tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989974689074396502.post1231917113559936978..comments2023-10-07T03:47:59.024-04:00Comments on Great Great Grand: Tips for Comedians #1Nemo Dallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159223698628198280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989974689074396502.post-24608454238870192132008-12-23T12:02:00.000-05:002008-12-23T12:02:00.000-05:00Oh, yes, good point! I love J-Money's blog The Ty...Oh, yes, good point! I love J-Money's blog The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy (keepyourreceipt.blogspot.com) and part of what she does that always makes me laugh is how she reaches for a joke I wasn't expecting. I think she's going in a certain direction, and am prepared to golf-clap laugh, and then she takes it one step further and-- HA!Laurie Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477124105292431735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989974689074396502.post-36437970777674250492008-12-23T11:59:00.000-05:002008-12-23T11:59:00.000-05:00Yeah. Steven Wright is another who has some great ...Yeah. Steven Wright is another who has some great stand alone jokes -like: <BR/><BR/>what is the speed of dark? <BR/><BR/>And that's it. I think a useful definition of comedy is: "playing with expectations".Nemo Dallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159223698628198280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989974689074396502.post-16327684904461620432008-12-23T10:45:00.000-05:002008-12-23T10:45:00.000-05:00Agreed. Hedberg always did a great job of mixing ...Agreed. Hedberg always did a great job of mixing it up, which kept us, as the audience, on our toes. He'd do a piece like this and then a real quick joke. Part of the humor in the quick joke is that it WASN'T a piece. You were expecting it to be, but then... that's it, y'all! That's the whole joke! He was definitely a master of comedic timing and rhythm.<BR/><BR/>Related: a joke structure I've been really appreciating lately is the piece that twists at the end. You're going along thinking "this is pretty funny," but then the last joke twists it around and you realize the whole joke was really about something else. I came across a decent example of this yesterday, but I'm having trouble finding it now...Laurie Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477124105292431735noreply@blogger.com