Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy, Workbook Series: Workbook 5: How to Get the Experience to Be Funny

Ready to become a comedian that gets real laughs? This guide reveals insider secrets only top comics know!
Greg Dean, known as the Professor of Stand-Up Comedy, has trained some of comedy’s greatest like Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony Jeselnik, Sherri Shepherd, Christina Pazsitzky and hundreds more. Now, he’s opening the door to his exclusive techniques to help you become a better, funnier, and more successful comedian.
Workbook 5: How to Get the Experience to Be Funny is more than just a guide–it’s a complete roadmap for turning your passion for comedy into a working career.
Whether you’re stepping on stage for the first time or you’re an experienced comic looking to get even better, this workbook takes you through the skills, exercises, and essential techniques that turn a good performance into a great one.
Greg Dean’s training goes beyond standard stand-up advice; it teaches you how to structure your jokes, build funny dialogue, and connect with audiences in a way that guarantees laughter.
In Workbook 5, you’ll learn how to:
– Master Open Mics and Organize Your Own Shows: Gain the experience you need to refine your comedy timing and delivery.
– Improve Your Joke Writing and Performance: With Greg’s methods for joke editing, rewrites, and joke mapping, you’ll develop a powerful, polished set.
– Analyze and Refine Your Act: Rate your jokes, reorganize your material, and learn the professional way to arrange your set list.
– Get Comfortable on Any Stage: Discover ways to practice and perform, from local clubs and open mics to Toastmasters and civic gatherings.
– Deliver Audience-Crushing Laughter: Use advanced techniques to handle even the toughest crowds and keep the laughs coming.
Unlock the knowledge and experience that set the top comedians apart. With these elite comedy techniques, you’ll be ready to take your stand-up comedy to the next level and beyond!
Table of Contents
How to Get Experience
Open Mics
Organize Your Own Show
Join Toastmasters
Civic Club Meetings
Alcoholic Anonymous Meetings
Church Gatherings
Social Parties
Microphone Technique
Putting It All Together
Making a Good Show Great
Play Back the Show
Rate The Jokes
Edit, Rewrite, and Rearrange
* Editing the Jokes
* Rewriting the Jokes
* Put the Joke on Greg Dean’s Joke Diagram
* Graphing Your Show
* Place the More Controversial Bits Near or at the End of Your Show
* End with the Sex Material
* Learning Your B, C, A’s
* Rewrite Your Routine
Rehearse and Perform Again
How to Get Experience: Extra Forms #1
Making a Good Show Great: Extra Forms #1
How to Get Experience: Extra Forms #2
Making a Good Show Great: Extra Forms #2
How to Get Experience: Extra Forms #3
Making a Good Show Great: Extra Forms #3
Greg Dean’s Joke Diagram: Extra Forms
Greg Dean’s Show Graph: Extra Forms
What’s Next?
Get All 5 Step by Step to Stand Up Comedy – Workbook Series
If you want to get funnier faster these workbooks offer exercises that turn your knowledge into actionable skills.
Workbook 1: How to Write Jokes – book for joke writing practice and help for stand up comedy routines.
Workbook 2: How to Improve Jokes and Routines – book for correcting joke writing practice and techniques.
Workbook 3: How to Remember Jokes Naturally – book for practice and rehearsal of stand up comedy storytelling.
Workbook 4: How to Be a Funny Comedian – book for stand up comedy performing techniques.
*Workbook 5: Get the Experience to Be a Funny Comedian – book to become a better stand up comedian.
Get All 5 Workbooks, I’ll be glad you did!