Repeating Jokes: Stand-Up Comedy Tips

Video Transcript

"Hi, on behalf of Expert Village, this is Chris Murphy at the Broadway Comedy Club here in New York City. And today I'm going to talk to you about becoming a stand-up comic. Ok, now this is repeating jokes. So many students come to me and say, "I'm so tired of my act. I'm so tired of my jokes. I can't say the same thing over and over again." Its not the same joke. Jokes get better, like wine with age. You know they once asked Frank Sinatra how you sang those same songs all those years. And he said "They're not the same songs, its a different crowd." Its a different crowd. I don't know of any comic in the world who hates his jokes, or her jokes, when they are killing. There's no such thing. You have to keep yourself sharp. The only way is to do the same joke over and over and over again. You will find new ways. I can't tell you how many times, like years later, I mean oh my God. This is what's funny with this audience now, it's like reading a book. Read it again a few years later and you discover more an more about it. And its not the same joke as in the beginning. It becomes a much longer joke. A better joke. You have to repeat them. That's why they call it an act. "