Making people laugh is a difficult task, and I think, being a comedian is the most difficult job in the world of entertainment. Well, when I say comedian it refers to artists in movies or tv shows.
There are a lot of people in this world with an amazing sense of humor. But only a handful of these choose stand up comedy and become great at it. Of course, it is a personal choice. I believe that being a stand up comedian is a million times more challenging than being a comedian.
A quick recap of the nomenclature: Comedian - funny people who act in movies and tv shows; Stand up comedian - well, stand up comedian.
I'll tell you why.
Being a comedian is like being a good cricketer, who paces his innings well and makes a 100 or so while entertaining the crowd with boundaries and sixers here and there. This person will come, do his job and leave. But being a stand up comedian is like a cricketer saying "I'll hit the first ball for a six and hit 3 sixers every over!". This is not impossible, but as you would imagine an extremely difficult task. That's what stand up comedians do right? Come to my show and I shall make you laugh!
I'll give you another example why stand up comedy is difficult.
Being a comedian is like playing Golf. There is a ball on the ground, you have a club in your hand, swing and hit the ball - as simple as that. You are the only person in the picture and there is no interference what so ever. Being a stand up comedian is like playing Cricket or Baseball. Your success not only depends on you, but the opposite players as well (which in most cases are the audience). If you have an unresponsive audience, you have to be spontaneous in turning the tables around and get back the support of the audience, which again is a very difficult task.
So in summary,
Acquiring any technical skill: practice makes a man perfect
Acquiring stand up skills: well...you know the answer! singam a singam he's dor a singam!
-the great one
