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Can a comedian keep improving?

I've been doing stand up for just over a year now, and I've been watching live stand up for about 3 years.

Looking back at my first jokes I've noticed that I've improved.

What bothers me though is seeing comics not improve at all over the last 3 years that ive been watching. I'm starting to wonder if everyone has a certain amount of potential they can reach and eventually we will all hit a plateau.

What I hope is that if one continues to strive for growth one can contunue to grow and improve. I hope its mostly due to those comics being lazy and being too comfortable with their level of mediocrity.

What do you think?

People who've been in this game a long time and made a success of it reckon it takes about 10 years to become really funny, and I'm inclined to believe them. Keep it up.

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