comedic monologues
One-person funny speeches
Comedic monologues are extended speeches performed by a single person for humorous effect.
In theater and film, a character delivers one to reveal personality or advance plot while getting laughs.
Stand-up comedy is essentially a series of comedic monologues.
Talk show hosts open with them: Tonight's monologue was all about the election.
Audition pieces for comedy roles often require one.
- one linersBrief, self-contained jokes
- stand-upSolo comedic performance
- opening actPreliminary concert performer
- late nightTime near midnight
- workplace humorComedy in professional settings
Robin Williams · George Carlin · Joan Rivers · improvisation · timing · set list · callbacks · storytelling · Lily Tomlin · cabaret · deadpan · dry humor · pauses · Eddie Izzard · bit by bit · slapstick · Richard Pryor · self-deprecation
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, satire, parody, sarcasm
- stage comedyslapstick, pratfalls, sketches, skits, vaudeville
- comedy formatsstand-up specials, blooper reels, variety shows
comedic monologuesdialogues
Exchanges between speakers
conversations · banter · panel discussions · crosstalk · debates
comedic monologuesdramatic monologues
Poems spoken by characters
elegies · funeral orations · laments · lamentations · eulogies
comedic monologuessketches
Rough, quick drawings
physical comedy · dance numbers · musical performances · mime · ensemble comedy
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