HOW TO BE FUNNY Starting with yourself and your family
How can you be funny about your family? Easy-peasy. I went on an Amused Moose stand up Comedy course. We were asked to talk about ourselves, as introduction to the group. I said, "My husband and I have separate bedrooms. Mine is in London, his is in Singapore." I had not intended that to be funny. But everybody found it funny. You can see many stand up comedians talking about their nearest and dearest. Spouses. Children. Grandchildren. List All the Members Of Your Family - And Pets Mother Father Children Grandchildren Uncles and aunts Cousins Pets - dogs, cats, birds, fish, others Successes My impoverished, plain, lame aunt, the Cinderella of her sisters, had to work as a piano teacher. She married a wealthy widow whose son she taught. Failures Divorced Died young Married the wrong person Lost all their money Kept coming to you with sob stories Contrast - eg only children and big families You are an only child. Contrast with someone who has many ...