I love stand up comedy! It's basically performing comedy before a live audience!
Me too! I was an improv artist in college. Stand-up is a great way to get into improv
Oh cool, so you were a comic or stand-up back then?
I wanted to be, but improv and stand-up is different. Stand-up is almost like being in sales. You try to sell jokes. 
That's true, they are more frequently reciting jokes than improvising them.
Absolutely. But stand-up is a great way to get into acting because you have a script you do in front of an audience
Agreed, though actors don't have to use props or magic tricks or anything like that to "enhance" their acts.
True, but if you are a good stand-up artist, you don't need those either
I guess that's true, you see people all the time in comedy clubs and bars who don't need props to be funny.
Yeah, and comedy clubs are a great way for amateur comedians to get their start