You must study their deliveries, their use of their bodies, their timing, and their use of audio and vocal effects. — Franklyn Ajaye Audio Copy Share Image
I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation. — Franklyn Ajaye Comedian Copy Share Image
Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace. — Franklyn Ajaye Commonplace Copy Share Image
It's better to play to the host as though in a real conversation and let the audience listen in- which they are. — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
Evaluate every performance on: stage presence, concentration, delivery, material and lessons learned. — Franklyn Ajaye Concentration Copy Share Image
Ideally, you want to be in a fifty-fifty power-sharing arrangement with the audience - both of you are there for a mutually… — Franklyn Ajaye Arrangements Copy Share Image
A technique I developed quite naturally to help me make smooth transitions was to use a word or phrase from the next… — Franklyn Ajaye Help me Copy Share Image
Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for… — Franklyn Ajaye Alcohol Copy Share Image
This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the… — Franklyn Ajaye Ghetto Copy Share Image
Bombing teaches you how badly you want to become a comedian. Because unless it's a burning desire, you'll quit when the consistent… — Franklyn Ajaye Bombing Copy Share Image
You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join… — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
Obviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what… — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
When I've mentioned things that I thought only happened to me, or thoughts that I felt had only had crossed my mind,… — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
I have no desire to be hip to the latest black slang and do the stereotypical black thing. I was a Richard… — Franklyn Ajaye Black Copy Share Image
Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no… — Franklyn Ajaye Australia Copy Share Image
An aspiring comedian must be determined to get to his or her true feelings on a subject and convey that to the… — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
On a good night, I'm just into the flow and seeing the pictures and words in my mind clearly before I say… — Franklyn Ajaye Bad night Copy Share Image
In addition to listening to the audience's laugh, you want to listen to their silence. Is it bored or interested silence? The… — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
Be prepared to cut your little extra lines that come after a big punchline and move on to the next joke or… — Franklyn Ajaye Audience Copy Share Image
Taping yourself and making yourself listen to the tape of each performance no matter how bad is really important. There's always a… — Franklyn Ajaye Important Copy Share Image
Being a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it. — Franklyn Ajaye Comedian Copy Share Image
When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself. — Franklyn Ajaye Comedy Copy Share Image
Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped. — Franklyn Ajaye Golf Copy Share Image
I advise treating the studio audience like a nightclub audience because that's the reason you're doing television - to get them to… — Franklyn Ajaye Advise Copy Share Image
Walking back and forth also helps by creating the illusion that you are thinking of the routines on the spot, giving your… — Franklyn Ajaye Back and forth Copy Share Image
Don't try to give a funny opinion; give your opinion in a way that will be funny. — Franklyn Ajaye Funny Copy Share Image
When I saw a sign on the freeway that said, "Los Angeles 445 miles," I said to myself, "I've got to get… — Franklyn Ajaye Freeway Copy Share Image
If I'm crisp and economical in my delivery, have smooth transitions, movement and animation, and flights of fancy, that would get me… — Franklyn Ajaye Animation Copy Share Image
I don't like the fact that most black people or black comedians have to present themselves in a flamboyant way. It's good… — Franklyn Ajaye All black Copy Share Image
You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for… — Franklyn Ajaye Add Copy Share Image
Being black and speaking properly are not mutually exclusive. My father was an African, and he spoke beautifully at home. Nelson Mandela… — Franklyn Ajaye Backwards Copy Share Image
