An aspiring comedian must be determined to get to his or her true feelings on a subject and convey that to the audience. Figure out what you're feeling or interested in because the goal is to get the audience interested in what you're interested in. Good stand up comedy is drawing people into your head.

You must study their deliveries, their use of their bodies, their timing, and their use of audio and vocal effects.

Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped.

If I'm crisp and economical in my delivery, have smooth transitions, movement and animation, and flights of fancy, that would get me an A.

Evaluate every performance on: stage presence, concentration, delivery, material and lessons learned.

On a good night, I'm just into the flow and seeing the pictures and words in my mind clearly before I say them. On a bad night, which to be honest are nowhere near as bad as when I was starting out, I just concentrate on performing the routines correctly. I focus on my delivery.

Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.