This Comedy Bookings Email Template Will Help You Get More Gigs

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When I first started reaching out to club owners, booked shows, festival bookers and other places I wanted to perform, I admit I was a little bit clueless. I used to give them my entire life story and every accolade I ever had — “look for me in the background of The Chappelle Show, episode 1”— like anyone cared!

I am in this room, somewhere… the guy in the red shirt is my old boyfriend, comedian Roger Hailes. Can I get a booking now, please?

I told them about how I started comedy, and sent them as much information as possible, not realizing that people are busy and, as much as I wished they did, people don’t want to read a missive all about me.

Back when I started comedy, you had to send in a V.H.S. tape. Imagine how expensive and cumbersome this was. But somehow, we all made it happen. I used to carry a backpack full of V.H.S. tapes around with me with my set on them, like some kind of demented, ambitious schoolgirl, just in case I ran into any celebrity comedians in my comedy outings, which happened surprisingly often. I even handed one of my V.H.S. tapes to a younger Bob Saget who I chanced upon outside of Caroline’s early one evening.

***This paragraph makes me think of an old Sam Kinison joke about Dr. Ruth sucking dick on horseback. God, he was so incredible to me when I first started performing! Still love him. But I digress.***

Go on, share this with your friends. You know you want to.

So, I’m going to save you many long years of wondering why your emails aren’t bringing in as many bookings as you wish they would, by providing a template for you that works. It has worked for me hundreds, if not thousands of times. Just click on this link:

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