Stand up Comedy, Could you do it?

I too have thought about this on a few occasions. I make presentations to groups of strangers on quite serious subject matter and manage to have them laughing quite quickly, even though they don't want to be there (they are on offender referral courses) I seem to have the ability to make them feel comfortable enough to laugh along with me. Try it for a living, I don't think so, a very different animal with lots more pressure. And if you do want to give it a go I would suggest you need to find a style that suits you, and also don't try to be one of these who use the 'f' word every third word, its not funny and just shows the low mentality of these people. If you give it a go, good luck!

I have no problem talking to large groups of people but I could not do this. For one thing, are the people you are making laugh your friends? I think it would be much harder to impress a crowd of strangers who are expecting you to be hillarious. My friends think I am funny too but they are not paying $40.00 to listen to me. I am not trying to discourage you, just giving you something to think about. Why don't you find a comedy club that has open mike night and give it a try! You never know you might just be the next Robin Williams!

i guess being used to speaking to large groups is a good head-start. Even 15 minutes is meant to feel like a lifetime on stage. Try putting together a few 3-4 minute routines and try them out on open-mic nights. You should write out a running order (not a word for word script) and practice the timing of it repeatedly with friends.

Kid: Mom who's god? Mom: God is not male nor female nor child nor adult nor black nor white & he loves childrens!

if i could be with my close friends while doing it, i could probably do it. every time my friends and i eat our lunch on our break time. almost all the people who listen to us die of laughter. because of how we talk. it is like there is a big comedy show and every one are free to watch. we bash each other but nobody gets humiliated. it's really fun. but if you ask me if i can do it alone? maybe i won't be able to do it.... i am a bit shy... although people who know me will tell you otherwise... but deep in my heart i don't have the courage to do such thing...

i can try

There is no way I could do it for a living or as a job, althought I can be very humerous most of the time. Not everyone enjoys or appreciates my humor, nor do they always catch onto it. It's pretty repetitious you have to really know your railroad history, and me very well to know or understand my humor. It does look like for for those who are able to do it. I know the show Whose Line is is Anyone makes us all wish we could do so for a living - DNatureofDTrain :) .

i dont think i could be that funny. i think i could do more of a reality show that could be funny lol

I don't think that I would have too much trouble keeping an audience laughing for 15 mins. I've been told that I am such a joker many times. It would have to be rehearsed though with a script. Won't be able to do it off the cuff... Your life sounds really colourfull , you should give it a shot and tell us about it.