A technique I developed quite naturally to help me make smooth transitions was to use a word or phrase from the next routine in the preceding one.
Franklyn AjayeYou must study their deliveries, their use of their bodies, their timing, and their use of audio and vocal effects.
Franklyn AjayeObviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what they're going to get the opportunity to laugh at.
Franklyn AjayeTaping yourself and making yourself listen to the tape of each performance no matter how bad is really important. There's always a nugget line or a direction pointed out to you in even the worst show.
Franklyn Ajaye