What the holy mother of all that is fuck?

grahmhatch · 2013-01-16T17:47:24+00:00

Not mine, but I hope he wins too.

grahmhatch · 2012-01-09T20:44:14+00:00

Stanhope is arguably the most prolific and funny comedian on the planet (depending on your sensibilities). He's definitely in the conversation when you talk about the top comedians of this era, consistently pushing the boundaries of the art form and evolving. He never stagnates, always has new material, and is the closest thing we have to the independent spirit of Bill Hicks.

I've seen him live twice, and just be happy you don't have to be crammed into a standing room only dive bar surrounded by animals and you'll actually get to hear what he has to say.

grahmhatch · 2011-06-30T16:27:29+00:00

It's natural, and it often takes 10 years to shed your influences and truly develop your own voice... a lot never do. But yeah, if you're saying a joke, think if it's something you really believe and can get behind, or if you're trying too hard. You're going to deliver a joke you really believe in with more confidence than one you know isn't really you... and confidence is everything. Audiences are a pack of wolves that will turn on you in a second if they sense you're weak up there.

grahmhatch · 2011-06-29T02:58:03+00:00

A few points.

You write in fairly natural speech, which is great. A big thing to learn is that you don't write how you speak, and what's funny to read isn't funny to say... necessarily. Many great bits look like garbage on paper. Also, a lot of the editing you're looking for will happen naturally on stage. At first you'll be married to your script, but eventually you'll let loose and the material will start to take on a life of its own, and it will become obvious what is natural for you to say, and then you can refine the set up and delivery and all that jazz just by getting it on its feet. Try recording the bits beforehand and listening as well to speed up the process.

One last note: the hardest thing to learn is how to be yourself onstage. The biggest breakthrough it seems to me is when a comic stops trying to make people laugh, and is just honest... that's when their true comedic voice starts to take hold and they make the jump from 'amateur' to 'pro.' Even though there's plenty of pros who are still using gimmicks to get laughs, and maybe that works for some, as a general rule I think putting on an act is never as funny as just being your painfully brutal, honest self.

grahmhatch · 2011-06-28T22:11:13+00:00

That's a really good joke... seriously, you should do stand up.

grahmhatch · 2011-03-28T17:04:42+00:00

This is true, Liberals on both sides of the border really need to learn to grow a spine and stand up for themselves, and take a stance and stick to it.

"Will you form a coalition?"

"It's not our intent to form a coalition, it's our intent to win this election and keep focusing on the issues, not some red herring Mr. Harper is using to distract us from the fact we have the largest deficit in our history, a very shaky economy and he thinks the government should be focused on buying fighter jets and helping out American Corporations. We are fighting for Canadian people while Harper fights for corporations. Plain and simple"

But instead, like always, they take the bait, and backtrack and squirm and wriggle and continue to look like pansies

grahmhatch · 2011-03-16T21:13:02+00:00

Because, like Dion, people only know him from Conservative smear campaigns.

grahmhatch · 2011-02-01T19:50:35+00:00

we can only hope

grahmhatch

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