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Comedians get a thrill from making people laugh. A comedian develops a unique style, skill, and body of work as an entertainer. Many Nigerians of middle ages where farmiliar commic comedians.
Likes of Late Papa Moses Adejumo Olaiya (father of stage comedy in Africa) Ade love, to mention a few.
Late Pa Professor Pellar who created enchanting comedic stories into magic profession in Nigeria. Most of these comedians mentioned steady working team relationship successes as partially responsible for their continuing in the profession. however unlikely a similar meteoric rise may be.
According to Ace comedian Ali Baba the father of modern West African wide comedy industry said “Everybody in the continent thinks Im very funny. It’s just that I’m crazy enough to be best with tenacity and choice of prospects as a comedian”.
A comedian works long hours for little (if any) pay and endures enormous uncertainty, never knowing where the next pay cheque will ever spring from.
An average comedian may do upwards of six sets per week, with the rest of the time spent writing materials, watching other comedians act online and digital tv or youtube, and keeping other additional jobs just to keep body and soul going including meeting their home domestic needs and pay rents as it falls due.
A successful comedian must be quick-witted, able to think on his or her feet, dedicated, and good insight of visualising opportunities in all circumstances around themselves.
A great deal of self confidence is equally required if one is to last over two years in the comedy profession, failures, rejections, disappointments are part of the game puzzle in the industry.
Comedians in Nigeria today have developed association and private club venues, where they usually schedule weekly show, bunced around rehearsals seminars, workshops with opportunity to critique one another’s sketches and performances.
Dr Helen Paul
Chioma Omeruah
A.Y 
Basket Mouth.Its often imperative that comedian be resourcefull with bank reserve of jokes, so as not be seen repetively re-ochestrating same jokes all over.
The ability to work with others is critical to success in comedy groups. Some choose to form collaborative team in major highly mobile urban cities, where actors and comedians congregate due to the larger opportunity (e.g the popular Evans square Lagos, MUSON centre, National theater Lagos) for work script sales.
Nigerian comedy industry have hugely upscale to the extent a few have their shows on TV, (The other news by popular comedian Okeh Bakasi, the AY show, Sadique Clique Kano tv, etc) other solo comedians perform at club, circuits, parties, and conference events adding glamour to social gatherings around the country, on sequences giving rib cracking moments.
The introduction of comedy MC' at major social events in the world now is creating very competitive atmosphere for comedians at global and local social gatherings.
Becoming a comedian.
1. You don’t need a degree in the field.
Degrees in comedy are very few and far between. No one college or Unny prepare pupils for the specific comedy career. Stand Up Comedy is undeniable a skill or talent you pick up from your environmental relationship, or drop into some of the Academy in Nigeria, Senegal, Morroco, Uk, US, France and Russia, (most working comedian will tell you that practice makes perfect), there are also plenty of ways to get the experience, you may work as an intern with a celebrated comedian.
In fact, taking different courses for example, theater art, political science studies, sociology can give u a good start but not compulsory.
Even if you don’t do any of these things in college, you can still pursue a career in comedy. Recently (now Dr Helen) Helen Paul went ahead to obtain a higher qualification not with standing her career in comedic profession.
2. Extracurriculars can pave the path.
Joining a college arts group, taking an improved after class, and attending comedy performances can all help you start creating and honing your skill or talent.
In the comedy industry, there is an element of luck when it comes to getting discovered, the more you put yourself out there, (working and collaborating with others) the more your work will be seen, heard and eventually noticed.
3. Critical thinking and writing skills matter.
According to the (ctctv2.com)website of popular Christian Pastor radio journalist Obuse-Zelee of Max radio 102.3 FM, flexible range of writing skills is essential to become a successful standup comedian.
Also imperative? The ability to think critically, and write well.Creative writing courses are a great place to start, especially if they’re geared towards comedy like the Writing and Producing Comedy course offered by NFTS.
Many jokes are based on observational humor. The first thing a comic will do is make observations about the world around them and common life experiences....Then they will examine one of those observations and think about the common ways that most people intuitively interpret that observation (the more universal the better) visually.
At this point the comic must look for alternative interpretations that no one else has considered but are just as true, if not more so. The more the alternative interpretation is unintuitive yet true, the funnier it is.”
4. A writing buddy will make you better.
Many working comedians stand by the value of collaboration. Comedians who write materials on their computer dont often feel the fun in the script episode.
You want to create material in the presence of another human being, so you can see it on their faces whether they enjoy it or feel bored.
There’s always the element of competitiveness. When it’s friendly, it’s fun. If its boring then there is no reward.
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