Comedy courses - Are they worth it?

[Jake_E]

[TheOOClub]

[The Stun]

Hi folks

Dick Coughlan was targetted by Youtube trolls (who are not keen on his fervent atheism) he lost his coughlan666 account due to bogus DMCA copyright claims and re-established himself as coughlan616

I've done a couple of beginners stand-up courses and a more advanced Writing for stand up course, all in London, I also canvassed opinions about other courses and wrote a pretty comprehensive blog on the subject

Hope you find it helpful

http://sean-ruttledge.blogspot.com/2012/03/stand-up-comedy-courses-in-london-good.html

Cheers
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[Happyface]

I just went on a weekend course. I went knowing I was funny in select company but wondering if maybe I was like an x-factor wannabe thinking I was fab on no firm evidence at all. Oh, and I'm lazy, and rich, so paying was an easy route in (anyone in love with my online persona yet? I can't wait ...)

So, feedback from the recent coal face. I think everyone arrived thinking they were funny. I don't think anyone thought they'd learn to be funny on the course, and the ones that weren't funny to start with didn't leave funny.

We did learn that an amusing dinner table anecdote is not the same as a 5 minute set and that 2 minutes is too long for your first laugh - which I think is a genuine shock if you havent been on stage before. I personally learnt that I am better at banter and off the cuff remarks than writing material, which is a shame in the absence of a bunch of would-be comics in my living room. I could have definitely have learnt this 'live' but with lots more personal humiliation.

I didn't die when we did our open mic, but neither did I come off thinking I was fabulous and nor was I. So if I want to do this I need to get my arse into gear and put some hours in. And sort out how to write material. As previously remarked ad nauseum in 2004. No major surprises there then.

So, the course was fun, I can see it could be addictive, I don't think its something you have to do and I think it probably isn't worth a huge financial investment in terms of starting a career.

There, and I think my punctuation was ok too ....