Why the Dis-Dane for Cook by Ryan P. Carey. Carey discusses why comics have turned on Dane Cook. Just Another Night by Michael Malone. Personal essay about performing stand up. Comic Beef: Larry the ...

Comic Progress Report: New Year Resolutions ’06 feat. Billy Bingo, Chris McDevitt, Vince Cummings, Pat Alder, Shaun Eli and Joanne Syrigonakis How to Advance and Win Comedy Competitions. Festival ...

Learn how to break into stand-up comedy in this free video series from renowned comedy coach Chris Murphy. Learn proper etiquette as a new comedian. Learn how the way you dress can be an asset onstage ...

A good emcee just needs to have a funny and clean 15 minutes of material and be energetic enough to keep the crowd going in between the acts. Funny, funny, funny is always the key. A emcee’s job is to ...

Opie & Anthony, HBO’s Lucky Louie and The Tonight Show. Norton opens up about his passion for stand-up, sex addiction and why he has no love for comics who don’t write. George Sarris Executive ...

STAGE TIME is an online magazine that covers the craft and business of stand-up comedy. I am a comedian and would like to be featured in the magazine. How do I send a query? The best way to reach us ...

*How to polish material with creative referencing and become Pryor-esque. *How to outdistance your peers with quality material and a strong work ethic. Special guest speakers TBA. Student must RSVP.

Artie Lange recovers quickly from an off-putting intro of particularly mindless gay and dick jokes, almost as if he simply wanted to establish the mood for the evening with an opening pop from the ...

5 Minutes with cringe comedians Rev. Bob Levy, Kurt Metzger, Jason Good, Geno Bisconte, and comedy photographer LaMott Jackson. How would you define cringe comedy? Geno Bisconte: Given the overly ...

Misery is a huge component of the genre. The first of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism is “existence is suffering” and cringe comedy embraces, and often celebrates the suffering that is the human ...

What are some of the similarities and differences that you noticed between Canadian and US comics? Having toured both in Canada and the US, I found that funny is funny and nice people are nice and ...