THE STORY I SHOULD HAVE KEPT TO MYSELF

A STORY I SHOULD HAVE KEPT TO MYSELF

I wish to write on a particular area where many people are conversant with, which is me being generally known as a Funny Man.

The Comedian who some people know him facially without knowing his stage name, and to some, the comedian whose stage name is known to them but don't really know him facially.

I want to share with everyone through this write up how it all started for me here in the lions den as a student MC.

I must say it was easy for me to start stand up comedy and emcee to an extent, because right from time I had being in the comedy business only as a stage actor.

I decided not go into comedy because I didn't want to be a comedian who feasted on already thought out jokes, I wanted to be able to generate my own materials by myself.

So how did I go about it, I visited Google, Google gave me the keyword, and that keyword helped me generate my first written joke and also subsequent jokes I crack on stage today.

The truth Is, to make it as an Emcee/comedian in UNN today, you need to be very funny and original, even in the outside world that is what is required of you

I did my first prepared stand up comedy performance in UNN, at a church valentine program in 2014, at seat of wisdom hall organised by st peters chaplaincy, unn.

Prior to that time, I had already moderated some programs and simple birthdays with a few number of audience and I didn't do bad at all.

That Valentine's day, I did okay and it was time for me to redirect my fans into the direction I was headed. I was only known for my acting but I needed to diversify.
My next breakthrough came in that years federation week hosted by NFCS.
That was The turning point for me.
From that day onwards I had being involved in many forms of events which I won't be mentioning.

Aside the Google thing, I also studied professional comedians whose style of comedy I found cool and interesting, I joined twitter and followed them up, I got closer to my radio, I started reading books,and all this attributed to the stage I am today.

The UNN comedy market is not tight I must say, because if you are talented you know what you are doing, you will surely excel in it, same as the outside world too.
I started from the church and the church is always the best place I perform so well, because I am an observational comedian who fights against comedians saying raw and unpleasant things just to make the audience laugh.

Another thing I learnt from student MC's before me was that I found out they layed a legacy before leaving school, the likes of Adviser Momentum, The Expert All organised Events before leaving. The likes of uzor frank, uzor chris, MC MUO et al tried grooming someone before leaving which I am happy to benefit from. So I can gladly say I am the last of the rare breed, the son of the legendary Old MC lineage, and the new generation point of call.
So this made me to come up with #chimefrancislive (THE CUPID STORIES) Which would be coming up this winter in school-that would be my own legacy for other up and incoming comedians to follow.

The story has being smooth for me, thanks to God,and my family Federation Theatre Unn.
I can proudly say I was never booed during a performance from the day I started till date.

This is one of my numerous stories.  #LionspotTellYourStory

Story By @mcchimefrancis