tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post8308882667681161565..comments2023-05-30T04:25:37.367-04:00Comments on Sandpaper Suit | Matt Ruby's comedy blog: Turning the pagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-25773197602908014472010-01-09T14:26:52.005-05:002010-01-09T14:26:52.005-05:00True.True.myqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772814671528097421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-23929458602906618892010-01-08T15:29:19.084-05:002010-01-08T15:29:19.084-05:00This must be one of the shortest comments by myq I...This must be one of the shortest comments by myq I have ever seen on this website.<br /><br />Then again, I could've provided more punch if I'd just said:<br /><br />"Wow, short comment, myq!"socehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093354866114461001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-26115715481520693242010-01-08T10:18:02.912-05:002010-01-08T10:18:02.912-05:00I think the best way to get people to turn the pag...I think the best way to get people to turn the pages is to have a flip-book image on the corner of the page, so people have to look at all of them if they want to see the little movie.<br /><br />So all we have to do is figure out what the analogy to standup is, and make it happen.<br /><br /><br />PS Shakespeare could have made it even briefer if he used contractions. "Brevity's wit's soul."<br />Boom.<br /><br />PPS I considered not commenting at all here, as a way to be even briefer, but I think that might have gotten a bit too meta. Let me know.myqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772814671528097421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-42468328726909269752010-01-08T00:04:43.167-05:002010-01-08T00:04:43.167-05:00Yep. I believe it was Shakespeare who said "B...Yep. I believe it was Shakespeare who said "Brevity is the soul of wit."YouJean Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01769890636604994768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-35869071163929016382010-01-07T16:50:46.370-05:002010-01-07T16:50:46.370-05:00I hear that! Less is definitely more in stand-up ...I hear that! Less is definitely more in stand-up comedy. In my lengthy career of 9 or so performances, I've noticed that I generally get a better result if I deliver a few words then wait a brief moment for it to settle in.<br /><br />When I tell long stories, not only does it lose people's attention, but at times, I would talk over their initial laughter.. It was as if they were asking me if what I had just said was funny, and in my rush to continue the story, I responded "no, it wasn't."<br /><br />Speaking in short phrases forces you to get to the point very quickly. If you have to tell the entire story in ten words or less, you try a lot harder to make it pop than if you give yourself a full minute.socehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093354866114461001noreply@blogger.com