Coming up with their own material is important if a comedian wants to succeed in their chosen career. For one, they cannot use and rehash another comedian's material to come up with their own. Most likely, they will have to resort to improvisation, which they can actually learn from classes handled by professionals. Some people I talked to share how they come up with their own material for their funny jokes.
Newspapers. If you want to widen your sources for jokes and funny stories, you must be well read and up-to-date about what is going on around you and around the world. If it is something that makes you say, "What the?!", then, you might consider including it on your jokes materials.
Watch movies and TV sitcoms. These are depictions of reality and you can surely create materials from these sources. For example, the TV sitcom "Friends" was such a hit because of the everyday representation of events in the sitcom. Throw in Phoebe's punch lines, Monica's OC-tendencies, and Joey's funny antics and innocence, and you get a completely new character out of the three main characters. You might want to try out what you come up with on your friends just to see if what you have is indeed funny or not.
Check out your surroundings. This entails the use of your imagination in coming up with a funny material for you. What objects surround you now? A chair? A pen? A pillow? You might want to a bit on the history of these items and their uses, but ensure to inject humor in their history. In other words, "create" your own version of the objects' history.
Point out everyday situations that people undervalue, and yet has made huge impact on how they live their lives. Sometimes, people do things out of habit and without even thinking whether it is logical or not to do it. As an example, watch the clock tick by to pass time. How absurd that is if you do not want boredom to set in? And yet, we all do that sometimes. Thus, those people who can relate to the joke will be the first ones to laugh at themselves.
Tell about stories relating to superstition or conspiracy theories and other misinformation. Say them as if they are the supreme truth. You might think that you could be confusing people with what you are telling them, but seriously, no one will take it as "truth" because in the first place, they know that it is just a joke. In addition, they know that you are just exaggerating facts, thus, it will just be entertainment for them. Examples of these superstitious beliefs include, "how eating ice cream can lead to nightmares" and "if you make silly faces when a strong wind blows will make the silly face permanent".
Newspapers. If you want to widen your sources for jokes and funny stories, you must be well read and up-to-date about what is going on around you and around the world. If it is something that makes you say, "What the?!", then, you might consider including it on your jokes materials.
Watch movies and TV sitcoms. These are depictions of reality and you can surely create materials from these sources. For example, the TV sitcom "Friends" was such a hit because of the everyday representation of events in the sitcom. Throw in Phoebe's punch lines, Monica's OC-tendencies, and Joey's funny antics and innocence, and you get a completely new character out of the three main characters. You might want to try out what you come up with on your friends just to see if what you have is indeed funny or not.
Check out your surroundings. This entails the use of your imagination in coming up with a funny material for you. What objects surround you now? A chair? A pen? A pillow? You might want to a bit on the history of these items and their uses, but ensure to inject humor in their history. In other words, "create" your own version of the objects' history.
Point out everyday situations that people undervalue, and yet has made huge impact on how they live their lives. Sometimes, people do things out of habit and without even thinking whether it is logical or not to do it. As an example, watch the clock tick by to pass time. How absurd that is if you do not want boredom to set in? And yet, we all do that sometimes. Thus, those people who can relate to the joke will be the first ones to laugh at themselves.
Tell about stories relating to superstition or conspiracy theories and other misinformation. Say them as if they are the supreme truth. You might think that you could be confusing people with what you are telling them, but seriously, no one will take it as "truth" because in the first place, they know that it is just a joke. In addition, they know that you are just exaggerating facts, thus, it will just be entertainment for them. Examples of these superstitious beliefs include, "how eating ice cream can lead to nightmares" and "if you make silly faces when a strong wind blows will make the silly face permanent".
About the Author:
Do you think you can now come up with your own materials for jokes? If you want to learn to be funny, simply browse through this site, http://www.howtobefunny.net for additional guidelines on being funny. This is Bryson Reid, a regular contributor for this site!
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