Olivier Giraud

A great way for casinos to attract new customers and bring back the other ones is to start having comedy nights on a regular basis. A lot of people would find them funny, but a lot of people wouldn't. In stand-up comedy, you want to write material that will reliably garner laughs each time you perform it. Yes, you can improvise funny jokes, but there is no guarantee you can come to a show and get 2 LPMs (laughs a minute) with just improvising.

The sooner you can tap into and let people in on the weird thoughts that seem perfectly normal to you, the better your comedy will be. Maybe that will be in the form of a gameshow you create, or a set of meta jokes, or the stories you tell, or a straight set-up with a punchline.

On a trip to Madison, Wisconsin, during this time, I performed at Comedy on State, the big club there. It clicked and he became a fixture in New York's best comedy clubs as well as universities and night clubs around the country. If a bar wants to start doing comedy next week, say no. Put it a few weeks out and give yourself time to build anticipation.

If you spend any time hanging out with comedians, you'll quickly learn that these are some of the toughest people in the world, and almost certainly the toughest performers there are. All you need to do is contact a trustworthy comedy booking agency and get nationally touring comedians routed to your bar.

Open mics are great places to workshop material, which means it's ok to try your jokes one way and see how they do, or to take chances. This article was co-authored by Kendall Payne Kendall Payne is a Writer, Director, and Stand-up Comedian based in Brooklyn, New York.

This BusinessZeal article will guide on your way to starting a classic comedy club. They even crack jokes about people in the audience. It helps makes her routine great, and the jokes hit for different reasons than we sometimes expect in stand-up. Most comedians, I've noticed don't actually write a lot.