G

Types of comedians (categorized as business structure)

“Passion and focus, is what you need to be successful in this industry. I put in daily hard work to ensure the preservation and perfection of the lasting quality of my brand. Once you have a vision, you have to become faithful to such. Your…

B

CHAPTER TWO: WHO IS A CHARISMATIC COMEDIAN?

“The art of medicine consists of keeping the patient amused while nature heals the disease.”- Voltaire.

F

CHAPTER THREE:

WHAT IS THE COMEDY BUSINESS LIKE?

“By the time a child gets to nursery school he will have laughed for about 300 times a day. Adults laugh 17 times a day, on average.” — Discovery Health.

E

To become charismatic

“My first pay in the industry was N500 but I have moved on to bigger projects like MTN West Africa Project Fame, Nigerian Idol and Glo’s lord of the Ribs”_Pencil, Comedian of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

C

Misconception

“Everyone in my family is very serious I can’t but keep cracking jokes. I started my comedy career in primary school to get money by making people laugh and happy. It was the school authority that gave me the opportunity of getting paid for cracking up students and teachers…

D

Attributes of charismatic comedians

“The business sides of what we do are suppose to be handled by experts but we do both the creative and business parts of our gig, which somehow makes us super heroes of some sort, however, there is the great need for brand manager’s…

A

CHAPTER ONE: WHO IS A COMEDIAN?

“It is the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn, and cross it deliberately” — George Carlin

Welcome aboard!

But make sure you pore over this publication. It sure will do for you one thing: pump you up to become a charismatic comedian. That’s about all that will mark you out for success in the fun business — charisma.