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School Of Laughs


Welcome to the School of Laughs podcast. I am your host, Rik Roberts.

My goal is to help you get bigger, better, and more bookable as a comedian. Use the search tool at www.SchoolOfLaughs.com to find episodes on your favorites topics within comedy.  Be sure to subscribe and follow us on Facebook and Twitter

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May 26, 2016

This episode is brought to you by Patreon sponsors: BRIAN BATES & RHONDA COREY

As you move along the path of becoming a professional comedian will encounter many crossroads. Places where decisions must be made. Points where you have to make a careful choice on how to proceed. These tough decisions comics have to make can go either way. Hopefully, they go in a way where you can sleep good at night. Ideally in a way that benefits your career longevity.

In this episode, I cover about a half dozen of these pivotal moments. Specifically, moments when you realize ...

  • A club “double booked” you and you lost the gig
  • You have a better offer for a night you are already booked
  • You seem to have gone as far as you can in the clubs
  • You are gone more than you want, but still like to work
  • You aren’t getting the money you think you deserve
  • The road has flat out destroyed your health
  • You’ve been at it so long you don’t have any other skills

In each case, I discuss what steps I took to stay the course. Some of the decisions were quick and painless. Others, I really had to spend some time to figure out. Through trial and error I found ways to navigate the obstacle and continue to be funny and live the dream.

And I realize these are just a few of the potentially tough decisions you might need to make. Please let me know some others that were not part of this episode. We all have a different journey and some are trickier than others. I would love to hear your "tough decisions". Shoot me an email at SchoolOfLaughs@gmail.com. Let me know if it is okay to share on the air either with your name or anonymously.  

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Quick shout out to the Savage and Starbuck show for having me on this past Wednesday night. To hear that interview please visit the following link:

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