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Steve North, the premiere comedy coach in Hollywood for more than thirty years, has coached thousands of comedy hopefuls and heads up two of the longest running standup workshops in the Los Angeles area.
He has appeared as Steve North the Comedy Coach on national television shows, at comedy festivals across the United States, in Judy Carter’s Comedy Career in a Box DVD set, and he stars in the DVD Secrets of Comedy from Comedy Time. He has also conducted many corporate seminars on comedy—both solo and with his comedy partner and wife, Barb North.
The team of Barb and Steve North has performed live standup comedy at the Comedy Store, the Improv, the Ice House, and in nightclubs all over the world—including colleges and conventions. Besides p
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Comedic Character or persona

With all comedy, writing or performing, you have nothing without your comedic character -- it is your theme -- the way Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory" has a theme of a nerd who thinks he's cool.
Part one (of 4) of my definition of comedic character is called FLAW. There has to be something wrong with you to be funny.How to Kill in Comedy Read more of this blog post »
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“RODNEY DANGERFIELD Flaw: Obnoxious Blind Spot: Thinks he’s charming Attitude: Frustrated Agenda: To convince you he’s unappreciated, getting a raw deal, and deserves respect”
Steve North, How to Kill in Comedy

“Comedy is an art, but it’s also a science.”
Steve North, How to Kill in Comedy

“After 30 years of coaching and teaching stand-up comedy to thousands, both in my workshops (longest continuous in LA) and private coachings; I finally wrote the book! It covers 1-Discovering your Comedic Character; 2- an 80-page workbook using the best joke formulas from over 25 years in my workshops: 3- How to put it all together, deal with audiences, clubs, and the biz.”
Steve North, How to Kill in Comedy

“After 30 years of coaching and teaching stand-up comedy to thousands, both in my workshops (longest continuous in LA) and private coachings; I finally wrote the book! It covers 1-Discovering your Comedic Character; 2- an 80-page workbook using the best joke formulas from over 25 years in my workshops: 3- How to put it all together, deal with audiences, clubs, and the biz.”
Steve North, How to Kill in Comedy

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