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How To Be A Comic

1. Where Art meets Science: The Technical side of Comedy
2. Technical Side of Comedy in Practice
3. Bit and Joke Lifecycle
4. Writing Humor: Joke telling vs. Bit Writing
5. Toronto Stand-up Comedian goes crazy
6. Toronto Comedian Makes Additional Changes to his Five-minute Set
7. Being a Stand-up Comedian is like being an Extra in a Movie
8. How to Write Comedy: The Search for Best Practices via Mike Bent
9. Using Comedy Best Practices 1 via My Treasure’s In Heaven (false) and When BRB Doesn’t Mean BRB
10. Using Comedy Best Practices 2 via Why Are White Girls So Angry and Hot Girls Follow Me On Twitter
11. Using Comedy Best Practices 3 via Angry Black Girls on Twitter
12. Using Comedy Best Practices 4 – Tension & Release with Norm McDonald’s Moth Joke
13. Toronto Comedian Improvises On Stage
14. How to Handle a Tough Crowd: The Art of Getting An Audience Invested
15. How to Have a Great Set as a Comedian
16. Toronto Comedian Applies Lessons From Dr. Robert Anthony’s Beyond Positive Thinking
17. Toronto Comedian Improvises Native American Jokes
18. Anti-Jokes: How to Recover When A Joke Doesn’t Hit
19. Do You Want To Be A Clown or a Comedian?
20. Comedian Admits To Getting Help With His Material
21. Comedian Applies Lessons From Gilson Lubin and Quinn C. Martin
22. How I Prepared For My Performance At The Hard Rock Cafe
23. Using Questions and Crowd Work In Stand-Up Comedy
24. Why I Lost At The Comedy Brawl – Interconnectedness and Comedy
25. People that tweet too much – Part 1
26. People That Tweet Too Much – Development Hell – Part 2
27. How To Lead From Behind: Servant Leadership and Writing for TV
28. Zen And The Art of Stand Up Comedy: Lessons Learned

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My Comedy

1. Grocery Store Awkwardness
2. George Benson
3. Vegetarian Joke
4. My 5-minute Set
5. Hipster Comedy
6. How to convince a kid you’re superman
7. Ordering Coke at a Bar 1
8. Ordering Coke at a Bar 2
9. Ordering Coke at a Bar 3
10. My first Set
11. Jesus Bit
12. Nerd Comedy: Jean-Luc Picard vs. James T. Kirk
13. Revision of My 5-minute set
14. Pursuit of Happiness (Crispy, Salty, Chicken Skin)
15. Toronto Comic visits an Indian Furniture Store
16. Real Talk Episode 1 – Greek Debt Crisis and Money over Bitches
17. Real Talk Episode 2 – Management Consulting Paradox, Young MBAs Sucks, Grad Schools Are Broken, Applied Science
18. Occupy Wallstreet Jokes session turns into a Serious Essay
19. TTC Fare Hike: The New Drug Dealers in Town
20. Listen Up Canada Advertises on the Radio
21. Jokes About Entrepeneurship and Jokes About Being Broke
22. Using Comedy Best Practices 1 via My Treasure’s In Heaven (false) and When BRB Doesn’t Mean BRB
23. A Unique Way To Use Facebook Timeline
24. Using Comedy Best Practices 2 via Why Are White Girls So Angry and Hot Girls Follow Me On Twitter
25. Using Comedy Best Practices 3 via Angry Black Girls on Twitter
26. Toronto Comedian Improvises On Stage
27. Top 5 Trending Topics on Twitter for 2011
28. White People Love Cottages
29. I Kind Of Hate Myself For Posting This: SOPA Pun
30. Toronto Comedian Improvises Native American Jokes
31. Do You Want To Be A Clown or a Comedian?
32. Kim Kardashian Didn’t Get Fucked; She Fucked Them
33. Is Jay-Z In the Illuminati?
34. High Cost of Higher Education
35. People that tweet too much – Part 1
36. People That Tweet Too Much – Development Hell – Part 2

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Open Mic Diary

1. My First experiencat an open mic
2. Absolute Comedy’s Pro/Am Night
3. Laugh Sabbath Part 1
4. Laugh Sabbath Part 2
5. Laugh Sabbath – Part 3
6. Joanna Downey’s Standing on the Danforth Review – Part 1
7. Joanna Downey’s Standing on the Danforth Review – Part 2
8. Joanna Downey’s Open Mic Night at Spirits Bar and Grill Review
9. Michael McLean’s WinJester Bucket of Comedy Review
10. First Set as a Stand-up Comedian – Rene Payes’ Spillin’ the Beans – Before the Set
11. First Set as a Stand-up Comedian – Rene Payes’ Spillin’ the Beans – The Performance
12. Morgan Flood’s AltDot Comedy Lounge Review
13. Jon Hyatt’s The Port Comedy Show Review
14. Toronto Comedian Semi-bombs at Natasha Henderson’s Show at StarvingArtist Waffle and Expresso Bar – Part 1
15. Toronto Comedian Semi-bombs at Natasha Henderson’s Show at StarvingArtist Waffle and Expresso Bar – Part 2
16. Blair E. Streeter’s Laugh your Nads Off Comedy Show at Naughty Nadz Review
17. Eric Bud’s Imperial Comedy Review
18. Brian Coughlin’s Corktown Comedy Open Mic Review
19. Toronto Comedian makes Occupy Wallstreet Jokes at Corktown Comedy
20. Stand-up Comedy + Day Job don’t mix well together
21. My Performance at Standing on the Danforth
22. A Look Back on my Performance at Yuk Yuk’s
23. Toronto Comedian Improvises On Stage
24. Open Mic at Groove Bar: Review, Experience, Video, and Lessons Learned
25. Toronto Comedian Improvises Native American Jokes

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The Comedy Business

1. An Overview (The Comedy Business)
2. Priorities for a Stand-up Comedian
3. Toronto Comedian Branches Out into Social Media
4. Toronto Comedian Gets Deeper Into Podcasting
5. Getting Roasted by Dom Pare and Competition Amongst Comedians
6. Monetizing Comedy: It Takes More Than A Great Five-Minute Set
7. Day by Day, My Dreams Are Coming True
8. SEO Guest Blog: Comedian Attracts More Blog Visitors Using Backlinks

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