Playfulness

Question 1

Playfulness - humor is play - you just need to figure out how to do it

Question 2

Play is social - you can’t play with yourself - hint - it’s the audience…

Question 3

Play with the audience - get out of your head and get into theirs - let your imagination flow and glow

Question 4

Playing with the audience unleashes your imagination - you become an explorer searching for ways to get the audience excited

Question 5

Comedy is energy - activate audience energy

Question 6

Comedy is attitude - activate audience attitude

Question 7

Playfulness is not shared anger - that’s politics

Question 8

Playfulness unites - playfulness is inclusive - be fair - play in a way that avoids regret

Question 9

Playfulness is being likable - get the audience on your side - be lovable

Question 10

Play with shallow buried bones - also known as mild pet peeves - look for common buried bones

Question 11

Scratching itches is enjoyable - find common itches

Question 12

Playfulness, funny enough is about having fun - let’s have fun

Question 13

Playfulness is the right place and time for exaggeration - its the appropriate place for humor

Question 14

Playfulness is the right time and place for deceit - deceit appropriately channeled is delightful

Question 15

Difference between anger and pet peeves (irritations) is the difference between politics and humor

Question 16

Healthy adults can weather challenges and laugh at them - unhealthy people just get angry - nothing funny about true anger

Question 17

Tension / Release = the oceanic waves of humor - so easy to forget

Question 18

Call-Outs to the audience - Tag-lines: Uh-hmm… and Really? (oral irony)

Question 19

Editing excellence is judged by how the audience energy is improved

Question 20

Starts with a playful story - something that has energy - mild emotional grievance - something the audience can embrace - get the story down first and then let the humor write itself

Question 21

I need to model what I want to see

Question 22

Set the tone for the audience - be the change you want to see - my energy leadership will serve as a role model for the audience - if it’s done right the roles will be reversed - I will feed off and respond to their energy

Question 23

Scream, Shout, Jump up and down - make the audience feel something - the energy is there - activate it

Question 24

When I am on the stage in front of the audience I am no longer me - I am a reflection of who the audience wants to see and it’s my job to deliver to the best of my abilities which is all the audience wants - here’s the thing - my abilities are awesome

Question 25

Optimism - why not?

Question 26

Visualize myself the way they want me to be - the best I can be - living and supporting me

Question 27

My job - put audience in the roller coaster car and pull the crank

Question 28

It’s like you are having a very fun conversation with the audience - it’s not one way - they are showering you in goodwill and emotion

Question 29

Joke writing - visualize the audience - visualize the attitude - visualize what they want - visualize what they might enjoy - it’s not about what I think is funny - I can’t make myself laugh - I can’t tickle myself - I can’t surprise myself on purpose - but I can speculate on what they might enjoy - that the way - it’s absolutely not about me - it’s absolutely not about shat I think is funny - think god because that is impossible

Question 30

What does the audience want to feel? Superior / Smart / Right / Validated

Question 31

What does the audience want? They want to release every frustration and heartache they have ever had - they want to use laughter as a pain killing drug

Question 32

What does the audience want from the comedian? They want the comedian to plead their case - they want to turn logic upside down to defeat the bad guys

Question 33

The logic of the audience is the illogics of humor - it is their only weapon

Question 34

Humor is my garden - same creative urge - same energy - same originality - same authentic beauty

Question 35

This is my art - one plant at a time - sometimes big chunks of creativity - always open to surprise - laurel and junipers - spontaneous - this is dream land - bring it in…