Writing and performing stand up help!!

I'm planning to try some stand up in about a month or so and I've just got a few questions about it all. . . and seeing how this is a comedy website, what better place to ask?

1. Any advice on how to drag the best ideas from my head and turn them into jokes

2. Will my age (17) have any affect on me performing at all? Apart from the drunken paedophiles chasing after my virgin bumhole of course.

3. Progression. . . If I do great will "the man" come up to me and pass me along the comedy circuit like currency or will I just go back home and then come back the next Tuesday.

This is my preferred path in life so I intend to try and do well...

Thankssss

4. Does it help if I have a good looking kinda afro hairstyle thingy or will I just be called an 80's throwback

Hey Mike

Can't give you any advice but good luck

It may help, if you look like,

Quote: Mike T @ July 5 2009, 5:24 PM BST

I'm planning to try some stand up in about a month or so and I've just got a few questions about it all. . . and seeing how this is a comedy website, what better place to ask?

1. Any advice on how to drag the best ideas from my head and turn them into jokes

2. Will my age (17) have any affect on me performing at all? Apart from the drunken paedophiles chasing after my virgin bumhole of course.

3. Progression. . . If I do great will "the man" come up to me and pass me along the comedy circuit like currency or will I just go back home and then come back the next Tuesday.

This is my preferred path in life so I intend to try and do well...

Thankssss

4. Does it help if I have a good looking kinda afro hairstyle thingy or will I just be called an 80's throwback

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1. Walking the dog works for me... if you don't have a dog, maybe you can hire one...

2. Shouldn't, unless you want it too, depends on your material.

3. This is the bit where I am sooo lazy I don't do well, you have to be doing it a while before "the man" invites you back, basically you have to phone, email, and generally badger... "the men" to get gig after gig, after gig. I am lucky that I DO have one guy who normally thinks of me more often than not when organised gigs. Go on facebook, there are groups (add me Daniel Banks and I'll invite you) which list open spots. But you have to put in the chasing work up front and build a relationship with the organisers.

4. See 2.

I shall bear this in mind..
The picture however I'll probably forget. Quickly.
I have a annoying cat that generally despises me until I'm eating so not much of a comedy influence..
Thanks for the advice though, good advice is hard to come by =/

I suppose there's always the old 'carry a notepad around with you and write down any funny ideas you have whilst going about your day-to-day life'. I've heard Jimmy Carr does this. I heard he let's all the ideas build up for about year or so, then edits out all of the crap and turns the rest into proper jokes.

Although you do only have 1 month, but I assume you'll only be doing a 5-10 minute slot, so it might work for you.

Quote: Mike T @ July 5 2009, 7:04 PM BST

Thanks for the advice though, good advice is hard to come by

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Well, you can interpret that comment one of two ways.

lol

Quote: Leevil @ July 5 2009, 5:28 PM BST

It may help, if you look like,

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Aaron?

Aaron on weekends.