This is my last show at Caltech. Unlike the first two, I chose to headline this one and had my good friend come out of comedy retirement to MC. Of course, he wound up doing 18 minutes before I got on stage, so the show was going for 2+ hours when I finally got on stage. I recommend watching Jay’s MCing video which I linked above, as it’s pretty funny.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZRnNIP_nFA
0m18s No need to point out they want to go study or that it’s a long show, especially when it’s true
0m34s I asked Jay to introduce me as “Professor Ben”
0m50s I like the Professor Ben stage name but I don’t like starting jokes about the name, it might work better in the middle of my set
3m18s That was spontaneous, but I now expect one random laugh on this line
4m14s I need a response to “son businessman”
4m43s Get rid of the “unless he make wrong choice” line
4m48s I need a response
5m13s Fallopian tubes hasn’t been working at all lately, I might need to retire it
6m06s Get rid of this joke
6m39s All 3 lines of “what’s a nobel prize?” should be cut
7m13s Try making an orgasm face after “this feels incredible” to build up more tension before “god I hope this works”
7m39s The person I addressed it to was at least 75
7m59s It’d be better to say “I guess Caltech doesn’t have a class on pulling out, that’s a liberal arts class”
9m04s I was proud of the “did attend high school”
9m18s This was a 75 year old woman who the MC tried to peer pressure into drinking
9m39s Cut this joke
9m50s And this one
Part 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TVOiDX4HE
1m02s Make a bigger motion with my hands on that act out
1m33s The first line of dogs worked much better yesterday
2m40s That’s not even true, this is an example bad thinking by me. Just cause a few jokes haven’t hit in a row, doesn’t mean the audience wants to go home, it just means a few jokes haven’t hit. I need to change my attitude on that.
2m47s As proven by a good laugh right here
4m03s Make it “I guess I’ll date you for another week”
4m17s No need to say that
4m30s It would definitely be cool if comedians could run onto the stage with high fives like wrestlers do
4m58s Nobody laughing at what I learned today is funny to me
5m09s I knew it wouldn’t work here
6m42s I wasn’t planning on doing this joke either
6m54s These two follow up lines need to be cut, probably the whole joke should be cut and I should just find another joke where I can use “in Russia, she would’ve had to wrestle a bear” as a punch line
7m06s The audience member got me good
7m51s I had decided to get rid of jehovah’s witnesses and myspace, but got such a good response for jdate I tried it anyway. Jehovah’s and myspace is now officially retired.
8m15s Finish the sentence then tell them they look like they need it
9m35s I’m pretty excited we did the actual pro wrestling high five thing
Overall: I had a lot of fun being on stage and 20 minutes is the longest I’ve done in a row in a long time. Even two hours into the show, the audience was good and attentive and I can cut a bunch of jokes just from watching this tape.
