Doing the check spot on the 10pm show twenty seconds after an audience member vomited in the front row
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkQ1h7dGrR0
1m57s Say “he just quit his job” more confidently, like it’s an actual punch line
5m50s I found out afterwards that part of the audience worked for Fox News, which makes this funnier to me
Overall: The situation was so ridiculous that it was fun. I did a good job calling out the situation and eventually working in a few jokes.
Going up on the 8pm show after someone bailed on their set two minutes in and made the room awkward.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYWiQ0oIko
1m17s Hold the “what the hell look” for an extra half second
1m52s The iPhone joke is no longer one of my stronger jokes
4m45s Scrunch my face first, then crouch down
4m56s Let them complain for longer before going into my rant
5m10s It doesn’t make sense to do both the “that’s how I wrote the joke” and to ask them for money
5m38s Shouldn’t have gone into another mom joke when the response to the first two was only so so
6m33s Don’t bring my arm up until the word “passion”
7m34s Lean back a bit while saying “no, no, no”
9m04s It should be “MY O’Reily Factor appearance” not “THE”
Part 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M41LUuI9ddQ
0m13s It should be “SWEAT pants” not “pants”
0m27s The above mistake is why this punchline completely missed
2m19s The better response would’ve been, “you’re my manager, I pay you to know if she’s here”
2m53s This is about when I should’ve grabbed the mic stand
Overall: I brought the room back to normal after it got really awkward but the set itself was average to mediocre.
Going last at my Astoria show for an audience of 8
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04FwjJERZ_w
0m36s The wireless mic kept fading in and out
0m59s Pause after “How”
3m43s Say all these diseases much slower, pausing after each syllable, to prove my point
5m03s Tilt my head to the side and widen my eyes more
5m21s I can say “I don’t have a spreadsheet or something” as a callback to my “cool in a nerdy way” joke (that I didn’t do tonight)
6m39s Act more surprised about the last photo
Part 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putibvIr4GQ
1m01s I need a better punchline but the idea is there
1m57s Do that in the same voice as the previous impression
Overall: Considering I was sick and went up almost 2 hours into the show, it went okay. The callback ending worked well.
I co-wrote and edited these two videos.
“Max’s Long Day”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPoUxBaPA6s
“Max’s Long-OR Day”
(The faster, funnier version with multiple endings and fewer morality tales.)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K2t0SmtaaU
Going last on a show for ten people
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFbu5VnhI4
0m13s Try not to say “fuck” this early in a set
0m59s Stay committed to the whole joke without commenting
2m10s Give examples of Maury, “You’re not the daddy, awww” “She left you, awww”, etc
2m29s Weird delivery on “some of them are cokeheads”, hit the line harder
3m27s Keep my hand at my face until I start saying the word “when”
3m58s That was fun for me
7m10s Good job looking at my watch for a while
Overall: Weak set but at least I finished stronger than I started, and I had fun with having everyone say “awww” to get it out of their system.
