Comments on: Performance Critique: January 3b

By: rick

rick — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:46:24 +0000

So if you don’t smile then the audience doesn’t get the joke as much?

Wouldn’t that mean the joke needs to be stronger?

Does zach galifianakis or patton oswalt use that tactic (or any popular comic)?

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:12:54 +0000

Hey Rick, thanks for the feedback.

When I started I also didn’t want to laugh or smile at my own jokes but I’ve found that with most jokes the smile is needed so that the audience “gets” the joke quicker and laughs harder…

For example, when I deliver the punch line of “Mom, I remember being on the plane,” I’ve found that if I don’t smile within half a second after saying it, I get way fewer laughs on the line.

Cheers,
Ben

By: rick

rick — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:43:56 +0000

You smile, laugh, and pull your head back after your own jokes too much. It is very odd