Stand Up Comedy Tips

Series Summary

Everyone at the office thinks you're hilarious. Your family is always telling you that you'd make a great comedian. But are you ready to get up in front of a room full of strangers and submit your routine to the ultimate test? Do you have what it takes to handle the hecklers and recover when your material bombs? More importantly, how do you write stand-up comedy?

In this series of free video clips you'll learn the art of stand-up comedy from a professional comedian. Grace Fraga offers tips that will not only help you keep your cool in front of a ruckus audience, but help you write great material, develop a routine, make an entrance, work the mic, perfect your timing and more. You'll learn what to do when you don't get a laugh, how to prepare for an audience, and most importantly, how to know if you're funny in the first place. Watch these free videos and get the inside information you need to become a great stand-up comedian.

Video Transcript

"Okay, so I live in L.A. So I've been thinking about getting Botox injections. But, I swear, my L.A. girlfriend, she had so much Botox, every time she gets a treatment, she loses another expression. Oh yeah, all she can do now, is play poker. Thank you very much, you've been a fun crowd, my name is Grace. Whoooo. See that's how you do it Neely. Very good. Thank you. Hi, I'm Neely Nathan and I'm sitting here with Grace Fraga, my friend and professional comedian. You are watching Expert Village, this is our video series on how to be a standup comedian. Yes, that's right. First of all I want to know, am I sucking it in right? Camera person up here, he's cute. I like him. Is it okay, is it good? All right, he's not telling me. All right, that's okay. I'm just. He's married, he doesn't want to get in trouble. I don't care. I don't care, I get everybody in trouble honey, that?s okay. All right, good. That's, sexy, right? That's good. Because you want to be sexy also, you don't just want to be a funny girl."