Tim Tayag

Handling Hecklers During Your Stand Up Performance

RATED PG13 You can’t help it, at some point in your stand up career, there will be a drunk guy who thinks he’s being funny and will try to heckle you with some stupid question. How do you handle it? Well, you have to put him in his place without being mean and alienating the [...]

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Killer Stand Up Review

One of the biggest challenges when you’ve been doing comedy for over 13 years like I have is coming up with new material (without the aid of mind altering substances). Yeah, I do the notebook thing and write down stuff when I have a funny idea or if something hilarious happens. But that can only [...]

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7 Keys to Being a More Effective Performer

In my 13 years (and counting) of performing as a stand up comedian, I’ve learned that a lot of the skills I use on stage can carry over to other types of performances besides comedy, namely, public speaking, presentations, hosting, pole dancing, miming, puppetry, gay acapella, and selling yourself to Oprah. But specific to stand [...]

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3 Quick Tips to Improve Stage Presence

Most comedians are skilled in delivering jokes. But sometimes they have bad stage habits. And there’s nothing that destroys a funny bit than bad stage management. These are the 3 simple things that I learned that maybe small things but make a big difference in your stage performance. Take it from me, I’ve been performing [...]

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Rules of Standup Comedy

I’m writing this while it’s still fresh in my mind. I just got back from a so-so gig. Actually it wasn’t that bad, it was just that one of my new jokes bombed and so even though my staple bits got decent laughs, I felt like I had a horrible set. I committed a couple [...]

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5 Quick Pointers for Corporate Comedy Gigs

Being a straight Filipino stand up comedian in the Philippines, I earn most of my comedy income from corporate gigs. Yes, I do have to sell out to corporate Philippines from time to time to augment my revenue to buy milk for the kids. And no, the P150 you pay to watch me on Mondays [...]

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Styles of Joke Delivery: One Liners and Story Telling

Like the Kuma Sutra, joke delivery has a lot of different styles. The two types that are pretty popular that I’ve seen a lot of successful comics use are one liners and stories. It’s up to you what you prefer, but in my experience it’s always helpful to have the full arsenal so that you [...]

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The Truth About Funny Men

We’ve heard women say a thousand times that they love a man who has a great sense of humor. As a professional comic, I can tell you that there is a fine print that they don’t advertise: you also need to have decent income, some looks, possibly a vehicle that doesn’t start with “stainless”, and [...]

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Dissecting Humor

There are a lot of theories about what makes people laugh. Some say it’s a release of tension, that’s why we laugh when we’re nervous, like when our boss tries to make a lame joke about being on a sea food diet because when he “sees” food, he eats it. Some believe its imbedded in [...]

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Comeducation Issue No. 1

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the first issue of my Comeducation series. This is my first eBook. Actually you might just call it an eMagazine since it’s quite short. You can download it or just read it through your browser. It’s a pdf file, so you’ll need adobe acrobat reader. I’ll be releasing [...]

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