Month: September 2009

Doing a check spot

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9vavpWVO4

0m04s I don’t like when an MC says “he’s new on the scene”

1m22s The first two tubes lines didn’t have a pause at the end

2m11s I need to change my voice tonality for “Igor likes this”

2m44s It would work better to say “I can see you guys got a little uncomfortable… because that usually gets an applause break”

2m58s Instead of “you might know” I should say “you look like you know”

3m56s Instead of asking “was that too far” I should admit “you’re right, that was too far”

4m32s True story, the girl it happened with knows I do this joke

5m04s More emphasis on the word “whole”

6m07s This improv-ed line is a keeper “there’s nervous laughter back there, like, ‘shit I should cancel my account’”

7m33s I thought I had stopped doing the thesaurus line three weeks ago, it needs to stop

Overall: Not terrible for a check spot and I came up with an off-the-cuff line that I’ll re-use. Also, the PEZ characters line is new and needs work, and the thesaurus joke should’ve been dropped long ago.

At the writer’s mic.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWIQ1JjSd4

1m15s Instead of “you might know” I should say “you look like you know”

2m08s I like the PEZ container line too

3m13s Get rid of “help me please”

Overall: I worked out two newer jokes and my newest punch line about PEZ containers worked.

I’m the final comic on the Midnight Show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCt2f30tuM

1m17s I’ve never heard someone say “my ass fell asleep” that definitely warrants going off on a tangent

4m47s It makes more sense if I talk about trying online dating first before talking about the different websites

7m08s Great improv line

8m01s Good job playing on previous concepts

8m43s Always smart to ruin the flow of my last joke to figure out if an audience member is a guy

Overall: I was able to take something that occurred with the audience in the beginning of the set “my ass fell asleep” and play off of it during later parts of the set with “did your mouth fall asleep?” and “sorry, my ears fell asleep”. This is the first time I was able to do callbacks to an unplanned joke and I think is one of the keys to good crowd work. (The set itself was good but nothing amazing.)

The 8:30 Show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsWsHwawJY

0m30s No laughs and a ringing phone, great start

0m53s That is awesome

1m31s My pointing motion was a little too eager, it’s usually more coy

4m29s I’m not sure why I decided to do this joke, but it isn’t helping

5m20s Based on their reaction to me making fun of the audience, it seems like I should’ve been talking to them more instead of just telling jokes

Overall: This was a mediocre set. It seems like I should’ve made fun of the audience more, as that was what they were laughing at most.

This is the midnight show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVELEx5XH5Q

0m33s The “whooooing” always throws off this punch line

1m09s I didn’t rip into them because they had been distracting every comic before hand and the rest of the audience was annoyed that the comics would rip them apart for five minutes instead of telling jokes

3m09s No clue what she’s saying

3m19s Nice line Ben

5m27s Another nice improv line

Overall: The girls up front were a little too talkative but I was able to keep them under control and deliver my jokes to good laughs.