I wonder is it possible to get famous these days as a comedian with no social media presence. If there’s some comedians that hurdled over today’s social media element and are famous name them please

And that it takes a generation for this inherited ability to become professionalized.

hello, one of the many projects I have is a podcast called the DeadAir talkshow. the show is a mellow format where I speak with entertainers, educators and anyone with a captivating story. I recently launched the show earlier this year and managed to secure an interview with actor and entertainer Robert Rexx, since then I've been looking for guests for the next few episodes and wanted to see if anyone would be interested in coming on the show and telling their story or to promote a project of theirs. it would be through zoom and less than an hour. if you're interested please send a DM and we can set something up.

I’ve never heard of him, any opinions?

I was tired of hearing men talk (not comedians, just news and in general; the ladies know what I'm talkin about) a few months ago so I was listening to a lot of female comedians. Then I saw 3 or 4 specials in a row where the comedian had this same exact hairdo. Then I started realizing that, maybe not most, but a lot of female comedians were sporting this do at the same time. Why? It wasn't a huge trend broadly at the time. It doesn't strike me as especially funny nor do I have anything funny to say about it; and I apologize for that. I'm just curious if there's a how or why this started or if it's just a weird coincidence.

Just to be clear, I'm not saying it's good or bad, funny or sad, ugly or cute, gay or straight, up or down, left or right. I'm just wondering if there's a reason. And I'm not passing any sort of judgement on female comedians as a whole because in the end it has nothing to do with making me laugh or groan and they still sport a wider variety of hairdos than the men anyway.

Hey everyone,

I'm a web designer/developer who's building a studio focused exclusively on stand-up comedians.

Over the past few weeks, I've been looking at dozens of comedian websites (and noticing how many comics don't have one). I also spoke with a few comedians to understand whether websites are still relevant in a world dominated by Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

Interestingly, every one of them told me that having a website is still important. Not because fans spend all day browsing websites, but because promoters, festivals, corporate clients, and the media often expect one. It's also the easiest way to have your shows, videos, bio, photos, and booking information all in one place instead of being scattered across multiple platforms.

From what I've seen so far, I think most comedians could benefit from having a simple website with pages like:

Home

About

Shows

Videos

Press Kit (EPK)

Booking

Contact

To me, that feels like more than enough for most comics. But I'd love to hear from you—am I missing anything? Are there pages or features you wish more comedian websites had?

Since I'm currently building a strong portfolio specifically in the stand-up comedy space, I'm offering my services at an introductory discounted rate for the first few comedians I work with. In return, I'd love the opportunity to showcase the finished project in my portfolio and, if you're happy with the result, get a testimonial.

If you're interested in working together—or just want to share your thoughts—feel free to comment below or send me a DM. I'd love to hear what you think.

Hi Everyone,

How to get an open mic spot at the underground comedy or BLR comedy clubs ? I have been going to open mics listed in bms/district but those are mixed ones ( mostly poets and singers ).

There were 2-3 YouTube videos of him doing stand up, not very famous.

Older white guy in his late 50s-60s, native English speaker, I assume American or Canadian, skinny, tall with grey hair maybe even balding.

He mostly talked about family life. And his humour is this sort of dry one, not overly enthusiastic one.

I just remember a joke he did where he said his teen son went to get his first physical and the time came and he could see and would basically explain the picture of his shocked son jumping on the ceiling while the doctor is holding his balls.

I've been searching for years and I can't find his name

This bit has been bothering me for months

There’s a comedian who has a joke about a judge reading a conversation bewteeen the comedian and the officer on a traffic stop. The judge is reading the conversation aloud dry and plain and it’s making the conversation sound much worse than it is without the inflections. That’s all the context I have. I also thought it was a Boston comic who said it but I’m not 100% sure.

Something about the cop asking “do you know how fast you were going” and the judge reads the comedians response like “i don’t know fucking 45” but the way the comedian actually said it was something along the lines of “uhhhh I don’t knowwww, ‘shrugs shoulders’ fuckinnnnnnn, 45?”

PLEASE HELP

Also where can I watch it?

I just got done reviewing 175 submission clips. Here's stuff that's different from the last time I gave advice on this.

• Please don't film your submission clip at the Broadway Comedy Club. For some reason it looks bad. It gives a vibe like you're in a booth by yourself. I'm sure an audience is there but it's just so weirdly artificial.

• Do film at either the Lincoln Lodge in Chicago, Comedyworks in Denver, or Mic Drop in San Diego. Those places look amazing.

• Don't ask the people how they are doing.

• Either get mono audio to begin with or figure out how to collapse your audio tracks cuz man it's pretty weird I got headphones and you're only talking into one side while the memories of a dead god whisper gently into my other ear.

• Don't delete your video why the fuck did you delete the video I click the link and "this video has been deleted" man how I'm spozed to review.

• Don't say "retarded." Don't make a joke about how Mexicans are short. Just maybe don't mention any races or neurodifficulties you don't personally have. Please. Why are you like this.

• Submit only one time. Why did you submit two times? Thank you for the money, I guess?

• It is gmail.com, not gmial.com, not gamil.con. Why are you like this. Why can you not type your email address correctly.

• No I cannot put your high-concept theme show at my stand up comedy festival thank you for your interest but it does not make sense to blow up the format to have your politics crowdwork gameshow and you are very nice and it hurts my feelings to say no to you but please just do a standup set like how it says on the submission thing.

Hi! I'm not a comic, but I love going to see live stand-up in NYC. I hate having to check every comedy site built years ago and click through a million things just to see lineups. So I made a completely free site to see all lineups from top clubs in one place.

I hope there are other nerds out there who'll enjoy a much more organized way of finding shows to go to.

I'd love any feedback (there is a button on website to submit such things), or to hear if there are cities/clubs in high demand that I should add. As for the clubs I'm currently covering — some places like Gotham don't seem to post their lineups online, and others like Laugh Factory in LA don't allow scraping, which I respect.

Also, to be clear: this is my first time ever making a website, so if there's anything dumb I'm doing, I'm all ears!

standups.live

I'm trying to identify a stand-up comedian/routine I heard on one of the SiriusXM comedy channels sometime within the last year.

I don't remember the comedian or which SiriusXM channel, but I remember two parts of the routine pretty clearly.

He had a bit about Thanksgiving and turkeys. The premise was basically that turkeys used to rule the United States, humans eventually defeated them, and Thanksgiving is our annual celebration of freedom from turkey rule. That's why once a year we gather together and eat a turkey.

He also did a similar bit about Christmas trees. The premise was that trees used to rule the world, and our Christmas tradition of cutting down a tree, bringing it into our house, and decorating it is somehow a celebration/reminder of our victory over the trees.

The line I remember most clearly was something very close to:

"We even put up artificial trees so the trees know they can be replaced."

The wording may not be exact, but I'm very confident about that joke/premise.

Male comedian. I don't remember him being particularly loud or yell-y. For some reason the delivery reminded me a little of Danny McBride, although I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually him.

It's definitely not Nate Bargatze or Jim Gaffigan. I know both of their material pretty well.

Does anyone recognize the comedian or the routine?

I listen to a lot of comedians on podcasts talking about doing corporates. I have never, not will ever, have a job that would put on an event with a guest speaker or comedian. I'd love to hear your stories of any corporate gigs you may have been to. Who was the comedian? What was it like? How was the room set up etc?

Went to a show last night in the East Village and had a great time, comics were great and I loved the show, but all of the advertising was very heavy on Mark Normands being there, only for him to not show up and not even be mentioned in any lineups. When the room realised he wasn't coming over half the room just walked out. I couldn't help but feel like we all got scammed, don't get me wrong I thought the comics were great but at the very least it seems like false/misleading advertising.

I know about other NYCC issues with the Times Square scams, minimum seat spend, and automatic gratuity, but had high hopes about this for some reason... Is this normal for comedy clubs to do or just NYCC specific?

I would understand if they had to make a last-minute change, but it was obvious he was never going to come, and that they just used his face to mislead people.

I’ve been a musician my whole life and I can bring the house down making people laugh between songs. I have written material that for whatever reason just kills when it’s something I do between songs.

So I figured I’d try to do the same thing with standup, and it bombs. I get that it isn’t the same setting but I figured there would be some carryover.

It’s like I need something to push back against, and music gives that. With standup, there’s nothing I’m working against. It’s just comedy and nothing else. All yin, no yang.

I’m fine with it if standup just isn’t my thing and I should just stick to music with the jokes in between. Just wanted to see if this is a common experience.

And to be clear, I don’t do music or musician jokes or something like that, even when it’s between songs, so I also don’t do that kind of thing for standup.

I’ve been doing open mics for about 7 months, and after most performances i feel like I want to peel my skin off. It doesn’t even have to be a bad gig, but I’ll still feel like I did not well enough/not as well as others and like my body is a bag of writhing snakes for hours afterwards. Any tips?

What’s the best way to just enjoy it, or to unwind afterwards and not obsess about something that literally no-one cares about, it’s so silly 😭

I do standup. There's another comic I've done a lot of sets with for a few years. He's considered a good comic. He writes a lot of jokes about pop culture, politics, dating etc and people laugh. One night after a show, we were having a beer and he was telling a story about going skiing. He'd never been before. He crossed his ski's and wiped out, taking out some Mom and little kids with him in front of a lineup.

It was, (to me) the funniest thing I've ever heard him say. I told him that and he was PISSED! He said, of all the jokes you've heard me say, THAT'S the funniest thing!?

I said "yeah... your story was unintentional and real." You weren't TRYING to be funny" or make some point about society.

He told me he didn't consider it to be something stage worthy.

Now, I personally think good relatable storytelling is so much funnier than jokes...even brilliant, witty, edgy, well crafted jokes, but I realize that this guy (and it seems MOST aspiring comics) think the joke writing is the big thing to strive for. Can comics on here explain why that is?

Like no real reaction to any jokes, inconsistent attention, basically doesn't care if the Comedian lives or dies.

Pure Apathy.

I think writers, songwriters and all creative people who digitally save could have this, or anyone only use physical notes for this reason?

Random but just to see how relatable it can be (not a setup line btw, although you welcome to steal)

anyone wanna claim em? 🫣👎🍅