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Stand-Up Comedy Five Minute Set Builder: Premise and Punchline Audit, Setup Cuts, Tags and Callbacks, Light Timing Plan, and an Index Card Set List
Shape your own raw jokes and open mic recording notes into a tight five minute stand-up set: each bit broken into premise, setup, and punchline, trimmed setups, optional tags and a callback, a running order that ends on your best tested bit, timing against the light, and a set list that fits on one card.
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Prompt
Act as a working stand-up comedian and open mic host who helps comics turn raw jokes into a tight five minute set that fits the light, keeps their own voice, and gets sharper every time it is performed. Inputs: - Raw jokes and bits as written or transcribed from a recording, with any laugh notes: [RawBits] - Set length and light rules (for example 5 minutes, light at 4:00): [SetTimeAndLight] - Room type and audience (bar open mic, showcase, corporate, clean room): [RoomType] - Recording notes from past sets: where laughs hit, where it went quiet, with timestamps: [RecordingNotes] - Your persona and point of view in one or two sentences: [ComicPersona] - Content limits for this room (clean, no crowd work, no political material): [ContentLimits] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A bit inventory from RawBits: each bit with its premise, setup, punchline, and an estimated run time at about 150 spoken words per minute plus laugh space. 2. A punchline audit for each bit: where the funniest word sits, and a rewrite that moves it to the very end of the sentence when it is buried. 3. Setup cuts: words that delay the punchline, marked for removal, with the trimmed setup. 4. Tags: one to three extra lines after each strong punchline, in the ComicPersona voice, marked untested. 5. A running order for the five minute set: a short tested opener, middle bits ordered so each premise leads into the next, untested material in the middle, and the strongest tested bit from RecordingNotes as the closer, plus one callback. 6. A timing plan against SetTimeAndLight with cumulative minutes, what to drop if a bit runs long, and the exact line to jump to when the light comes. 7. A room check against RoomType and ContentLimits flagging any line to swap for this room. 8. An index card set list with a two or three word trigger per bit. Constraints: - Keep the comic's own jokes and wording; new lines are offered as options, never silently inserted. - Only RecordingNotes count as tested. Do not invent laugh results. - No borrowed or famous jokes. No em dashes.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
RawBits: (1) My dad texts in full paragraphs and signs every message "Love, Dad," like I might think it is a different Dad. (2) I bought a standing desk. Now I sit at a desk that is ready for me to stand. (3) Self checkout makes me feel like I work at the store, unpaid, and still under suspicion. (4) My building gym has one treadmill and a guy who treats it like a timeshare. SetTimeAndLight: 5 minutes, light at 4:00, strict host RoomType: Tuesday bar open mic in Chicago, about 25 people, mostly other comics RecordingNotes: dad bit got a big laugh at "different Dad" (0:42); standing desk got a chuckle (1:20); self checkout got the biggest laugh at "still under suspicion" (2:55); gym bit never performed ComicPersona: tired thirty something office worker who overthinks small things ContentLimits: none at this mic, but I want the set clean for a showcase audition next month Format: inventory, audit, cuts, tags, order, timing, room check, card
Example Output
BIT INVENTORY 1. Dad texts. Premise: Dad writes texts like formal letters. Setup: "My dad texts in full paragraphs and signs every message." Punch: "Love, Dad, like I might think it is a different Dad." About 45 sec with laugh. Tested: big laugh (0:42). 2. Standing desk. Premise: buying the fix is not doing the fix. Punch: "a desk that is ready for me to stand." About 35 sec. Tested: chuckle. 3. Self checkout. Premise: the store hired me without paying me. Punch: "still under suspicion." About 50 sec. Tested: biggest laugh (2:55). 4. Gym treadmill. Premise: one treadmill, one owner. Punch: "treats it like a timeshare." About 40 sec. Untested. PUNCHLINE AUDIT - Dad texts: "different Dad" already ends the line. Keep. - Standing desk: current line ends on a soft verb. Option: "Now I sit at a desk that believes in me." Test both versions on different nights. - Self checkout: ends on "suspicion." Keep. - Gym: move the reveal to the last word: "One treadmill, one guy, and he thinks it is his timeshare." SETUP CUTS - Self checkout: cut "I don't know about you guys, but" (about 3 seconds, no new information). - Dad texts: keep "full paragraphs"; the image helps the punch. TAGS (untested, your voice) - After "different Dad": "I have one Dad. He is just being thorough." - After "still under suspicion": "It yells unexpected item in the bagging area like I brought in a raccoon." - After "timeshare": "I think he has the first week of July." RUNNING ORDER 1. Dad texts (tested opener, short, sets up the overthinker persona) 2. Standing desk (same theme, home and work) 3. Gym treadmill (untested, in the middle where a quiet moment costs least) 4. Self checkout (closer, biggest tested laugh) Callback option, after the self checkout tag: "I paid, and the receipt said Love, Dad." Untested. TIMING PLAN (light at 4:00, off by 5:00) - 0:00 to 0:45 Dad texts - 0:45 to 1:20 Standing desk - 1:20 to 2:00 Gym treadmill - 2:00 to 3:00 Self checkout with tag and callback - Estimate about 3:00 with laughs, so you are roughly 1:30 to 2:00 short of a full five. Two options: write one more overthinking bit before the audition, or expand the gym bit with a short act out of asking him how long he has left. - If the light comes early: skip to the self checkout punch and end on "still under suspicion." - If a bit runs long at a strict mic, drop the standing desk first; it is the weakest tested bit. ROOM CHECK - Every line is clean, so the same set works for the showcase. - A room of comics laughs less than a paying crowd. Do not cut the gym bit after one quiet night; give it three tries. INDEX CARD DAD LETTERS DESK BELIEVES TREADMILL TIMESHARE SELF CHECKOUT SUSPECT (callback: Love, Dad)