Quick Picks: The Benefits of a Mentor for Comedians
 
Sign In Sign Up — It's Free!

The Benefits of a Mentor for Comedians

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.
Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: How To Become a Comedian

left_arrow right_arrow
Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: Learn why a mentor can be very valuable to beginning comedians with expert stand-up comedy tips and techniques in this free comedy lesson video.

Views: 593 | Tags: up, stand, telling, improv, funny, comedy, jokes, joke, laugh, laughter, laughing

Get the latest Flash player.
Email Video Add to Favorites
About the Expert
Contact: newyorkcomedyclub.com/classes.htm

Chris Murphy Chris Murphy has been a stand up comedian for more than 15 years. He is a veteran of the New York City comedy circuit, appearing regularly at the Broadway Com... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

  • Comments
    (0 comments)
  • Questions & Answers
    (0 questions) (0 answers)
Be the first to comment on this video.
Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!
Ask A Question

Video Transcript

The Benefits of a Mentor for Comedians

CHRIS MURPHY: Hi. On behalf of Expert Village, this is Chris Murphy. I'm here at the New York Comedy Club in New York City. Today we're going to talk about how to have a career in comedy. Okay. This is the comedy class; very important. I can't tell you how many times people make unnecessary mistakes because they haven't got a good coach to teach them something. Now having said this, you can't teach someone to be funny. That has to be born. I believe that you have to be born with a funny bone, but you can teach someone how to make this into a craft. Okay? Now in the beginning, many comics make a lot of mistakes on and off stage they never would have made if they had an experienced person coaching them through, telling them, "Hey, don't do that." Alright? Many people don't know what they're doing and so it's good to have a guy, kinda not judge them, but just tell them exactly step by step how they can get work and make their act better. So, a comedy class can be very valuable. Most important, after the class do open mics immediately. Do not lose momentum after the class.

Hobbies Ads

Community Members who...

  • Favorited this Video
  • Rated This Video
No one has Favorited this video yet. Be the first!

Top Tags

airplane animals balloon balloonanimals balloons balls bicycles bikes camera clown clowns crafts dance dancing darkroom diy draw drawing entertaining entertainment film fly flying games ho hobbies instruction juggle juggling kids learn lighting magic make model models party patterns photo photography pictures pilot plane supplies techniques tie tricks tying vintage wheels
Check out what people are watching now
left_arrow right_arrow