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• You must study their deliveries, their use of their bodies, their timing, and their use of audio and vocal effects.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Use, Body, Audio

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• Be prepared to cut your little extra lines that come after a big punchline and move on to the next joke or routine to give your set more punch and crispness. You can keep them in your set, but if the audience applauds your big line, don't do your tag when it dies down, just move on.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Moving, Cutting, Giving

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Silence, Creative, Lines

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• I advise treating the studio audience like a nightclub audience because that's the reason you're doing television - to get them to come see you in a nightclub.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Television, Reason, Advise

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Confidence, Skills, Silence

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• It's better to play to the host as though in a real conversation and let the audience listen in- which they are.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Real, Play, Host

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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