Finding Your Funny Muscle: How to Create Laughs Like a Pro Paperback – May 13, 2023

I am an amateur comedian that has taken several stand-up workshops and classes. This book alone completely changed my joke writing game. It helped me identify what I was doing wrong and how to correct it for more laughs. Using this book I wrote a solid 12 minute set, performed it at a sold out group show and had several respected pro comics at my club tell me I “killed.” I am now reading Mike’s next book so I can heighten my material. The book is also very entertaining and easy to read.

"This book changed my life." True, this is quite a cliche.But bear with me. 'Finding Your Funny Muscle' really did change my life. Mike Lukas' book made writing powerful jokes accessible to me, and also opened a portal to greater satisfaction with my comedy.Lukas' book is thoughtfully crafted and very well-organized, making for a smooth and enjoyable read.I've learned something new and different, upon reading certain segments of 'Finding Your Funny Muscle,' for the second or third time.Even if you do not want to do stand-up comedy at all, you can read this book and use it to become funnier.

Mike knows what he’s talking about when it comes to comedy. This is an easy to read and digest how to manual that will payoff immediately. I was bombing hard whenever I pitch a joke but after reading and understanding Mike’s humour heightening devices, my writing went up levels. Highly recommended if you’re serious about improving your material. This book is a must read!

Mike is great at breaking down the comedy writing process into structures that work for stand up. It’s one thing to tell a funny story to your pals…it’s quite another to make it work on stage. Discovering my comedy lens has been a game changer and makes writing new material so much easier!

The most helpful book for a stand-up beginner!

A must read for want-to-be and living-the-dream comedians. Transformed my good stand-up into a multi-layered, entertainment laugh-a-palooza. Shows you how to push beyond the cliché into the rarefied air of a stand-up and stand-out comedian.For the total immersion experience, take his class at the Dallas Comedy Club.J. YoderDallas, TX

As a stand-up comedy newbie, I dove into this book and loved it like a kid in a candy store—if the candy were jokes and I had to pay in punchlines! Now, I’m not exactly what you’d call a reader. My idea of a good time usually involves a TV remote and food, but this book had me hooked. It’s the best comedy book I’ve ever read—mostly because it’s the only one I’ve read, but still! LOVED IT!!!

Provides some good insights into becomming funnier.