General Info
During this class term
- You can go to any show for free with you student ID (as long as the show isn’t sold out)
- You need to attend 1 show and 1 jam
o Jams are Wednesday night at 9 and Sunday at 4
o Once a month there is a short-form jam (keep an eye on social media)
Dane’s phone number 941-685-1164
One Liners and Fast Thinking
Word Play
Source
● Your life history
● Neurons in your mind
● This will differ between people bc we all have different life experiences
Wordplay
● Creating the joke
o Ex. Paper
▪ Paper Mache (French)
▪ Toilet paper
▪ College ruled
Context
● Making the joke
● Delivery
● How you do it
● Punch line
Games!
185
● 185 suggestion walk into a bar. The bartender says we don’t serve suggestion here. Suggestion
says Punchline!
o Use each others suggestions as source material (ex. Acute triggering angles)
o Comedy sports uses this one
o Everyone is on one team (yay!)
A Date with Me
● A date with me is like suggestion, it’s punchline
o Less of puns with this one, just fun
o This one can be dirty, but can also stay clean
I like my lovers….
● I like my lovers like I like my suggestion
o Goofy
o Dirty
o Fun
Last Action Joke
● Super campy line after an action
● Required to be dumb
● There is no template for this one, just be goofy
● CSI version
o Used the crime scene and Horatio glasses as the setup
Fast Thinking
● Keep your mind clear as much as possible
● Instinctual
● Impulsive
● Follow your gut!
Conducted Story
● Host conducts with hand gestures
● One person talks at a time until the host moves to the next person
● Must be present (cannot hold onto your funny ideas)
● Dig into the struggle
Categories
● Great for kids
● Everyone names something in the category until they are out
● Many of us played this in the pool as children
New Choice
● Scene based game where the host or audience member says “new choice” and you have to
change the last thing said/done
● Rule of threes
● Sometimes it’s a change of dialogue, sometimes change of action
● Learn the hosts rhythm
Final Thoughts
● Fun (yay)
● More fun than physicality was last week
● Cheap and easy
ONE GOOD THING
- Love class
- Enjoyed class
- Forklift
- Boys are back
- Good energy
- Challenged brain
- Love the fast thinking
- Not as intimidating as expected
- Protractor time