I am not an urban act – I am a black comedian.

Years ago when I began in standup, I was encouraged to adhere to a certain decree: write funny and stay away from racial humor. Presumably, if you abided by these principles your place in the pecking order of the national comedy scene would be made easier. There were other prerequisites required to assume a position as a working headliner: have a solid hour of funny material, collect a few TV credits and don’t piss people off. However, within the hundreds of open mics I’ve suffered, the year I spent as an opener, the accolades I received as a feature, my 10-plus year headlining career, and my dozen or so TV credits, nobody told me to only expect headliner consistency if I was popular enough to draw black people to my show.

Encouraging Words From A Female Comedianne To Other Female Comediannes That are New To Comedy

Submitted By - Miss Q (Kansas City)

During your career it may feel as though you are working twice as hard to be respected and successful. Ladies you need to keep your confidence, ambition and determination. It is importance to respect yourself first and to lose that stereotype that women cant stick together. It is a tough business but there is enough room for us all males and females.

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This story is about Marshelle D. Woodland, "The Day I Almost Went Postal", Look for this story to be told in a Documentary, Book, Play, and Screen play. This story is about bullying in America at the highest level. Let's put an end to bullying now, because kid bullies grow up to become adult bullies. You have no idea of the hurt these victims go through. The longer you bully a person, the longer it takes that person to get past the hurt of being bullied. If you care to share your bullying story, please do because it may help someone greatly.

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Dealing With the Politics of Comedy

Part 1 & 2

By Matt Ward

Comedy is hard. No one ever hides this fact if they have been doing it for years and you start asking them questions about starting to do it yourself. In the last few years many of the comics I know that are a year or so ahead of me in the 'full-time comedian for a living' thing seem to be most devastated by one specific element of the business they were not entirely prepared for. The politics.

Most funny people deep down are saddened when they have had to deal with office politics at their jobs. They become even more saddened when they find out it is very much worse in the world of stand-up comedy. The following blog post is intended to enlighten new comics and people considering being comedians to some of the struggles you will face when the business of comedy starts to become political. Wanna Read More?