comedy routine
Prepared comedic performance
A comedy routine is a prepared sequence of jokes, stories, or bits performed by a comedian.
The routine suggests rehearsed material rather than improvisation—something polished through repetition: She's been working on her comedy routine for months.
Stand-up comedians build acts from multiple routines, each covering a particular topic or theme.
- standupSolo comedic performance
- open micUnscreened public performance slot
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
- bitSmall amount or portion
skit · comic timing · timing · heckler · microphone · laughter · set · monologue · running gag · gag · delivery · punch up · audience · stage · opener · closer · roast · material
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- cabaretcabaret, cancan, showgirls, burlesque, Moulin Rouge
- party trickscard tricks, card trick, magic trick, magic tricks, spoon bending
- spoken wordspoken word, spoken word poetry, slam poetry, slam poets, poetry slam
- drag showslip sync, lip-sync, death drop, duck walk, voguing
- scriptsalphabet, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
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Disastrous or sorrowful event
dramatic monologue · tearjerker · funeral oration · elegy · lament
comedy routineeulogy
Tribute for the dead
sermon · memorial tribute · requiem · lamentation · jeremiad
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