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24/04/2026

AS A NEW COMIC - rarely start your sets with crowd work.

Why????
You need to make the audience laugh in the first 30 seconds of prove to the audience you’re funny.

When you’re new your crowd work is unreliable. It’s unreliable for many comics. Knowing this, starting with a joke you know works is a safer bet. Feel free to dive into crowd work after you’ve gotten a couple laughs.

But if you start with crowd work and the audience doesn’t like it, then you have to dig yourself out of a hole.

Some audiences are more forgiving than others. But either way, you don’t want to have to climb out of the hole just to get laughs, making your whole set harder.

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20/04/2026

Shock 😮 vs. Surprise 😂 in your punchlines - Yes, there is a difference.

*** Clip from the Comedy Lab Community - Join Today to watch the whole lesson ***

Surprise is crucial for a joke to land. Shock however, can make people dislike comedy.

Are you shocking people? Drop a link to a clip and let’s discuss.

17/04/2026

🛑 Stop guessing how to make your jokes funny. Skip years trial and error. We’re taking on 12 comedy writers of all levels who want to drastically improve their skills and get BIG laughs.

✍️ Join us for the best comedy writing course in the GTA. This is the only class in Toronto to break down the science of joke writing.

✅ Claim your spot today - Comedy Writing 101 - Stand up, Creative Writing, Screenwriting

📋 Learn to use the Joke Formulas, Joke Elements, Joke Structures, and Laugh Triggers used by the greats. Your favorite comedian, comedy writer, and screenwriter use the same techniques we teach to turn almost any topic into hard hitting jokes.

😂 By the end of the 7-week course you’ll be able to turn ideas into jokes that land. Finish the course with a hilarious polished 5-minute set that will leave your friends and family in stitches.

Classes start this Wed. 4/22 7-9pm

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07/04/2026

👇🏾(Explanation) Comedy is used in all forms of entertainment. It is no wonder we can pull examples of how to comedically use stage presence to get laughs from other types of performers.

The Rock was notorious for asking rhetorical questions and shutting people down before they could answer. He did this to assert dominance as a character. Can comedians do the same? You bet your candy a$$ we can.

Asking obviously rhetorical questions or cutting someone off before they can answer asserts your dominance over the room. Showing you are in control of the whole room and you’re not shy about it.

It is a mix of Surprise, Superiority, Embarrassment & Release that get the laugh.

Surprise:
The audience is surprised by the question’s obviousness, or you’re cutting the answer short.

Superiority:
- When you use a rhetorical question that the audience answers in their heads, you establish yourself as an authority.
- When you cut someone off before they can answer, you set yourself as superior to the answerer. Asserting their thought is not the important one, and yours is.

Embarrassment:
If the topic is at all embarrassing, the audience is happy they weren’t asked, and they laugh because they are relieved it happened to someone else.

Release:
Embarrassing or “Taboo” questions build tension in the room. Shutting down the answer or answering before anyone else breaks the tension, releasing the laugh.

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27/03/2026

Join us tomorrow, Saturday 3/28 at the $10 Joke Writing Workshop! Learn the base formulas for ALL JOKES in a couple hours.

We are going to dive deep into the fundamentals of joke writing like you’ve never seen them before. Advanced theory explained in plain English.

Walk away understanding what separates a Setup from a Punchline; How to use Misdirection, Tags, and Toppers; with Handouts and Exercises to help you practice on your own.

Free for Comedy Lab Community members. The link is in the Announcements section.

Not a member? Join the community:
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25/03/2026

Punchlines are simple once you understand the 1 thing they require.

Surprise!

A punchline MUST have Surprise. Without surprise you have a humorous sentence not a punchline.

TLDR: A punchline has surprise.

How do I know if my punchline has surprise?

If your punchline doesn’t tell the audience anything new, there is no surprise. There should be a keyword or phrase that adds info or reframes the information the audience has. Without this surprise you don’t actually have a punchline.

You can create surprise in many ways one of my favorite is exaggeration.

You want to thread the needle of surprisingly exaggerated and still believable.

Even when pros are riffing their punchlines seem stumbled upon. But that’s not the case. They have built up their skills to be able to make the constructing punchlines in real-time seem unintentional.

Join the Comedy Lab Community or take Comedy Writing 101 to get an in-depth understanding of how to construct a punchline.

23/03/2026

This week in the Comedy Lab Community!

Wednesday - Stand up Comedy Q&A from 7-8 PM - First one of 2026. Get all of your comedy questions answered. No question is too silly. Open to the public, you can find the link either in our story or highlights!

Thursday - Join us for our weekly Joke Jam sessions Thursdays at 7-8 PM.

Saturday - $10 Joke Writing Workshop from 3-5 PM. Learn how to write funnier jokes in an afternoon. Walk away knowing more than most 3-5 year comics. Get the comedic vocabulary, formulas, and understanding you’ve been searching for. (15 spots left)

See you later this week!

Q&A:
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Community:
https://www.skool.com/comedy-lab-community-6757/about?ref=7dba8dea36fc4562a518f3e7d454cca7

18/03/2026

Live Public Online Q&A Wed. 3/25 - Claim your spot on Eventbrite.

Get your questions answered or just chill and learn from other’s questions.

This is our first Quarterly Public Q&A of 2026. To take part in our monthly community Q&A’s, Joke Jams, and get honest feedback, join the Comedy Lab Community.

Q&A:
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