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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Comedy can happen anywhere. . . even following a male stripper show. Jan talks working in Vegas and meeting the Thunder From Down Under dancers.
Comedians deal with all sorts of entertainment people. . . most are great, but every once in a while you get someone who's out to cheat you. Here's one of Jan's stories.
One of the most popular questions people ask female comedians is "what's it like to be a woman in comedy?" Jan answers that question based on her over 25 years of being a comedian.
A bad introduction for your comedy show can sink you! The audience need to know who or what is coming to the stage. Jan's had some terrible introductions. . . here's a few.
Comedy is performed in all sorts of strange venues. Here's comedian Jan McInnis's story of her mall comedy debut.
Comedy Clubs to corporate comedy is a move that some comedians want to do, but it usually doesn't happen all at once. Here's 1 way comedian Jan McInnis did it.
Comedians know how to emcee in a club, but emceeing for corporations at, for example, an awards banquet is a whole new animal! Here's how comedian Jan McInnis did on her first big corporate emcee gig.
Writing jokes to kick off a corporate show is a great way to connect immediately with an audience. Here’s how Jan started doing it.
Comedy shows work for just about any group. . . including people who grow beans! Listen as Jan talks about her show for bean people . . .and no she didn't do any tasteless jokes!
Comedy competitions have been going on for decades. Here's Jan's take on one she got into.
Cher’s concert led to some weird connections for comedian Jan McInnis. Here’s how. . .
Comedian Jan describes some of the “extra work” she’s done for TV, movies, and commercials to make extra money. It’s a mix of boring, degrading and interesting!
You can't make people do anything at a comedy show.
Being the opening comedian for big name stars isn't all that glamorous! Here's one of Jan's stories about it.
Cruise ships are a GREAT place for comedians to work. Here's a little of the inside scoop on comedy and cruise ships.