S2E5 - NYNJ #5 - Ken Hamlett
Comedy Mom
English - February 11, 2021 19:07 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsStand-Up Comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We are on week 5 of the podcast version of the New Year New jokes comedy writing intensive. To start, I'm so excited to share my interview with Ken Hamlett this week!
Ken is a Chicago based Comedian/ published writer. You can catch him performing at some of the most notable clubs in the country like Flappers, Spokane/Tacoma Comedy Clubs, and The Laugh Factory Chicago just to name a few. Ken Hamlett is the two-time winner of Western Oregon University’s Last comic standing and the winner of the 2018 Western Oregon Comedy Competition. He’s also been featured at comedy Festivals such as Just For Laughs NW, Gilda's Laugh Fest, Burbank Comedy Festival, Out Of Bounds Comedy Festival, and more. Ken Hamlett is the producer/ host of the award winning Podcast and nationally traveling show: A Drunken Night Out.
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The warm-up this week is to write a caption to a photo. I think "caption contests" are a great way to get the comedy brain warmed up. If you are following us on social media, I am offering a photo for this. You are totally welcome to comment your caption!
The exercise is what I like to call Mirror Time! Take your notebook, phone, or whatever and go hang out in front of a mirror. What is the first thing you notice? Write about it. What do you notice after staring for a few minutes? Write about it. What are you finding yourself obsess over? Write about it. This is a great way to get some opening jokes. When you first step on stage the audience is obviously taking you in visually. If you can predict what they are thinking, and call them out on it, they will think you are in their heads. These jokes are great ice breakers, which is why you see so many comics open with them.
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