Weeks 1–3 · Premises
Ten a week, most of them bad, which is the point.
The programs, in detail
Four programs of 8 to 12 weeks, built on your writing and the tape from your own sets.
Program 01 · Premises, not observations
Joke writing
We work on generating premises daily, finding the angle only you have, and constructing jokes that get to the punch quickly. Then tags — the extra laughs after the first one, which is where a thin five minutes becomes a solid one.
Weeks 4–6 · Construction
Setup, punch, and cutting the middle.
Weeks 7–8 · Tags
Three laughs where you had one.
Weeks 9–10 · Voice
What only you can say.
Weeks 1–3 · Cutting
Every word that isn't earning.
Weeks 4–6 · Order
Opener, middle, closer.
Weeks 7–8 · Timing
Pauses, pace and holding for the laugh.
Weeks 9–10 · Lock it
Five minutes you can do anywhere.
Program 02 · Five minutes that work
The tight five
A tight five is the currency of this business. We cut the words that don't serve the joke, order the material so it builds, work on pauses and pace, and rehearse until the timing survives a bad room.
Program 03 · Where it gets real
Open mics & tape
Comedy improves in rooms, not in notebooks. We build a realistic mic schedule, work on performing to eight tired people at 11 PM, and go through your tape line by line — which is uncomfortable for a month and then becomes the most useful hour of your week.
Weeks 1–2 · The schedule
How often to get up, realistically.
Weeks 3–4 · Bad rooms
Performing when nobody's listening.
Weeks 5–6 · Tape
Listening back properly, with timestamps.
Weeks 7–8 · Consistency
The same set, three rooms, honest comparison.
Weeks 1–4 · Expansion
New material held to the same standard.
Weeks 5–8 · Structure
Transitions, through-lines and callbacks.
Weeks 9–10 · Tape
A clean recording worth sending.
Weeks 11–12 · Submissions
Showcases and what they actually want.
Program 04 · Toward longer spots
Building a set
Going from five minutes to fifteen isn't three times the jokes; it's structure, pacing and callbacks. We build the longer set, work on transitions and through-lines, and prepare the material for showcase and festival submissions. We book nothing and promise nothing.
Want honest notes on your five?
Send the tape. Twenty minutes of feedback, free and specific.