Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes

and I finally got a chance to meet him AND submit jokes for his monologue. I was thrilled! Here's a quick story about meeting him and writing for him.

It's sad to say that there are people who will steal your jokes. There's a few things you can do to protect the jokes, but it's kind of frustrating that we comedians have to worry about that. Here's my take on joke stealing in comedy.

There's all sorts of comedy from stories to set-up punch jokes to audience work. All of them can be funny but I feel that you should do your best not to take cheap shots and make fun of people, unless you do it tastefully!

Writing jokes for the companies I do comedy shows and humor keynotes for is a lot of fun. It's a great way to connect with the audience and learn about what they are dealing with.

Performing comedy on cruise ships takes you all over the place. One thing that I don't like though, is the travel part of it because it can get a little dicey!

One of the biggest comedy clubs in Los Angeles is the Comedy Store, and to get an audition so that you can work there is a BIG deal. I got the audition, had a GREAT set, and here's what happened.

Comedians get booked in all sorts of events and sometimes those events aren't a great match! Here's my quick story about performing for a group of coal miners. It happened a long time ago, but still left a mark!

Comedy clubs have the formula for a successful comedy show, and that includes going straight through without an intermission. But sometimes, when you do comedy shows that are not comedy club shows, the clients have an idea; they want to split up your act. Here's Jan's take on it.

Performing at open mics is the usual way that comedians get started. Here's a few thoughts from Jan on doing open mics.

Taking the plunge from a regular day job in marketing to go into stand up comedy might be a little scary. I talk about when I decided to make the transition.