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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Sometimes you have to take your comedy career into your own hands! That's what myself and comedian Michael Juris did when we started our comedy show in the heart of Hollywood. Here's the scoop on our fun little comedy show.
When should a comedian move to LA or New York? That is a big question and one that Jan figured out. Listen to her podcast on how she decided to move to LA.
Comedians may be tempted to burn bridges in comedy because sometimes they are treated badly. Comedian Jan McInnis explains a time when she burned a bridge on purpose.
Dolly Parton helped comedian Jan McInnis make a big comedy decision. Jan's story about passing Dolly in the night is a good reminder that we all have more power than we think we do.
Comedy is tough in that most times you can tell that you're bombing, but not all the time. Here's a couple times when Jan was confused about her show.
Getting the opportunity to do VoiceOver work on a funny film is golden. Here's Jan's story of her big VoiceOver opportunity.
Comedians, before the wide use of the internet, had to comedy advice from other comedians. And Jan got some great advice early in her career from comedian Lord Carrett.
A quick story about following your comedy dreams anyway, regardless of what you see and hear.
Comedians really don't have a straight path to become a comedian. I did a lot of marketing by trial and error, and my podcast today focuses on some comedian marketing.
Comedy shows can make people come up with stupid ideas. I don't know why, and I've lived through a lot of them. This comedy podcast focuses on a stupid idea.
I was told about "bumpability" by another comedian, and it's a stupid and rude idea! Today's comedy podcast explains this dumb idea!
Comedians have a better chance of getting booked into comedy clubs if the club owner or booker actually sees them. Here's Jan's take on doing comedy auditions for Comedy Clubs.
A Comedian emceeing should be pretty self- explanatory. The comedian does the announcements and does some jokes to keep things going. But toss in a bunch of drunks who don't want a comedian to do humor and you've got Jan's emcee gig. Here's the story!
The Comedy Awards were a big deal several years ago. Here's Jan's story.
Go Red For Women is a great fundraiser run by the American Heart Association to raise awareness about heart diseases in women. They hold Go Red For Women luncheons across the country. Jan has shared her humor at many of them . . .here's her first experience.
