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Comical Management - Comedy terms Category: Games and Entertainment > Comedy terms Date & country: 07/03/2016, USA Words: 116

Triple up
Can be done, three gigs in one night

Treble up
Adventurous even by my standards

M.C.
Master or Mistress of Ceremonies; the person who introduces

Topical Comics
Comedians whose material is based on current events.

Topper
an antiquated term referring to a joke playing off a previous

Topical Jokes
about current events.

Take
a comedic facial reaction. Like the long

Throw Away
to put little emphasis on a point usually considered important.

Time Slot
the specific spot a comedian occupies within a showcase club line-up.

Timing
the use of tempo, rhythm, pause, etc. to enhance a joke,

Topic
the single and overall subject of a routine based on a problem.

Showcase Club
a comedy club using a line-up of ten or

Sight Gag
a physical joke meant to be watched.

Stage Time
the duration, in minutes, a comedian spends in

Tag or Tag Line
an additional punch immediately following

Shatter
with reference to joke structure, the point at which the

Shoe horn
Contrived inclusion of a joke into a passage it had no

Showcase
to perform a stand-up comedy show for little or no compensation

Segue
a transitional sentence for purposes of leading from

Self POV
the perceptual position achieved when performing as one's self

Setup
the first part of a joke that contains a decoy assumption to misdirect

Set
a stand-up comedy show of any length.

Setup-Premise
a step in the Joke Map stating the opposite opinion to

Riffing
verbally bantering with the audience.

Routine
jokes all on the same subject or story that can be repeated

Roll, On a
delivering a string of jokes so that the audience continues laughing

Running Gag
multiple callbacks; a recurring joke within the same show.

Schtick
a Yiddish word meaning a comic scene or piece of business;

Regulars
comedians who appears frequently at a particular nightclub.

Red Light
Any light which indicates to a comic that they are coming towards the

Reveal
within the punch, the pivotal word, phrase, or action that

Reinterpretation
an unexpected meaning or function of the

Rip Into or Ripping
to attack, insult, or verbally tear into an audience member

Punch
the second part of a joke that contains a reinterpretation that c

Punch Line
the second part of a joke that contains a

Punch-Premise
a step in the Joke Map stating a negative opinion about

Rehearsal Space
a location designated for practicing one's show; separate from the Critic Spot.

Physical Comics
Comedians who use physical movements

POV
point of view.

Prop Comics
Comedians who use props throughout the majority of their act.

Preview
A chance to showcase a solo show

Premise
the central concept from which a series of jokes or a routine is written.

Over-running
The situation where a comedian exceeds their time slot by a margin which

Pause
to stop talking in a show to enhance the timing of a joke.

Padding
A technique used by comperes who have to take to the stage upon an assurance

Open-Mike
a policy to allow anyone to get on stage and try to be funny.

One-Liner
a joke made up of only one or two sentences.

One-Nighter
a job which only lasts one night.

Open Spot
A chance to try your material in a view to securing bookings for the future

Opening Line
the first joke of a stand-up comedy routine.

Opener
the first of three comedians in a standard comedy club line-up.

On The Road
continually working outside of one's city of residence.

Observational Comics
Comics whose material is based on various life obvervations.

Monologue
a speech for one person; in comedy, a stand-up comedy script

Narrator POV
the perceptual position achieved when being an observer or

Neuro-linguistic Programming
a behavioral model and set of explicit skills

NLP
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a behavioral model and

Line-Up
a list of the comics slated to perform.

LPM
laughs per minute.

Milkshake Brigade
A term to refer to the growing band of newer, and

Middle
the second comedian in the standard three comedian stand-up c

Mic or Mike
abbreviation for microphone.

Mirth
Another word for laughter

Laughs Per Minute
a measurement for counting the number of laughs in a show.

Joke Map
the first part of the Joke Prospector Writing System starts with a topic,

Kermit
A comedian either sitting on the edge of the stage or on a stool.

Kill, to
to give an excellent comedy performance.

Joke Diagram
a visual aid for illustrating the structure of a joke.

Joke File
jokes organized and stored on index cards or in a computer.

Jokey
1. a term used to describe such obvious jokes that one would expect to

Joke Mine
the second part of the Joke Prospector Writing System

Joke Prospector Writing System
a joke writing system consisting of the two

Improvisationalists
Comedians who spontaneously make up the majority of their

Inside Joke
a joke referring to information only a select group of people have.

Jesus Pose
Refers to the double outstretched arms comics will often

Joke
a device for expressing humor that employs a setup which contains a

Improvisation
akin to ad-lib, but usually refers to the spontaneous making

Graphing
a scaling device with dots on paper for evaluating the

Hammocking
a technique for placing weaker material or improvisation

Hack
from the British word hack-neyed. Over used and thus

Heckler
an audience member who talks and interrupts a show,

Headliner
the third and last comedian considered the star of a standard

Impressionists
Comedians who do immitations of other people

Gag File
a joke file.

Gag
a joke.

Gig
a show business job.

Green Room
Any area where comedians are expected to prepare for a show.

Flopping
bombing; not getting laughs.

Flop Sweat
the over abundance of perspiration one experiences from a panic

Dying Continuiously
Perhaps its time for a career change

Double up
Doing two gigs in one night

Die
A comedy gig get no laughs that night.

Decoy
a shorter term for decoy assumption.

Decoy Assumption
the misdirecting assumption in a joke's setup which creates

Critic Spot
a location designated for evaluating one's show; separate

Comedian
someone who makes his or her living being funny by means

Comic
someone who makes his or her living being funny

Connector
at the center of a joke, the one thing perceived in at least two ways.

Catch Phrase
a common phrase said in a extraordinary manner which

Callback
a joke that refers back to another joke performed