Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes

This podcast is the sequel to part 1 OBVIOUSLY. As I mentioned, comedy doesn't usually start smoothly. . .there are many starts and stops. Here's part 2 of my starts and stops for leaving my day job and going full-time into comedy!

A comedy career usually doesn't start smoothly; there are starts and stops and then some more starts and stops. Here's a short version how how Jan made the move from her day job into full time comedy.

Comedians aren't usually OVER paid. . it's sometimes hard to get the money that we were promised. But sometimes we do get a little extra. Here's a few times it happened to me.

Jan has worked with a few comedians who are jerks. Here's her story about one of them.

Comedy Doesn't work for EVERY function! Here's Jan's story about a few events that shouldn't have had a comedy show.

Getting comedy gigs 25 years ago was a little different 25 years ago than it is today; there weren't websites and social media to spread the word. Here's how I first started getting work as a comedian.

This is a short podcast on a few comedy terms you may hear; just so you understand a little of the language of comedians. There are several other terms, but these are some of the more common ones.

I get asked a lot if I write my own comedy material. That's a weird question because most comedian should write their own material. Here's what I think on the topic of writing comedy.

Getting Star Power as a comedian can either show that you're either a jerk or a nice human being. I've worked with several big names and the way they treat their audiences tells me a lot about them.

Comedians are asked to do all sorts of weird things besides tell jokes! And Things like be an imposter where you pretend to be someone else and then make fun of the company or the boss. I've done a few of these and here's my take on doing them.