Secrets of Standup Comedy with Richard Francis Williams

By Richard Francis Williams

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I'm Richard Francis Williams, a professional comic since 1996 with a career that includes touring the US, 2 Emmy nominations, writing for big-name comedians, selling a movie to Disney with Tim Allen, Performing on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, The HBO Aspen Comedy Festival New Faces, and numerous TV writing credits. Join me as I share invaluable insights, interviews, and personal experiences to help you master the art of stand-up comedy from joke writing to stage presence. For first timers to the old heads. You can always learn something new.


Episode Date
Redbar Is Watching Secrets Of Standup: The Lessons From It
Feb 02, 2024
A different kind of writing exercise to try
Feb 02, 2024
Are Women Funny? A male comedian's perspective
Feb 02, 2024
Jokes aren't hard. Premises are. Fun writing exercise
Feb 02, 2024
Always record your set. Here's why.
Feb 02, 2024
Write like you just got dumped
Feb 02, 2024
My real life made it into another comic's special
Feb 02, 2024
How to find your comedic voice
Feb 02, 2024
Should you take a comedy class? The pros and cons
Feb 02, 2024
A breakdown of 3 comedic voices on Twitter/X: Three Year Letterman Nick Adams Pericles "Perry" Abbasi
Feb 02, 2024
Forget all the comedy formulas
Feb 02, 2024
What are you willing to give up?
Feb 02, 2024
Is Matt Rife's Success Fair? A comedian's perspective.
Feb 02, 2024
Don't hook up at work
Feb 02, 2024
Your mind is a search engine. Change your questions change your life.
Feb 02, 2024
Is that really you on stage?
Feb 02, 2024
Enough with being "Edgy"
Feb 02, 2024
How Jim Gaffigan Killed After 8 Comics Bombed (Including Me)
Feb 01, 2024
"Punching Down" is Nonsense
Feb 01, 2024
Never make this mistake as a comedian
Feb 01, 2024
Comic Intros: How to bomb before you even hit the stage
Feb 01, 2024
In defense of Bert Kreischer
Feb 01, 2024
Setups and Punchlines writing tip for jokes
Feb 01, 2024
Stolen Bit Or Parallel Thinking? How To Deal With It
Feb 01, 2024
BRINGER SHOWS — THE NEW COMEDIAN PYRAMID SCHEME?
Feb 01, 2024
EMBRACE THE HACK - when Bad Comedy Kills
Feb 01, 2024
Silence is Golden
Feb 01, 2024
Thinking like a comedian is a dead end
Feb 01, 2024
It could all end tomorrow
Feb 01, 2024
The travesty of the George Carlin AI "Special"
Jan 12, 2024
Jo Koy Golden Globes: What Went Wrong
Jan 10, 2024
Katt Williams with Shannon Sharpe: The Lessons For Comedians
Jan 10, 2024
Don't Let Your Ego Kill Your Comedy Career
Jan 10, 2024
Drew Carey's 10 Jokes A Day Routine Secret Magic For Comedians Explained
Jan 10, 2024
Me Doing Standup In 2016
Jan 10, 2024
Update to my crowd work thoughts. Others agree!
Jan 08, 2024
How to build a killer comedy set
Jan 08, 2024
11 Ways To Handle Bombing On Stage
Jan 08, 2024
If you want to kill on stage do this excercise
Jan 08, 2024
Free Hypnosis session for comedians. DO NOT LISTEN WHILE DRIVING
Jan 08, 2024
A comic's fears
Jan 04, 2024
How "Happy Days" helped me memorize my jokes
Jan 04, 2024
A second memorization trick that works
Jan 04, 2024
Where do comics get their ideas and material from?
Jan 04, 2024
How crowd work is killing comedy
Jan 04, 2024
Make an actual game plan for the upcoming year
Jan 03, 2024
If I can make it as a comedian you can to. How I became successful despite my childhood.
Jan 03, 2024
Bill Burr's advice as a young comic to me in 1996
Jan 03, 2024
Narrow Your Focus To Explode Your Creativity
Jan 03, 2024
Goal Setting Workshop
Jan 03, 2024