About Stand-Up Comedy
Resources for learning about Stand-up Comedy techniques and the business surrounding the occupation. Also, find North American comedy club locations, along with featured stand-up performance videos you can watch online.
Rooftop Comedy
Stand-up comedy from clubs across America is presented in short videos at Rooftop Comedy.
Stand-up comedy from clubs across America is presented in short videos at Rooftop Comedy.
Comedy Central Spotlight
Top club comedians in performance clips and material related to the business of stand-up comedy.
Top club comedians in performance clips and material related to the business of stand-up comedy.
"Comedy College"
Steve Martin, Bob Newhart, Rita Rudner, and Lily Tomlin celebrate and analyze great moments in comedy and the people who made them.
Steve Martin, Bob Newhart, Rita Rudner, and Lily Tomlin celebrate and analyze great moments in comedy and the people who made them.
Comedians Web Sites Listings
Featuring mostly North American club comics, this collection by SHECKYmagazine.com provides a fine resource. I'm here all week. Be good to your waitperson. Try the fritters.
Featuring mostly North American club comics, this collection by SHECKYmagazine.com provides a fine resource. I'm here all week. Be good to your waitperson. Try the fritters.
Comedy Central Presents
Comedy Central presents two-minute promos for stand-up concerts featuring the comics' offstage comments interspersed with show clips. Big archive. RealVideo.
Comedy Central presents two-minute promos for stand-up concerts featuring the comics' offstage comments interspersed with show clips. Big archive. RealVideo.
Hack FAQ
Dream of becoming a comic? Read Steven Rosenthal's "Complete Guide to Hack Stand-up Comedy." If you can overcome the cliches, find a stage and do it! Even if you don't plan to perform, the observations made in this document are important items to consider when writing other types of humor. Adult content.
Dream of becoming a comic? Read Steven Rosenthal's "Complete Guide to Hack Stand-up Comedy." If you can overcome the cliches, find a stage and do it! Even if you don't plan to perform, the observations made in this document are important items to consider when writing other types of humor. Adult content.
Reporter Goes Into a Comedy Club, A
By Breanne L. Heldman, "New York Daily News" Staff Writer: "The legendary New York Improv was reopening in time for its 40th anniversary, and I jumped on the celebration to join the ranks of Improv alumni Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Roseanne Barr."
By Breanne L. Heldman, "New York Daily News" Staff Writer: "The legendary New York Improv was reopening in time for its 40th anniversary, and I jumped on the celebration to join the ranks of Improv alumni Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Roseanne Barr."
Shecky Magazine
No, it's not about Shecky Greene -- well, not usually. This magazine focuses on stand-up comedy with interviews, stories, and laughs punched out monthly with somewhat risqué business.
No, it's not about Shecky Greene -- well, not usually. This magazine focuses on stand-up comedy with interviews, stories, and laughs punched out monthly with somewhat risqué business.
Stand-up Comedy Bingo
If you feel you're watching a particularly bad comic on TV, play this game using cliches you hear to win and increase your pleasure. Pretty funny and true (and a bit crude).
If you feel you're watching a particularly bad comic on TV, play this game using cliches you hear to win and increase your pleasure. Pretty funny and true (and a bit crude).
Stand-up Comedy FAQ
Read this one first. Good writing and performing tips from the alt.comedy.standup newsgroup, such as "Protecting Your Work," "Agents and Promotion Agencies," and "How to Protect Your Work." A fine piece of work compiled by Steven Silberberg and Steve Gelder.
Read this one first. Good writing and performing tips from the alt.comedy.standup newsgroup, such as "Protecting Your Work," "Agents and Promotion Agencies," and "How to Protect Your Work." A fine piece of work compiled by Steven Silberberg and Steve Gelder.