In the ‘How to MC Stand-Up Comedy’ course we teach the use of the ‘Call Back’. But rather than calling back to a joke you’ve already told, the MC calls back to a joke a previous act has told.
Watch Canadian comedian use the ‘Call Back’ method in relation to a previous act at the Hard Knock Knocks comedy school.
Lars was the headliner for the April 2026 comedy course in Melbourne. Lars was quick to use the call back method to mention a previous comedian’s set about their dog, and as you can hear, it helped him connect to the audience.