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If there’s someone who is always up for a comedy challenge, it’s the one and only, endlessly delightful Jo Firestone. Firestone has a knack for making comedy gold out of custom designing a metaphorical obstacle course for her to engage with.

This latest endeavor puts Jo in the role of teaching the art of stand-up comedy to senior citizens. That’s just charming to think of, isn’t it? Her course and subsequent graduation showcase is all captured in the upcoming Peacock Original’s Good Timing with Jo Firestone. Somehow, this kind of feels like something that Jo would have dreamed up for Chris Gethard on The Chris Gethard Show, but now is putting her own lovely spin on it with her at the center.

Get a taste of what’s to come with Jo and her old folks stand-up comedy revue with the Good Timing trailer here, then look for it to stream on Peacock beginning Fri. Oct. 15th.

John Roy Is Revising His Entirely Free Comedy Class

May 20, 2019

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We’re not usually in the business of recommending comedy classes here at TCB, but John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class is something special and unique that is truly helpful for those in stand-up comedy. It has helped those doing their first mics all the way to headliners who already have a very successful career in comedy.

The course itself is self-guided with several lessons over several weeks that really let you develop to being whatever you really want to do in stand-up. Roy, who is an accomplished stand-up himself between albums, late night, touring etc., just revised, which is a great excuse for us to shine another light on it.

Get into the first week of Revised John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class and follow along here.

Steve Martin Gives Stephen Colbert a Crash Course in His Comedy Masterclass

April 6, 2017

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Living comedy legend Steve Martin is really teaching an online comedy course through Masterclass.

Here’s a clever sketch/slick ad for Martin’s class on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that shows Steve Martin still can be the Steve Martin we know and love when he feels like it.

Final Installment of John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class

June 16, 2013

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Final Installment of John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class

This is the final “class” of John Roy’s free of charge online stand-up comedy course. It’s been a great set of lessons in stand-up that Roy, both a very funny comedian who has definitely put his time in as a full time working stand-up, is offering for all, whether you’re going full bore into comedy or casually interested in it minus the hundreds of dollars you’d spend at a class if that was what you were looking to do.

And, if you haven’t been keeping up with it, here’s the other 11:

Week 11
Week 10
Week 9
Week 8
Week 7
Week 6
Week 5
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1

There’s No Charge For John Roy’s Online Stand-Up Comedy Class

March 19, 2013

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There’s plenty of hate on stand-up comedy classes, especially for the money they cost that ultimately will not let you skip open mics, but hilarious, veteran comedian John Roy (you’ve might have seen him be great on Conan or his AST Record taping) has thankfully circumvented the cost leaving just valuable lessons in starting out in stand-up comedy.

Over the last month or so, he has been writing what would basically make up the text book for a comedy class and posting it on his Tumblr weekly. This still won’t let you skip open mics, but it’s great advice from a great comedian that you can take at your own pace and you didn’t pay a month’s rent for, so you might want to check it out if you’re interested in trying/doing stand-up.

Here’s links to John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class Week One–Week Two–Week Three–Week Four–Week Five

Watch Jo Firestone Teach Stand-Up to Old Folks in “Good Timing”

John Roy Is Revising His Entirely Free Comedy Class

Steve Martin Gives Stephen Colbert a Crash Course in His Comedy Masterclass

Final Installment of John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class

There’s No Charge For John Roy’s Online Stand-Up Comedy Class