Category: Comedy

MCing the 8pm show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxA2iyluvE

0m20s I should also add “you’re very astute sir”

1m25s The hand motion seemed a bit robotic

2m10s Sell the surprise of being correct more

2m18s Add in a “too late”

4m13s Go into more “psychic” stuff here instead of another bit

4m57s Better late than never

5m18s Do a little more crowd work there, I only did like 20 seconds

6m52s Take a pause before the adorable line

7m48s Good job ending the up front time on a good laugh

Part 2 – Check spot

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43RFLzwb4JY

3m18s Good job playing on her line

4m20s Shouldn’t have done this part of the joke here

5m06s Improvise playing with hair better

6m22s Good job making them clap a second time

Overall: Decent job MCing, the crowd work could be better and I should go into crowd after every minute long joke instead of after every two jokes, but otherwise it was good.

An open mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwT3NDB0uRU

0m26s The way to make that a joke and not a rant is: “You go around thinking, I could upgrade, I should upgrade, I’m single…”

0m57s Say “and” before “bullets”

1m15s Try “walk out” instead of “leave”

1m25s Say “tricep” instead of “wrist”

2m39s Pause after “oh cmon”

3m35s Say “it’s called”

5m14s Be more incredulous in the delivery

Overall: Working out some jokes, the yoga words need changing and I need to improve my delivery on the other newer jokes.

A lounge show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F6sOh2MWmw

0m18s That’s a good improvised opening bit

0m40s It’s loud where the camera is because there’s a bar back there

2m28s After those extra laughs from not me talking, address that “now the audience is heckling each other” or something

3m50s I think it was the same guy who pointed at the other guy before, I could’ve had a nice call back

Overall: Solid. I even got everyone at the bar quiet and paying attention after the first three or four minutes. Again, I left some messing around with the crowd on the table, as there were a few moments I could’ve gotten a couple more laughs by keeping an interaction going.

A clean set for 4 or 5 audience members

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nofFD3jh4GY

0m49s Add in “so” before “I signed up”

4m25s Sell the “ugh mom” better

4m59s Pause after “and” before the “to see my mother cry”

5m50s I should look in one direction for my entire response to the guy

6m55s “BS” isn’t nearly as funny as “bullshit” because the T is a hard consonant, but it was a clean show

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYG0wMjBzBE

0m14s Be overly happy for the whole neglect bit

0m43s Pause for an extra half second before doing the watch check

Overall: Not great but not horrible. I was able to do 12 clean minutes and got some laughs from the tiny audience.

A show in the back of a record store

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkemXDOKVn8

0m48s Do an online dating joke if I’m going to ask them about that

2m17s Pause another half second before “maybe”

5m26s Deliver the line more surprised instead of angry

6m34s I might want to make that part of the joke

6m48s Work with that comment more. Don’t be afraid to jump out of material to mess around.

7m40s Doing the ruin your credit history line before the “cool nerd” bit doesn’t really make sense

8m22s Pick one person to be republican even if everyone laughs

9m12s Don’t stumble on the punch line

Part 2

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

0m07s Instead of “you’re all…” try “you guys are”… it’s less accusatory

0m44s Don’t point at my head for “neuro”

1m25s Throw in the “twenty dollars” callback

2m14s If I do these two jokes back to back, I should say, “the first time I had sex with this office girl, she was like…”

Overall: Solid set and solid laughs throughout but I should’ve played with the crowd more especially because they were giving me some funny nuggets that I really could’ve run with.