This post breaks deconstruction (aka Armando which seems like a silly name when you don’t have the context and even sillier when you do) into two ways to make pulls from the Monologist (the Armando). First, choose how close you want to stay to the monologue: Primary, Tangent, or Abstract or close, medium, or far …

You’ve mastered act outs, wordplay, misdirects, lists of three, analogies, and exaggeration, which you can read about in Part 1. Yay! You’re now less likely to die on the hill of dick jokes at open mic night, because you did your comedy homework. Most people don’t and are happy to torture audience with their underwritten …

Character Monologues: Not Just for Character Comedians You can be inspired by every type of comic out there. You don’t have to be a “character comic” to use this tool. You are borrowing, it’s not a new identity. (Unless we helped you fund your comedy superpower, in which case, you’re welcome.) Start with a real …