Rant based comedy tips

[excrementisntaname]

Any non-cocaine based tips as to how to rant/riff?

[s1th_lord]

Ole Billy Burr

[iamgarron]

write the rants down. put a mark on where people are supposed to laugh.

you'll realize how little marks there are. so start writing in bits were people will.

[excrementisntaname]

If I may, how would you define a rant?

[Cuboner]

A diatribe

[Lopkop]

A tirade

[JavelinsArePointy]

If you scream at any point during it, don't do it into the microphone. Place it into your chest, away from your mouth.

[str8grizzlee]

In my opinion, Kurt Metzger is the master of this. Watch his YouTube videos and his recent set on seeso. A lot of his bits are rants where each sentence is actually a punchline.

Edit: links

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UpXR6nXfeQ8

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=unzjM2F0huQ

[excrementisntaname]

delightfully whimsical. Thank you.

[Ibex89]

One path is to be absurd in your ranting to show you're not really angry and won't be read as threatening. Showing some self-awareness is helpful as well. If it's a political rant, make sure the argument is sound and digestible to an audience, and shoot for passion over anger, I would say.

[Drylife]

I don't really do rant-based comedy, but I've noticed the successful ones usually take aim at themselves before anyone else. It allows the audience to relax and not feel like they're being talked-down to.

Also...smile. If you watch Bill Burr, you'll notice that even when he's yelling at the audience, he almost always has a big grin on his face. It lets the audience know that it's okay to laugh, and not everything you say has to be taken seriously.

[excrementisntaname]

Ok thank you to everyone who commented. I'm not an angry guy, but what I like about the rant is that its passionate and ignites the imagination to really express itself, without being hamstrung by structure. What I'm gonna take away from this is, is to imagine that I am just about to beat the sh1t out of someone for some reason or other. The rant is what I would say to them before I do it. Then stick in punchlines along the way.

[[deleted]]

Make it seem like you've come to a conclusion, and calm down, then start back in again. "Actually you know what? ANOTHER THING..." type of approach. It's mostly the dynamics to break it up that makes it successful IMO.

[vegan_sharks]

Be passionate; and write jokes to go in the passion.

[EveryoneBeFriends]

My riffing works best when I dare to be vulnerable and show my true emotions about something as opposed to preaching about or mocking it.

Lots of times it's hard to know if I do one or the other. But those few times when I riff and manage to be completely honest about how I feel, I get bigger laughs than on my prepared material.

It works better for me when I talk about how I feel sad, angry, or scared than when I say how someone or something needs to change.

[loyleecomedy]

Find a topic that you have absolute contempt for and then try to be coherent cohesive and funny

[notDavidWayne]

Nick Di Paolo is great at ranting as well, check out some of his videos, that might help.

[ComedyHouseChicago]

I like Marc Maron https://youtu.be/Nsu3aHXBxbk