There are quite a few clubs out there for comedians to join. The benefit for a comedian in joining a club or several clubs is that he is then available to work gigs through the club’s connections. As well as presenting shows in various venues, the Comedy Club makes comedians available for conferences, parties, and receptions or other events where the addition of a comedian would spice up proceedings that would otherwise be slightly dull.

The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is another comedy club that not only hosts comedy shows, but also runs improv classes, so there is that added benefit for a comedian joining up. Classes are run in many time-slots and for many different topics. When comedians are known to belong to a well-respected club, they are more likely to be taken seriously – even though they really want everyone to laugh.

The Gotham Club in New York is considered by many to be one of the best. Many great comedians have worked at the Gothams; so if you’d like to join the ranks of the best – like Roseanne, Dave Chapelle and others, see if you can get a gig on their free mic night. As an amateur, you’ll get the chance to hone your talent and when you start to rise to the top you’ll get better gigs.

While the Gotham is in New York, there is also the Comedy Connection in Boston that many consider to be even better than Gotham’s. At least it offers its customers reserved seating, but of more interest to a comedian is their star line-up of such comedian greats as Chris Rock, Rosie O’Donnell, Margaret Cho and many others.

The House of Comedy at Niagara Falls hosts open mic nights all the time and any aspiring comedian needs to get his act on one of them to be recognized. If you want to try it out, you can email Tony at info@thehouseofcomedy.com. House of Comedy also shows at Hamilton.

Comedy Clubs abound and you only have to go online or look in the phone book to find them. Once you become affiliated with a club, there are many benefits and just being around where the pros are will make you feel like a pro and start to act more like one. After all, being funny is serious business. There are also online clubs that you can join to ask questions and find information about the comedy business.

Top Comedians You Can Learn From

No matter what your career choice is, if there is a role model to learn from you will be helped in a way that is superior to all others. To see how someone else does things is the easiest and best way to learn because humans are natural imitators. If you want to teach your kids something, you show them how. If you want to be a great surgeon, ultimately you learn by watching the great surgeons operate.

It’s the same with comedy. There are many great comedians out there from whom we can learn something. But it’s not only their manner and styles that we can learn by watching. It’s their life lessons. Jim Carrey teaches us that we can choose the source of our comedy.

He admits to being bitter and cynical as a stand-up – and everyone could see that he was like that. But he chose to make people laugh with his amazing face rather than his cynicism. Some comedians use their pessimism to make people laugh. Carrey could have done the same but he chose not to. So we know that we can also choose our comedy source – and the most obvious source is not always the best.

Woody Allen’s’ approach was to be himself – slightly unpolished and na