The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A comedian must engage the audience constantly to succeed.
- In plain terms
- Comedians need to make people laugh very often during a show.
- What can you take from it?
- Keep the audience laughing frequently.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How important is pacing in comedy?
- What makes an audience laugh consistently?
Another view
Quality of laughter matters more than frequency.
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