Jim Richardson's
Online tutorial
"How to Tell a Joke"
While the dummy is still laughing at Jim's joke, and before the dummy dies from laughter, here are a few basic tips for your on-stage survival.
Addressing needs of all visitors:
If you are exploring
this tutorial
to improve yourself as a
corporate speaker, salesman,
office manager, actor, writer,
club owner, TV talk show host,
TV producer, executive, attorney,
politician, teacher, clergy, etc., your problems in telling jokes
will be essentially the same as those of a
stand-up comic.
Even
if you only intend to give serious speeches, the same writing rules
for putting points over apply.
Jim wants you to bear in mind throughout all his online tutorials this simple: If you are comfortable with the purpose of these tutorials, cool!
As you come up against various comedy
"walls to push through,"
it may be helpful to take another look at Jim's keynote principle.
Let us begin:
Ask yourself this question,
on paper or just in your head,
"What do I hope to get out of this online tutorial?"
Ok: now, for a blazing fast lesson in joke editing: restate your goals in Good.
Now ask yourself,
"What is my favorite joke?"
STOP
Before continuing with this tutorial,
tell that joke to someone. In person or on the telephone. Must be someone who has never heard that joke before.
(tell your joke)
Ok, now go ahead and
CONTINUE with tutorial,
by taking QUIZ ONE:
creed
as few words as possible.
