Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Summary: Unique comedy stories from an unknown comedian who’s made her living telling and selling jokes for over 2 decades. From bombing to working with celebrities, and performing in weird venues Jan tells you the inside scoop on being a true working comedian, and she does it with stories in under 5 minutes. She also talks about selling comedy material to everyone from the Tonight Show to guests on the Jerry Springer Show Each podcast ends with a “lesson learned” take-away tip that is appropriate for everyone, even if you’re not a comedian.
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Covering for a bad comedy show is tempting, but not advised.
Jan has performed comedy for hundreds of companies...some unusual ones. Some has to make maxipads!
When you’re emceeing for a week, and none of the shows are going well, you need to figure out how to cover your butt. Here’s what Jan did.
Is there a difference in performing in clubs where the audiences is mostly white or mostly black? Jan has performed in all sorts of clubs. Here's one story about that.
Jan has sold tons of comedy material to everyone from the Tonight Show monologue with Jay Leno to greeting cards, syndicated cartoon strips, radio, and even guests on the Jerry Springer Show (her parents are proud!). Here's how one of those jokes helped her out.
Jan's first big group, 1500 people, and a lot riding on the line. She's being reviewed so she can get into corporate work but the crowd isn't corporate, it's more of a bar crowd. And the guy who booked her seems to not want her to do well.
Not all comedy shows go great. Sometimes you wind up with a handful of very bad comment cards. Jan had this happen early on in her career. . .it wasn't fun.
Comics do a lot of one nighters. . . no, it's not what you think it is.
One of the most prestigious comedy clubs in the country and comedian Jan McInnis gets her shot on stage. Hear how this turns out!
Comedians do believe in Karma, and when a comedian is kind of harsh with Jan, she is patient. . .and that pays off. But, yeah, it’s hard to be nice sometimes!
Oprah’s show could boost your comedy career, and comedian Jan had her crack at it! Hear how it turned out!
Emceeing in a comedy club is the first step in your career. And you think you’re ready to emcee in the big clubs with 5 minutes of material and 2 months of stage time? Well, maybe not. Jan found out the hard way!!
Comedy club accommodations usually ain’t that great, though if you work at it long enough, comedy comes full-circle! But sometimes you have to leave the safe things that you like, and put up with some stuff you don’t like, to get to what you really, really like!
Jay Leno's search for the next big comedy star.
Comedian Stories welcome and introduction of comedian Jan McInnis
