American Comedy Institute’s Blog

The Joke Bomb Checklist

Here is the “This Joke Used To Kill And Now It’s Bombing, What The Hell Is Going On” Checklist: Reason 1: You’re Not Doing It The Way You Did When…

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Creating An All “A” Standup Comedy Set

You want strong laughs from the beginning to the end of your set. You want them to be consistently strong from one show to another. You want strong laughter

Creating A Standup Set That Will Further Your Comedy Career

A current truism in the industry is that a set should avoid observational jokes (your observations about things, i.e. the Leno monologues) because…