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Summary: Learn how to use the energy of the crowd to your advantage with expert stand-up comedy tips and techniques in this free comedy lesson video.

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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

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Using the Crowd as a Beginning Comedian

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. This is called, "Watching the Crowd." This is extremely important when you first start out because many young comics don't know what makes a crowd laugh. So, go into a show and watch and see what topics are they laughing at, what rhythm the comic speaking out they're laughing at, certain things he's saying--why they're laughing. You have to know what makes a crowd laugh. It's almost like a behavioral psychiatrist. Before you can help anybody, you have to know more about that subject. So, what I suggest when you go in to watch a show, rather than watch the comic so much, see what the crowd's laughing at. There's all different age groups and where they're from. Are they urban? Are they out of town? So--from out of town rather. So, you have to know everything about them and see what makes all kinds of people laugh before you can pick up your pen. Don't tapdance, adjust.

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