By William Wentworth
Why do most people think that it is easy to be a funny guy? It isn't and if you are not born with it, then God help you! In fact, if it was so easy, wouldn't everyone earn a lot of money making people laugh day after day? But hang on. If you only want to learn a thing or two about being "funnier", then the tips here will help you out. These are from big name comedians themselves.
Make jokes on your own expense. If you are a bald headed make joke on account of that group of people. It is something that works without any exception. Just look at Sacha Baron Cohen a.k.a. Borat. He made a carrier laughing at Jews even though that he is one. Or another excellent example is Chris Rock that made a great carrier as a standup comedian making jokes about black people. The main point is that people find that always funny and have a great time listening to such jokes.
Secondly, physical humor works wonders. Falling when you get on stage or hurting yourself by accident with something on stage make people laugh. Of course, it needs to be convincing or they would not laugh. The best example is the jackass crew. They made money by hurting themselves. I'm not trying to scheme to make you hurt yourself but I'm making a point that people find it funny when they hurt themselves.
Surprise them with something. The bigger the surprise the more they will laugh. For an example once the narrator announces your name instead of you a donkey comes out from behind stage and stands in front of the microphone. Moment later you go out and you say "Sorry folks my double got all wrong and came instead...." This will surely make people laugh but you need to figure out how to make the donkey go and stand in front of the microphone first. If that doesn't make people laugh you probably have some tough crowd
Secondly, physical humor works wonders. Falling when you get on stage or hurting yourself by accident with something on stage make people laugh. Of course, it needs to be convincing or they would not laugh. The best example is the jackass crew. They made money by hurting themselves. I'm not trying to scheme to make you hurt yourself but I'm making a point that people find it funny when they hurt themselves.
Surprise them with something. The bigger the surprise the more they will laugh. For an example once the narrator announces your name instead of you a donkey comes out from behind stage and stands in front of the microphone. Moment later you go out and you say "Sorry folks my double got all wrong and came instead...." This will surely make people laugh but you need to figure out how to make the donkey go and stand in front of the microphone first. If that doesn't make people laugh you probably have some tough crowd
Surprise them with something. The bigger the surprise the more they will laugh. For an example once the narrator announces your name instead of you a donkey comes out from behind stage and stands in front of the microphone. Moment later you go out and you say "Sorry folks my double got all wrong and came instead...." This will surely make people laugh but you need to figure out how to make the donkey go and stand in front of the microphone first. If that doesn't make people laugh you probably have some tough crowd in front of you and you will need your double soon after you get to the stage.
These are only a few how to be funny tips and should give you an idea of what humor is about and how to be hilarious. There are more tricks and tips that you can use to be witty but these will have to do for now.
About the Author:
These are only a few how to be funny tips and should give you an idea of what humor is about and how to be hilarious. There are more tricks and tips that you can use to be witty but these will have to do for now.
About the Author:
William Wentworth is the associate editor of the book "How to be Funny". If you wish to learn more about the book or learn how to be funny, go ahead and visit the site here: http://www.howtobefunny.net