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Author/Speaker/Artist/Screenwriter John Vorhaus: Comedy begins where tolerance ends. Why? Because when you reach people to the point where they’re nervous, they start to store tension and the more tension they store, the more explosively they will release that tension in the form of a laugh when the laugh comes.
Basically they’re thinking:
How bad is this going to get?
How far is he going to go?
How much is this going to cost me?
Arrgh…This is bad.
If the punchline to the joke takes all of that tension and relieves it with the defeat of expectation, then not only do…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from JohnVorhaus.com.
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