Character rolled for @_streamofblood_ tomorrow https://www.instagram.com/p/B-S2Lcggc-4/?igshid=iwwfq7cn8lbc| John Roy
Watch me on a live play RPG stream with some hilarious people: TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, these souls gaze into the abyss….and the abyss gazes also into them. Watch @guybranum @ifynwadiwe and @johnroycomic brave the horrors of space in MOTHERSHIP scifi role playing game with GM @jaredlogan. Link in bio! - # #comedy #rpg #criticalrole #twitch #livestream #dnd #scifi https://www.instagram.com/p/B-S2BQKAa98/?igshid=1xldsovlpoar6| John Roy
Comedy Class Week Four It’s me again. You’ve spent a week making other people listen to you talk, so now It’s my turn to do it to you. Last week I had you watch videos by Patton Oswalt, Jay Larson, and Dan Mintz. Patton Oswalt’s “KFC Bowls” clip was there to show you how you might play multiple characters in the same bit, yet make it clear who is speaking at all times. I wanted you to see just how many tactics you have to use to make each character have a clear, distincit, dis...| John Roy
Been a while, but here is the new updated version of Week Three. My Entirely Free Comedy Class, Week Three Welcome back. Hope you enjoyed Anthony Jeselnik and James Adomian. I also hope the lesson about different comedy styles and basic joke structure sunk in. First, I wanted you to see how different comics can be from each other and still achieve greatness. Previous works on standup bothered me in that they seemed to suggest there was a right way or best way to do it. From the outset, I ...| John Roy
The Musical Brilliance of John Mulaney’s Stand-up: I wrote another installment of The Great Bits, this one about one of the best stories in all of standup,| John Roy
Helium Comedy Club: Philadelphia! I am doing standup in your city for the first time on Wednesday! Come out! Link to tickets above.| John Roy
WEEK TWO You made it! You’re alive and you’re back for more. That’s great. First, a huge round of applause for doing what the vast majority of people who think about doing stand-up never do. You did stand-up Someone, somewhere, right now, is telling their friend at the bar how they always wanted to do it, and you have gone and actually done it. The next time it comes up, you can be the only one in the conversation to say, “I’ve done stand-up” And that’s for the rest of...| John Roy
Hey all, my Entirely Free Comedy Class is now over five years old, and looking back, it could be clearer and better, and more detailed. So I’m revising it. And the first week is ready. Here it is! WEEK ONE In every major city, someone is teaching a stand-up comedy class, often charging hundreds of dollars for the effort. While I know some professional comics who have benefited from these classes, the majority consensus among my fellow comedians is that they are of dubious value. They ...| John Roy
In Maria Bamford’s Stand-up, Facing Nightmares Is Unusually Fun: Another Vulture piece in my Great Bits series, this time about Maria Bamford.| John Roy
Here’s something I wrote for Vulture about comic great Brody Stevens, who passed away recently. https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/comedians-remember-brody-stevens.html| John Roy
Why Roy Wood Jr.’s ‘Black Patriotism’ Bit Is Olympic-Level Stand-up I wrote something for Vulture!| John Roy
All of my podcast appearances in one place! Way too many hours of me!: John Roy| John Roy
Portland! There is no soccer Sunday night! You have no excuse not to see me and Dan Van Kirk at the Siren Theater!| John Roy
Enjoy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ellTvtROjB4&rdm=33i7tnk0&noapp=1&client=mv-google| John Roy
The Great Bits, part two!: I wrote another great bits piece for Splitsider, about Paul F Tompkins’ “Peanut Brittle”| John Roy
Put Your Hands Together with Cam and Rhea by Put Your Hands Together on Apple Podcasts: Check out new standup about #edm, white people in general and specifically the white people in the #chainsmokers| John Roy
Splitsider on Twitter: "The Great Bits: @pattonoswalt's "Steak" https://t.co/L7FACwqC9G https://t.co/V3zvTpEYg8": Wrote this for Splitsider.| John Roy
thecomedybureau: While the title is timely, John Roy handcrafted a pretty sweet hour with his latest album Everything’s Burning. Roy’s pinpoint observations on the world and himself are distilled to their purest essence and dripped for all their worth. Also, John’s execution is, as it has been for quite some time, flawless as well. This album, if anything, gives a nice break from seeing everything burning. Get a taste of it here. Get Everything’s Burning from AST Records as a poster b...| John Roy
I recorded another album on AST Records and you can get it now on every service imaginable. I did it in Madison at the wonderful Comedy Club on State, one of the best clubs in the country. It’s almost an hour long and covers a ton of topics, including my impending marriage, Game of Thrones, my agnosticism, Chicago, and the time me and my friends broke into Wrigley Field. The art is by the great Barry Blankenship. Here it is: https://itun.es/us/Kb_Kib| John Roy
I wrote a comic book that David Hahn drew. Check it out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1P_hEuzhOr7TzgwRkhza0J5c0E/view| Tumblr