself - Jack Benny

Want to make God Laugh? Tell him your plans! -Henny Youngman

The most effective learning is accomplished during periods of fun and enjoyment

-Dr. Ralph Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International

God did not give me the gift to make people laugh, He gave me the strength and persistence to learn

how - Much of what we say is never truly listened to, but words of encouragement seldom fall on

deaf ears. -Darren J. La Croix

If you hear a voice within you saying you are not a painter then by all means paint... And that voice

will be silenced. - Vincent Van Gogh

Humor is falling downstairs if you do it in the act of telling your wife not to. - Kenneth Bird

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, wearing false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will

admit to a lack of humor? -Frank Moore Colby

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness -Horace

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when peoplelaugh. -George Bernard Shaw


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