Funny How: Letters to a Young Comedian

Funny How: Letters to a Young Comedian

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Building tension to get anticipatory laughs
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Building tension to get anticipatory laughs

How to milk tension like Louis CK so the audience starts imagining where you're going.

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Matt Ruby
Jul 15, 2022
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In the video above, Nerdwriter breaks down this Louis CK joke:

Ahead, I explain the part of this video I found most resonant and link up a bunch of other vids like this on Norm, Seinfeld, Fallon, and more…

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