Speaker's ToolsPerforming and Writing Humor Resources
CANTU'S COMEDY WIT AND HUMOR WISDOM
Cantu is said to have helped launched the career of more working comics and comedy writers than any other comedy coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one performer said to Cantu, "I can't scratch my nose in a comedy club greenroom without bumping my elbow into at least one or two other comics who've worked with you." During the last four years of his life Cantu wrote a series of articles where he summed up for you what he had learned and taught so well. Here they all are. A virtual Encyclopedia of how-to comedy information. |
HOW NOT TO BORE YOUR AUDIENCE TO DEATH!
There are one of two ways you can learn how not to bore your audience. You can give painful speech after pain speech, each time analyzing what you did wrong and try to figure out how to do it right. OR You can let John Cantu show you how to make your material connect, your voice reach and your body electrify an audience. |
GET PAID TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH
This book contains everything Cantu wishes he had known when he started out 30 years ago! Packed with practical, easy-to-implement, and often surprising information on how to make money being funny. For example, it makes absolutely no difference how young, old, tall, short, funny, attractive, educated or shy you may be. And no specialized skills are required. You don't even need to be good at telling jokes. Cantu says: "If you are able to talk to other people, you can succeed at earning money with humor!" Here are two resources to help you get started: |
THE SPEAKER PLATFORM
Humor sells. It can change an opinion, change an impression, make you want to connect with someone, and persuade an audience to buy into your message. Everybody loves humor. A classic study on the effects of humor from the Journal of Advertising notes that humor:
Just as humor is effective in positioning products in the minds of consumers, it is equally valuable in positioning your ideas in the mind of your audience. Use the products you find here to build humor into your presentations. |
HUMOR WRITING
There are very specific techniques and principles being used by comedians, comedy writers, and humorists to create humor out of whole cloth. You can use the same techniques professionals use to punch up existing stories and other material in your presentations. Get started by using our Free Humor Writing Tips. Then when you are ready, check out the resources you'll find here |
STAND UP COMEDY
It doesn't matter where you start. You will only be judged by the journey you make and where you end up. No matter how much you doubt your own comedic abilities, you will amaze yourself using these tips and techniques that will help you to stand-up in front of a room full of strangers and generate laughter through your act. If you know how to talk, you can learn how to present comedy material with confidence. |
