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Performance Critique: August 2

September 2nd, 2010 | By Ben in Performance Critiques | No Comments »

Late night with the few remaining audience members, after the regular show ended

2m37s Do more poses

3m04s Change “Fabio” to “Jesus”

3m48s Get rid of “your” in the sentence

4m03s Shorten “when did” to “when’d”

5m19s I need a stronger save if this joke doesn’t hit because it is a political joke

Overall: Except for the junkie actor joke I did well, especially considering it was 2.5 hours into the show

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Performance Critique: August 1b

September 2nd, 2010 | By Ben in Performance Critiques | No Comments »

Headlining a bar show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DPA-12h_40

0m43s Fix this tag, there’s potential but it’s not fully clear

2m22s Pause for another half second, they might eventually get it

3m09s “Elton” doesn’t work, go back to “Jesus”

3m51s Change “ask me” to “wonder”

4m22s End the response after “I love that Donkey”

4m43s Good line

5m00s Act out the guy

5m50s At least I cut this joke done from 2:30 to 1:00, but it’s still not working

9m25s This joke is clearer weaker than the other jokes

Part 2

0m32s Be careful to say the same line of “nobody believes me” and not “no one believes me”

Overall: Lost part of the crowd in the middle when checks came out but I got them back towards the end.

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Performance Critique: August 1a

September 2nd, 2010 | By Ben in Performance Critiques | No Comments »

Hosting the Sunday writer’s mic

0m43s Point first, then say the line

1m01s Not a great tag

2m52s Change heroin to alcohol or something more believable

Overall: Decent for working out new material

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Performance Critique: July 31

September 1st, 2010 | By Ben in Performance Critiques | No Comments »

The 8pm show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32HnAEkUbnI
Aug 1a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTtSCgyfFTw
Aug 1b1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DPA-12h_40
Aug 1b2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_hrENo2to8
Aug 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ru-EfM9Zsc

0m44s Change the hair dryer and gun line

3m36s Be more expressive on “let Jesus shave you”

4m34s I can end the act out on “I love that Donkey”

5m30s I might be able to get rid of the line “and then Jewel screwed me over”

6m21s Combine this into one line, “Zeus Inc booked me here tonight”

7m55s Good job dealing with the phone going off

Overall: Decent but not great.

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Performance Critique: July 30b

September 1st, 2010 | By Ben in Performance Critiques | No Comments »

The 8pm show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAuE4Dy0xTY

2m43s Missed the word “like” before knocking

3m52s Change to “When’d you see Shrek?”

4m18s If the fake out doesn’t wwork like here, over explain it even more

6m41s Take a beat between “I like that one too” and my next line

8m35s This joke isn’t ready for prime time

9m22s I got the light and ended but the MC wasn’t in the room so I couldn’t leave the stage

Overall: Decent but awkward ending

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