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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3952172, member: 34"] I don't understand comedy any more than I can read music or play an instrument. I can't do any of that. All I know for myself is what I find funny. I do listen to other comedians to find out who they respect in their craft - as you said the "comedians comedian". Like most on here I've been to a few headliners on the big stage, seen a few headliners working their material in smaller venues and have seen some no names crush it with their stuff. I really enjoyed watching comedians work new material in smaller venues. You see them working through not only the joke but how to lead in to it and how to exit out of it and transition to the next joke. [USER=523]@SubbaBub[/USER] nailed it below. There are originals and there are derivatives or family trees with different styles. Obviously you want to give max credit to the originals but the saying "Pioneers get slaughtered, settlers prosper" has legs for a reason. Learning how to hone a style and perfect it has merit too. Going off on a bit of a tangent, it's odd to me how comedians police each other with stolen material. There are only so many things you can talk about in comedy. Being that they've been doing this for decadeds now on tape, eventually material gets recycled. Some comedians tend to get away with using or borrowing material while others get crucified. I've listened to plenty of interviews and exposes on it but it still seems as irrational as the rest of the court of public opinion. [/QUOTE]

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