Professional Comedian Career Information

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Being a comedian is not a laughing matter. It is hard work and requires long hours to hone and craft this art. Write jokes and make people laugh by learning the advice offered in these free entertainment career videos from an experienced and seasoned professional comedian.

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    How to Become a Professional Comedian

    There are many roads to becoming a professional comedian such as doing it part-time and open mics. Find and embrace a path to comedy using some of the advice from an experienced professional comedian in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Professional Comedian Career Information

    A professional career in comedy requires attention to detail especially when building a lengthy set. Take some advice from an experienced comedian in this free video on entertainment careers and build up a short set from one joke to 45 minutes.

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    Professional Comedian Job Description

    A professional comedian makes a living by making people laugh from a stage. Learn about more about a comedy from an experienced professional comedian who describes his job in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Professional Comedian Pros & Cons

    As with everything, being a professional comedian has its pros and cons. This professional comedian explains how to endure the low points and revel in the high points in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Professional Comedian Qualifications

    Comedian qualifications require belief in oneself and a passion for laughter. Turn frowns to laughs with the advice from a professional comedian in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Professional Comedian Salary

    Professional comedian salaries often start low, but the better the jokes the higher the pay. Expectation is everything and this professional comedian explains how to make more money from clients by honing the jokes and their delivery in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Professional Comedian Tools

    The comedian's professional tools can include props, a stage, a microphone, a stool and glass of water. However professional comedians can perform with no tools at a moment's notice as an experienced comedian explains in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Professional Comedian's Funniest Moment

    For comedians many funny moments occur on stage while performing. In this free video on entertainment careers an experienced comedian shares his funniest moment on stage and what he did to use it to his advantage.

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    Professional Comedian's Hardest Day

    Comedians have hard days too and must put aside personal emotions so the show can go on. Take advice from an experienced and seasoned comedian on how to overcome difficult times and press on in this free video on entertainment careers.

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    Why Become a Professional Comedian?

    Becoming a professional comedian requires enjoying the act of making people laugh. Telling jokes is as much for the comedian as it is for those laughing but there are other reasons to become a comedian as this experienced comedian explains in this free video on entertainment careers.

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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?

Learn about the art of stand-up comedy from a professional comedian in this free entertainment career video clip series. Dexter Angry offers advice and lessons that help aspiring comics learn to keep their cool in front of a ruckus audience, write great material, develop a routine, make an entrance, work the mic, perfect timing and more. Discover what to do when audiences fail to 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 needed to become a great stand-up comedian.

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Expert: Dexter Angry, the happy guy with the Angry name, is proving to be one of the hottest stand-up comics emerging from the comedy scene. Dexter's list of comedy shows include performances at national and international venues from Miami to Dallas, New York to the Bahamas. At the internationally known Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York he won the comedy TKO competition. Dexter has also appeared several times on BET's long running comedy show "Comicview." He was also selected from hundreds of comedians as a semi-finalist in Comedy Centrals "Laugh Riots." He performs regularly at all of the The Improv Comedy Clubs, including Miami, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, as well as at other clubs and colleges across the nation. He can also be seen in Blockbuster films such as A Miami Tail, starring hip-hop recording artist, Trina, and Queen of Comedy, Sommore, where Dexter portrayed the unforgettable character, Redbean.

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