The Sunday Writer’s Mic
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=652NYhqMwOQ
0m32s Don’t stumble
0m42s These analogies aren’t working
0m51s Go harder with “remix”
1m26s Set this up more, half a sentence isn’t enough, maybe personalize it
2m37s The pacing is off
3m32s Gotta end it on the fast “blurry blurry blark” stuff
Overall: The sand joke needs some work and some tightening but it will be really good in two months. The Netflix joke also needs some tightening, but the first part of it is pretty solid.
I’ve recently found a great new way to organize my material and I thought I’d share it. (You’ll need Microsoft Word for this, although other programs might have a similar feature.)
Before I give instructions, here’s what the end result might look like:
Basically, when you click the little “+” button it expands into lower levels of headings and then into the actual joke text. So how do you do this from scratch?
Select View – > Outline
You’ll get a blank screen with one bullet point, that’s your highest level of header
Type in some categories of jokes, then under each category type in the name
Then highlight the joke title’s (in the above case, Joke 1, Joke 2 and Joke 3) and click the green arrow that’s pointing to the right in orderto indent the jokes. Notice when your cursor is on “joke 1” the “Level 1” sign changes to “Level 2”
Type in joke text under each joke, then click the little drop down arrow below level 2 and select “body text”
There you go, you’re now more organized with your jokes. Click the “+” and “-“ buttons to expand and collapse joke sections
If you want to view and edit jokes normally, just click on 
You get the following view:
And yes, this is a pain to do the first time, but once you’re done, you have all your jokes nice and organized and it’s easy to add new jokes to this file, as well as to find a specific joke. Plus, you can now easily build a set list based off of your joke titles.
Wanna try stand-up comedy yourself? I teach a Comedy Class in New York City. I also do private one-on-one comedy coaching (in-person or via Zoom).
More Stand-Up Comedy Tips:
Saturday night show
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFIbhknSwL0
0m44s Shrug my shoulders before saying the line
3m58s Get angrier in the mom act out
Overall: Solid set with good laughs throughout.
Saturday open mic
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF0gqefuNT0
0m33s Cut this joke
1m22s Act out each picture being shown with some motion
1m37s Slow down, a lot
3m33s The first part of the Netflix joke is good, then it’s useless until the “scratched” line
Overall: I need to slow down on the vacation photos joke and the Netflix joke will be good if I get rid of the middle part.
A Friday Night Benefit Show
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCrQq6uA-0
1m01s Make a bigger arm motion and bigger facial expression
2m47s That’s one of the funniest responses I’ve ever heard from an audience member
4m23s The mom act out should’ve been angrier
5m11s Good job waiting for them to laugh after “Jehovah’s witnesses”
5m52s Cut the “pamphlet” line
6m36s I should learn to not do the rest of this joke if “perfect” doesn’t get a big laugh
7m05s Bad save line in this situation
7m11s Luckily the Carrot Top line saved the set from ending terribly
Overall: I had a great first 6 minutes and a terrible last minute. The big thing I learned is, if you’re doing a benefit show for some medical charity, avoid suicide and abortion jokes. (Yes, this is obvious in retrospect.)
