The first mistake I see many improv actors making is trying to be funny. It's not funny. It's too broad. It's not real.
What is funny? Characters who are making the best of bad situations, and still failing. Characters who think they are making things better but are really making things more complicated. Sincere, realistic, true-to-life characters. Not too big. Not with funny voices. And, absolutely, no sound effects!
It's much funnier if you don't go for the laugh.
-- doug smith
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