Archive for April, 2009

MDI #3 The Banjo Belt Buckle

Day 3 in your training of coming up with Million Dollar Ideas, we are going to discuss combing two different concepts and making them one. Combing two things is not a new concept, yet it’s popularity speaks for itself. Look at all the popular items that were once two separate items then became one, the [...]

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MDI #2 The spooning bed

Like most children born in the south, you can trace the beginnings of this Million Dollar Idea to something that happened at an Applebee’s. Everyone loves to spoon in bed. Weather it’s your boyfriend, or girlfriend or some random person you thought was good looking at the bar the night before; spooning is for everyone. [...]

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Getting boo’s just to get a laugh

I thought I’d share a theory on my favourite joke structure: intentionally getting a boo and turning it around. I’ll give a few examples that make me laugh every time I think of them.
The first thing you need is a topic that can offend people but isn’t too awful: the first example involves sexism. When [...]

Choose your own adventure movies

I don’t want to brag, but I have a gift for inventing things. Unlike my comedy skills counterpart, I don’t actually like to make things. I am more of an idea man. I like to come up with ideas for inventions and try and get other people to make it and take my cut. My [...]

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The Art of the Performance Interview

I’m a big fan of Tracy Morgan. Not so much for his work on 30 Rock, though it’s pretty good, nor for his sketches at Saturday Night Live, what I love are his talk show appearances. He’s pretty good on late night shows but his star really shines on morning shows. Here’s a great introduction [...]

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Watch what you say

You got to watch what you say about people because you never know when the person you are talking about is going to be standing right there. Once, I was sitting at a café and someone called me. I looked at the phone and said to the people at the table, “There is no way [...]

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Seeing the Rolling Stones on a REALLY tight budget

Back in the day my friends and I paid many visits to Vancouver for fun and shenanigans. During one trip we got a hot tip that because a second Rolling Stones concert had been added to the original one that night, scalpers might be forced to sell tickets to the show at a big discount. [...]

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Jamie Lee Curtis can’t improv

Often times I perform at events where my performance is scheduled right after a celebrity. I don’t know why I would ever following someone famous, but you would be surprised on how often it happens.  It usually goes like this, “Thanks for those moving words Mr. Mandela. You are truly an inspiration to the world, [...]

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New Video: Tearing a Phonebook While Driving

Pardon the delay here at comedyskills.com but we’ve uploaded a sweet new video. Watch as one of our resident troublemakers, Joe Ricci, tears a phonebook in two while piloting the trusty Dodge Spirit. It’s classic vaudeville stunt meets vehicle operation that has made comedyskills.com your source for stupid videos. Enjoy.

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