“The app idea is great. The solution section is really important. It helped me understand the logic of a comedian.”
Loïc Harari
May 29, 2026
Playfully Inappropriate: Interactive is new. The comedy training behind it has helped students, readers, and comedians understand how jokes work and write stronger material for years.
“The app idea is great. The solution section is really important. It helped me understand the logic of a comedian.”
Loïc Harari
May 29, 2026
“The lessons, tutorials, and examples are very concrete and really great tools. I'm a fan of the approach.”
Yoshee So
May 12, 2026
“I really think the website makes sense for the younger crowd that doesn’t have the same attention span and needs interaction to learn. As a teacher, I always opt for an interaction to set the stage for the kiddos. The layout makes a lot of sense, and the modules are a great method for learning.”
Garrett Young
April 27, 2026
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“It is a really good course.”
Michael Abrahams
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 7, 2026
“Very informative.”
Al Metallo
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 9, 2026
“Absolutely Im a working comic who is currently operating in Jamaica. been doing Stand up comedyfor several years now and actuality operate a comedy club on the Island. This course was refreshingly absorbing. love the practical strategies in simple form and the material shared. will now be able to shape some of my material and create new ones. interested to learn more in time for sure. one love”
Sophia Smith-Daley
★★★★★ 4.5 · January 27, 2026
“Excellent”
Anonymous
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 14, 2025
“Great, very well explained and very methodical!”
Antonio Fernández Murillo
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 9, 2025
“this material is amazing, im almost 6 years in standup comedy and still enjoy every video, the explanation is good.”
Pahala Bima
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 12, 2025
“So clear, so understandable, so motivating!”
Karla Huntsman
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 14, 2025
“This course unpacked all of the things I had hoped to learn when I took a standup course in person (and did not). Highly recommend it.”
Elizabeth Borden
★★★★★ 4.5 · December 27, 2024
“Easy one”
Anna Becker
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 12, 2024
“content well placed”
Amogh Suvarna
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 1, 2024
“Easy to follow instructions.”
Nilay Shah
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 16, 2024
“i like the way the course is being taught and the way he kind of breaks things into concepts and explained them well.”
Chris Atkins
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 5, 2024
“Brilliant course! Detailed explanations, excellent example clips and supportive guidance for beginning your own foray into joke construction.”
Saphia Matthew
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 16, 2024
“very clear and paced just right”
edwin Calderon
★★★★★ 4.5 · August 9, 2024
“Great class. Looking forward to performing my first stand up and hope to apply what I learned.”
Carmen Miranda
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 9, 2024
“Yes!”
Dick Bruso
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 18, 2024
“Very well explained and useful.”
Paul Larkin
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 31, 2024
“It's great fun to look at how crafting a joke works and then have a go at doing it yourself using the guidance given. The resources cover all the different types so you can look back on the notes to help. It's great to see them working and then see how/why they do.”
Faith Warne
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 11, 2024
“Very informative course.”
Daryl Koons
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 16, 2023
“Very helpful information.”
Sharon Kagley
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 7, 2023
“For the price it was very very helpful in my opinion.”
Andrew Rose
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 3, 2023
“Jared da ðŸ”
David Gonzalez Molina
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 9, 2023
“Set the expectation and doesn’t over hype”
Scott MacAulay
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 2, 2023
“After this course I feel my review should at least be in the form of a joke! You know, just like the programming courses have reviews in binary, and the gender studies courses have reviews in non-binary. I got a lot out of joke structure and hope to put it to good use in my goal to be Myspace-famous.”
Jay Bradley
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 17, 2023
“Continuity”
Richard Bellman
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 18, 2023
“It is a really good course.”
Michael Abrahams
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 7, 2026
“Very informative.”
Al Metallo
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 9, 2026
“Absolutely Im a working comic who is currently operating in Jamaica. been doing Stand up comedyfor several years now and actuality operate a comedy club on the Island. This course was refreshingly absorbing. love the practical strategies in simple form and the material shared. will now be able to shape some of my material and create new ones. interested to learn more in time for sure. one love”
Sophia Smith-Daley
★★★★★ 4.5 · January 27, 2026
“Excellent”
Anonymous
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 14, 2025
“Great, very well explained and very methodical!”
Antonio Fernández Murillo
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 9, 2025
“this material is amazing, im almost 6 years in standup comedy and still enjoy every video, the explanation is good.”
Pahala Bima
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 12, 2025
“So clear, so understandable, so motivating!”
Karla Huntsman
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 14, 2025
“This course unpacked all of the things I had hoped to learn when I took a standup course in person (and did not). Highly recommend it.”
Elizabeth Borden
★★★★★ 4.5 · December 27, 2024
“Easy one”
Anna Becker
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 12, 2024
“content well placed”
Amogh Suvarna
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 1, 2024
“Easy to follow instructions.”
Nilay Shah
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 16, 2024
“i like the way the course is being taught and the way he kind of breaks things into concepts and explained them well.”
Chris Atkins
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 5, 2024
“Brilliant course! Detailed explanations, excellent example clips and supportive guidance for beginning your own foray into joke construction.”
Saphia Matthew
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 16, 2024
“very clear and paced just right”
edwin Calderon
★★★★★ 4.5 · August 9, 2024
“Great class. Looking forward to performing my first stand up and hope to apply what I learned.”
Carmen Miranda
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 9, 2024
“Yes!”
Dick Bruso
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 18, 2024
“Very well explained and useful.”
Paul Larkin
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 31, 2024
“It's great fun to look at how crafting a joke works and then have a go at doing it yourself using the guidance given. The resources cover all the different types so you can look back on the notes to help. It's great to see them working and then see how/why they do.”
Faith Warne
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 11, 2024
“Very informative course.”
Daryl Koons
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 16, 2023
“Very helpful information.”
Sharon Kagley
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 7, 2023
“For the price it was very very helpful in my opinion.”
Andrew Rose
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 3, 2023
“Jared da ðŸ”
David Gonzalez Molina
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 9, 2023
“Set the expectation and doesn’t over hype”
Scott MacAulay
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 2, 2023
“After this course I feel my review should at least be in the form of a joke! You know, just like the programming courses have reviews in binary, and the gender studies courses have reviews in non-binary. I got a lot out of joke structure and hope to put it to good use in my goal to be Myspace-famous.”
Jay Bradley
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 17, 2023
“Continuity”
Richard Bellman
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 18, 2023
“I found the course to be wonderfully informative.”
Ansley W. LaMar
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 14, 2023
“Definitely a high value course that outlines easily how to understand comedy and creating it.”
Jenn Jayasingha
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 25, 2023
“A must see course!”
Sagiv Loiter
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 12, 2022
“Engraçado é fala de coisas que nem me passava pela cabeça.”
José Manuel Castillo Mendes
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 23, 2022
“Love the material”
Lara Mealor
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 19, 2022
“Great insights into technique. Really shaping the way I think about jokes that I'm currently writing.”
Richard Bellman
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 13, 2022
“I went from having a page or so of unsorted jokes to several pages for three different themed acts that I can perform. The breakdown of the different types of jokes is excellent, and I was able to apply them all to create lots of new jokes and improve old ones.”
Alan Marks
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 19, 2022
“Very good spoken. Love it. Concise. And good content that will help me a lot”
Heiko Schaible
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 2, 2022
“1. Identification of the underlying variety of types that are encapsulated by one word --'Joke' 2. Interesting examples to explain the ideas. 3. How a novice can make a start by putting some sort of mechanical steps for different varieties of the concepts. 4. Very Focused and not trying to sell something else, than what was promised.”
Pravanjan Mishra
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 1, 2022
“Good”
Eirin Grinde Tunheim
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 20, 2022
“It's a great course for starters as it helps to differentiate and identify between fundamentals of humour.”
Tanmay Sahni
★★★★★ 4.5 · July 25, 2022
“Really fun and insightful tips on what makes a joke a joke!”
Mady
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 26, 2022
“Instructor is knowledgeable, prepared and focused. He seems to have carefully edited his instruction videos which is important to me because I don’t want to watch someone ramble.”
Adrian Cove
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 6, 2022
“Well structured, well explained and useful exercises.”
Full Name
★★★★★ 4.5 · April 30, 2022
“I'm enjoying Jared's workshop on standup comedy and the playfully inappropriate is making my comedy learning so much easier! Thank you for doing this for us Jared!”
Theodore E Bess
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 24, 2022
“I’m so happy Jared made this video. I am trying to get into comedy & this course was incredibly informative & thorough. And, he looks great after losing all that weight. 😂”
Tamara Ward
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 23, 2022
“This course is a must-see for anyone wanting to understand the fundamental structure of comedy. Great work and insight.”
Christian Vincent
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 14, 2022
“It’s to the point and easy to understand”
Jessica Hudson
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 31, 2022
“This breaks down each type of joke into understandable formulas. Nice!”
Rudy Linke
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 29, 2022
“Clear take on and instructions for many different kinds of jokes, definitely a great starting place for aspiring stand-up comedians!”
Ben Hughes
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 23, 2022
“very useful”
dardar232 .
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 15, 2022
“Really fun and informative”
Devon Benish
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 14, 2022
“Its definitely good learning from you”
Rachit AGARWAL
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 6, 2022
“I learned so much and it was presented in an easy-to-grasp way.”
Cynthia Smith
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 18, 2022
“i have learn so much. i had a hard time understanding punch lines and how to write jokes. thank you so much in making this a lot easier”
Michelle Snyder
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 29, 2022
“Are you in a creative rut? Then this course is for you. Jared's strategies helped me become playfully inappropriate. Highly recommend this course.”
Prashanth Venkat Srinivasan
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 25, 2022
“Very intereseting and expressed in simple ways. Also inspiring.”
Lorenzo Ongaro
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 9, 2022
“Very clear and accessible tutorial”
Matt Rees
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 6, 2022
“Best course on comedy, that I have watched on this platform. Thank you!”
Amin udemylord
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 29, 2021
“great”
Monika Nevolová
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 8, 2021
“The course is very complete.”
Norberto Ochoa
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 30, 2021
“Thankyou I found it very useful”
Cassandra Ward
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 29, 2021
“Extremely informative! Having gone through other comedy writing courses, I feel that this was the best one to spend money on. Intricate detail is used to break down each category and subcategory of comedy and breaks it into easily comprehensive steps that anyone can follow and uses examples from popular culture to make the point of “this is how this type of joke is done”. Really awesome class.”
Henri Flego
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 2, 2021
“Ce cours repond vraiment à mes objectifs”
Maxo Morisseau
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 13, 2021
“Im a Taiwanese student, this course really help me a lot!”
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★★★★★ 5.0 · September 21, 2021
“Easy to follow and easy to understand. Highly recommended!”
Jonathan Godoy
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 21, 2021
“Really fun course. It is both entertaining and informative. The additional resources and bonus clips greatly enhance the overall student experience.”
Yatish Singh
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 26, 2021
“Really useful for knowing better about the standup comedy business and performance.”
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★★★★★ 5.0 · August 25, 2021
“It was awsome! I think every fresh standup comedian should take this course. It really helped me on my joke writing.”
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★★★★★ 5.0 · August 22, 2021
“Great to build healthy mindset for fresh standup comedians.”
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★★★★★ 5.0 · August 22, 2021
“Good info., no problem there. Just thought the instructor would be a bit on the funny side. No problem though.”
Joe Burns
★★★★★ 4.5 · August 21, 2021
“Great introduction and easy to follow along.”
Elaine Jurumbo
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 16, 2021
“Lots of different perspectives on writing jokes, very insightful and overall enjoyable. I sure do sound like a freaking Collin Robinson”
Branimir Šućur
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 4, 2021
“Simple explanations of the key points breaking down into bite size chunks so that it can be replicated in my own comedy”
Brian Wrigley
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 3, 2021
“Great job. I learnt many new things during the course. I am now able to create a way better set for stand up. Overall, nice experience”
Chinmay Kulkarni
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 15, 2021
“I understand. Me own style importent.”
Anders Granö
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 27, 2021
“I loved the course! Thank you marshmallow creep.”
Sai Pratyaksh Epari
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 26, 2021
“Easy to understand and he doesn’t flatline!”
Kaylan Cox
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 20, 2021
“Very useful practical information and a clear explanation.”
Melanie
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 24, 2021
“Love how the technical theory is dissected”
Ghaffar Khan
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 23, 2021
“Exactly what I was looking for! Clear instruction. Great examples. The perfect primer for my joke writing journey!”
Malaika Lue
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 4, 2021
“I absolutely love it. The explanations are clear and serious, it is very tecnical and profesional approach to unravel the thema. I bet the guards and his prisionmates are well entertained.”
Rosa Saeta
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 3, 2021
“Explaining the processes with visual aids is one of the best things about this course because it brings abstract ideas into a more relatable context.”
Miranda Michelle Lalinde
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 14, 2021
“I wanted to be able to create funny stories that would make people around me laugh. This is exactly what I can do now :)”
Michel kodsi
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 12, 2021
“It is very very useful course for me to do stand-up comedy in open mic, no matter in Chinese or in English. Systematic learning about what joke is, or how to write a joke, helps me and my friends very well. We did learn a lot from this course.”
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★★★★★ 5.0 · January 6, 2021
“Excellent course. Exceeded expectations. Tonnes of value and I have learned so much! Shame the guy had a bit of a marshmallow creep.”
Eleanor Goold
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 11, 2020
“This course breaks down comedy into a formula which will allow you to evaluate and understand the comedy of other comedians, and help you write funnier material. I am a magician looking to increase audience reaction. I am finding the formula to be quite effective in writing original material. Can't wait to try out some of this in front of a real audience.”
Chris Fogarty
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 5, 2020
“cool stuff”
Cenk Bulut
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 3, 2020
“Great course ! informative and extremely well presented.”
Yatish Singh
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 30, 2020
“Jared Volle does an excellent example of explaining the Benign Violation Theory and how to apply that to writing comedy. Gives clear examples and provides the ways and means to make it all work. A worthwhile course for anyone wanting to improve their comedy story telling.”
Dean Burkey
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 1, 2020
“Brilliant! Intriguing! Informative! Engaging! Jared Volle over delivers! This course is a deal at any price. Lots of excellent educational material. I've studied comedy my whole life; and this is some of the best teaching I've ever found. This course goes well with his Playful Inappropriateness course as well.”
Dean Burkey
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 1, 2020
“Very informative and engaging.”
Susan Stello
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 15, 2020
“It was a good match for what I was looking. He really has a unique way to approach comedy writing, and I found it really helpful.”
Abhishek Upmanyu
★★★★★ 4.5 · October 15, 2020
“This course is great for logical thinkers. The author explains comedy from a logical prospective.”
Gareth Slinn
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 11, 2020
“Brilliant!”
Dee Anevska
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 8, 2020
“Really good to fill the gaps in my knowledge - also love the fact that this is experience-based knowledge from a guy who has been there and done it.”
Tanya Phillips
★★★★★ 4.5 · September 25, 2020
“Jared really understands what makes an audience tick!”
Jim Barron
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 8, 2020
“Extremely well presented and informative !”
Yatish Singh
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 28, 2020
“Really great stuff - one of the, if not the, best analysis of stand up as a science that I've ever seen.”
Robert J Finn
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 1, 2020
“This course is really informative and interesting. I like how there’s a lot of info on organic comedy.”
Shehzer Khan
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 12, 2020
“Enjoyable & detailed course - the tutor has obviously spent a lot of time thinking about his subject.”
BillCo
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 3, 2020
“Tremendous insight.”
John Kot
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 14, 2020
“I am very impressed with the quality and smoothness of this course, I had walked away from comedy 4 years ago after losing my leg, I took this course to help reinvigorate my drive to perform again, I am ready to get back out there and kill it , thank you for a great course, now I am going to start your writing course.”
Bud Rigoulot
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 24, 2020
“Jared does a great job of breaking down the nuts and bolts of stand-up comedy.”
Dutch Martin
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 31, 2020
“Fantastic course...the depth of understanding and clarity of expression is really great. My whole understanding of what creativity is has shifted. Thank you!!”
The Cognizant Life
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 12, 2020
“A fan of Jared and his methods... thanks”
Darin Magres
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 30, 2020
“I learned a lot. An engaging instructor. Thank you for sharing.”
Dana Peterson
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 6, 2019
“Powerful indeed!”
Rontae
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 14, 2019
“I am discovering new and useful knowledge.”
Belkiz Mei-Tsin Cise Balasescu
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 11, 2019
“great course!”
Rontae
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 15, 2019
“Because it is the truth!”
Rex King
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 7, 2019
“Very interesting course, I enjoyed it. This course helped me to unlock some of my blocks.”
Paul Fernandes
★★★★★ 4.5 · April 17, 2019
“Right On! Very informative and an excellent class...”
Dennis Schaefer
★★★★★ 4.5 · April 14, 2019
“Jared gives out good advise for the beginning comedian.”
Rick Casale
★★★★★ 4.5 · April 7, 2019
“Very compelling with very good advice that any aspiring comic should know.”
Rontae
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 9, 2019
“Did about 7%. I'm learning a lot here!”
Mad Monkey Studio's bvba
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 15, 2019
“Well thought out. Excellent teacher.”
Julles Burn
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 3, 2018
“Very good. Will recommend.”
Gary Ow
★★★★★ 5.0 · June 17, 2018
“Insights that I hear no one else talking about.... This is the advanced class. I'll go back and sign up for his first course.”
Rena Goff
★★★★★ 4.5 · March 17, 2018
“Excellent. Cler and omprehensive on the subject. The Strategy Matrix at the end is worth the time spent, alone. Mandatory to maximize your profits.”
Anonymized User
★★★★★ 5.0 · January 15, 2018
“Thank you Mr. Volle, that was very helpful.”
Gabriel Schelloto
★★★★★ 5.0 · August 14, 2017
“Valuable information about what comprises and destroys creative flow; I would like to have seen more information on how to submerge into the process, how to stay in the process, with practical steps and guidelines.”
Lynette Hill
★★★★★ 4.5 · July 24, 2017
“I learned a lot. Instructor was very knowledgeable.”
Patrick Jackson
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 25, 2017
“Great stuff keep going”
Marc Fumeaux
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 28, 2017
“Very valuable information! I liked the info about getting more leads vs. getting less leads while having the same revenue. nice!”
David Grebe
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 21, 2017
“A brilliant course, highly recommended.”
Richard Dartnall
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 15, 2017
“Great course, loved it. If you want to be an authentic comedian, buy it. Better than every book I bought before.”
Axel Heckmann
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 11, 2017
“Very informative and immediately actionable information.”
Devincey Moore
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 26, 2016
“EXCELLENT! Can't rate this highly enough.”
Ainsley Micallef
★★★★★ 5.0 · September 29, 2016
“Le cours est complet et instructif.”
Ourourou Abdelaziz
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 19, 2016
“This course is very thorough in all aspects of stand up comedy. The amount of information given is huge and detailed. I use the course as instruction for writing other forms of humour as well.”
Jenny Bhatt
★★★★★ 5.0 · July 9, 2016
“Jared teaches this material in a very comprehensive manner. I feel like I just earned my Masters Degree in Stand-Up Comedy. My only suggestion is to augment Jared's lectures with some visual slides with bullet-points and highlighted text. We don't have to watch Jared saying everything point-blank into the camera. Intercutting some basic Power-Point slides would break up the talking-head videos and would help those of us who are visual learners.”
Chris Jay Becker
★★★★★ 5.0 · April 26, 2016
“Alignment with source :D”
Stephan Soderberg
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 27, 2016
“i was able to use the information right away. I am now armed with the knowledge of acquiring confidence, to use in my present career.”
Rosemarie Brown
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 14, 2016
“great tips! thanx”
Georgiana Viscol
★★★★★ 5.0 · March 6, 2016
“very helpful... thank you”
Darin Magres
★★★★★ 5.0 · February 23, 2016
“Jared tells it like it is. I love the online stuff because I can skip around if I want. Take what I need when I need it.”
Spacey Christina Wellman
★★★★★ 5.0 · December 18, 2015
“Well presented, great material, great flow (No pun intended). I hope to try these techniques to allow me to get more of my goals accomplished! I recommend this class for anyone who is interested in improving themselves, both in creative professions, and not as creative ones!”
Ben Pearson
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 5, 2015
“I really enjoyed this course. It allowed me to identify what destroys my focus. I'm feeling confident that I'll be able to rectify things in the future. Thanks a lot, Jared!”
Isabelle Poirier
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 1, 2015
“Now I know how I got to flow, and how to find my way back to it. That's wonderful stuff.”
Lala Hoover
★★★★★ 5.0 · October 23, 2015
“This course has help me a ton. Very good!”
Darin Magres
★★★★★ 5.0 · May 7, 2015
“I've learned a lot from this course on stand up comedy. I am currently working on revising some material that I hope will kill.”
Joseph
★★★★★ 5.0 · November 24, 2014
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