Material for Teenagers

[radronOmega]

I've been a teenage asian standup comedian for around 3 years now (i'm 17) and a lot of times I have troubles with making jokes geared towards people my age. People find my jokes offensive so I try and make "appropriate jokes geared towards high school life" and i always fail. Can anyone help me with making a routine geared towards joking about High school life or do you know any comedians that make jokes about high school life?

Oh, and I tried teh drug card and failed miserably. Our school is like, top 25 ranked in teh whole country (translation: no one does sex or drugs).


Ughhh, and also, i've been trying to make jokes about the community service club i'm in (key club) and noone finds my jokes funny either... <_<

Sorry i'm just sad right now haaha. Just read the first paragraph (wait, by the time u read this it'll be too late :p )

[J vs W]

yes

[quartersmostly]

Maybe you're just not funny.

[morgan morgan]

Both of my answers have already been taken.

[RizzleMcIzzle]

Hey radron. I'm a teenage caucasian wannabe standup comedian, so we seem to have a little in common.

Have you tried performing skits or anything like that instead? I wanted to try standup, but had similar problems since the only place for me to perform was my school's open mic night. I then decided it'd be easier for me to test my humor in the form of a script. It worked out pretty well. My friend (who helped me) and I got a decent amount of laughs. Even my "offensive" joke did well. I think execution might be the key to how well your jokes work.

If you still want to try standup, and your school has such high ranks for being drug and sex free, try making jokes about how your school is full of pussies. I used to be in key club as well, but I didn't think there was any material in that. If all else fails, you should make jokes about stuff that pisses you off or something and work from there.

Also, do you need to tell jokes geared toward people you age? It might not be a bad idea to expand your audience if you can.

Well, that's all I can tell you. Sorry it's not really good advice. Send me some private messages if you want, and I'll try to respond.

[agent_PUNT]

don't worry about your audience.

write what you think is funny.

perform your material and win the audience over. don't let them choose what is funny for you. You're the funny one. You decide what is funny. If they don't laugh it's because they are wrong.

But, if you want some killer high school material, here you go (these are all rough works in progress):

"I just started babysitting to try and raise some extra cash. Right now I'm only babysitting my little brother. I am getting paid 10 dollars an hour, or 15 with a happy ending."


uhh... that's all i've got.

[CptPlanet]

Originally posted by radronOmega
teh teh

hah..ha.hahhh..ha? HAHAHAHA

[quartersmostly]

If you are asian, and you school is in the top 25 in the country I assume that most of your classmates are asain. So make jokes about that.

Doesn't it suck when you practice your violin until your fingers are raw and your mom just screams at you "you can do better practice more.

Doens't it suck when you get an A on your calculus test and your mom just screams at you " you can do better study more A+"

I'll let you take it from here.

[ComedySnobedy]

I say follow through on that killer key club material. There will be gold if you keep digging, just ask a brown minority.

[fritter]

jokes about the mall are great for teens. "i was at the food court today and they pronounced me guilty of loving cinnabons!". even though it's teen-themed, i think it'll really bring in the older crowd because it's not inflammatory at all.

also, do a search on "you might be a ninja", or ask chris56789, he's pretty famous by now.

[tjamick]

If Sepiku is your idea of self punishment, you might be a ninja.
If your belt has a smoke bomb holder, you might be a ninja.
If you can blend into the night and move in silence before attacking an enemy warrior, you might be a ninja.

[fritter]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[5InchTaint]

Ninja didn't commit seppuku. That was the Samurai.

[Brain Stew]

Hey guys, what's the deal with homework? I mean you're not actually working on your home!

[5InchTaint]

Originally posted by agent_PUNT
don't worry about your audience.

write what you think is funny.

perform your material and win the audience over. don't let them choose what is funny for you. You're the funny one. You decide what is funny. If they don't laugh it's because they are wrong.

Good comedians can tailor their act for the audience they'll be performing for. If you can't do that, expect to bomb often and get booked rarely. Good luck!

[fritter]

Originally posted by 5InchTaint
Good comedians can tailor their act for the audience they'll be performing for. If you can't do that, expect to bomb often and get booked rarely. Good luck!

"ever notice when you do the early morning safe haven mall walk, the stores all have the cages over them. that's because all the kids today are on drugs and have guns. am i right
Maple View Comfortable Death Enclave, am i right?"

[tjamick]

Originally posted by 5InchTaint
Ninja didn't commit seppuku. That was the Samurai.
Yeah, I know, but i liked the joke, so it's okay.

[Brain Stew]

No one laffed at my joke.

I am a failure.

[tjamick]

Don't you guys hate it when you ask your deskmate to barrow a pencil and it has bite marks on it, but you can't say anything because the teacher's had a no speaking polocy in play and you just can't afford to be one strike closer to having 2% taken off your grade?!?!


The only real advice i can give you is to find other places to preform. If the comedy clubs open mic's are 18+, find coffee houses or something that have music open mic's and try some stuff out there. the crowds may be younger, but it should be a better audince. Also, dont think of stuff in terms of offensivness; just funniness.

[Kelsy]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brain Stew
[B]No one laffed at my joke.

Hahahahaha failures! hilarious!

[Brain Stew]

Originally posted by Kelsy
Hahahahaha failures! hilarious!
:mad: There's nothing funny about a man's shortcomings!

Unless he's "coming up short", am I right ladies?

[Tommy]

Sorry I'm late:

Try talking about what it's like when you shit yourself in school and try to walk around without people smelling it.

Didn't that happen to you guys too?

[Keith Whitener]

Most Open Mics will let you perform even if you're not 18. Funny is funny and it doesn't matter how old you are.

Post some of your material so that we can give mock it and/or give advice.

[RizzleMcIzzle]

Captain Rad Ron, how's the comedy coming?

[ME!!!!]

Make specific jokes about people who may or may not be in the audience. Like Tina, the school whore. Or Jeff, that kid who'll probably shoot the place up some day.