Comedians' first ten minutes usually stay with them the first several years of their career. It's their mission statement. Their disclaimer that lets people know who they are. Or were. It's also a good time to make fun of your name if you have a funny or strange one.
Interpretation
Comedians often establish their identity and style in the first ten minutes of their act.
Bob Saget emphasizes the importance of the initial moments in a comedian's performance, suggesting that these early minutes serve as a mission statement that defines their comedic identity. This period is crucial for setting the tone and connecting with the audience, allowing comedians to make light of personal experiences, including unique names that can resonate with the audience.
In practice
During a comedy workshop, discussing the importance of opening jokes.
As soon as I go into a dark subject, like discussing the people I've loved and lost, I off-road into absurdist comedy perversion. It's both a means of protection and a kind of denial, a blessing and a curse. Wait, it's not a blessing at all. I guess it would be a bad habit and a curse.
Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.
When you're born in this world you're given a ticket to the Freak Show. And when you're born in America, you're given a front row seat. And some of us get to sit there with notebooks.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
I've turned the annoying questions that white people ask into a career, so I understand that's where I live.
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.
every idiot who goes about with a 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.
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