COMEDY SCHOOL DVDs

How to Get Started & Manage Your Stand-up Comedy Career
[Inside the serious business of comedy]


     Barry Neal has been a professional stand-up comedian for over 13 years. In addition to doing the booking for numerous comedy clubs, coffee houses and universities, he maintains a rigorous schedule of headline appearances at comedy clubs and corporate events around the country and also conducts a comedy workshop that includes 5 weeks of class and culminates in a live performance at a top comedy club in Los Angeles.

     Over the years, Barry has coached hundreds of local comics, actors and writers, many of whom have become headliners and appeared on numerous cable and television shows including those hosted by Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno and David Letterman.

     Because so many people interested in stand-up comedy don't live in the Los Angeles area and can't attend the comedy workshop in person, Barry has put the main portions of his classes into this five-volume DVD course.

Here's what the 5 DVD volumes cover:

Volume I: "INTRODUCTION TO STAND-UP"
1. Introduction
2. Focus & hard work
3. Barry's background
4. What is stand-up comedy?
5. The 3 elements of stand-up
6. "Talk and Watch"
7. Attitude
8. A stand-up doesn't tell jokes!
9. Know your victim
10. Your stage persona
11. You only have one true persona
12. How do you know you're funny?
13. Open mikes
14. Complacency
15. Always be prepared
16. 3 types of acts
17. A stepping-stone?
18. Release fear
for Volume 1 Order DBN-1…………….$ 39.95
 

Volume II: "FINDING YOUR VOICE"
1. Introduction
2. What makes you funny?
3. Think of a party
4. Style, delivery & physicality
5. What to wear
6. Limiting styles
7. Hacks
8. Truth is funny
9. Interesting is better than funny
0. Jokes don't last
1. Getting an agent
12. Remove your mask
13. It takes 100 shows
14. Being polite
15. Call to confirm
16. No surprises
17. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
18. Condo rules
19. Doing your time
20. The press package
21. Work on your weaknesses
22. Write-offs
for Volume 2 Order DBN-2…………….$ 39.95

Volume III: "ANALYZING THE AUDIENCE"
1. Introduction
2. Grab attention & pull focus
3. How're ya doin'?
4. The joke bombed
5. No apologies
6. Handling hecklers
7. Anything goes?
8. Don't blame them
9. Waiting for applause
0. Don't talk to them
11. Energy crisis
12. Parties in the house?
13. Are they there for dancing?
14. Did they get in free?
15. Crowd control
16. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
17. Call-backs
18. Celestine Prophecy
19. No mingling
20. Knowledge is power
for Volume 3 Order DBN-3…………….$ 39.95

Volume IV: "PERFORMANCE and SURROUNDINGS"
1. Going blank
2. Dying on stage
3. A tough act to follow
4. Cutting it short
5. Slow down and annunciate
6. Inserting new material
7. No inside jokes
8. Truth is funny
9. Where's the laughter?
10. Handling the microphone
11. The stage
12. Lighting
13. Club layout
14. Trouble makers
15. The bill drop
16. The drink drop
17. Listen to them
18. Dennis Leary
19. Break down those walls
20. Good timing
for Volume 4 Order DBN-4…………….$ 39.95

Volume V: "SHOWCASING, BOOKING ROOMS and GETTING PAID"
1. Introduction
2. Finding a room
3. Get out of town
4. Burning bridges
5. Unsolicited material
6. The assistant's name
7. Phone tricks
8. Persistence
9. Recommendations
10. Personally showcase
11. Re-booking
12. Negotiating a fee
13. First impressions
14. Don't get pigeonholed
15. M.C.
16. A, B and C rooms
17. Don't poke where you joke
18. Condo rules
19. Showcasing with people
20. Phone skills
21. Traffic school
22. B.I.L.T.
for Volume 5 Order DBN-5…………….$ 39.95
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