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Performance Critique: May 6a

An open mic with six comedians

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDO-rGja1wc

0m35s No need for “murderous rage” I can just say “drive me crazy”

2m12s I can get rid of the “2 seconds, 3 seconds” part

2m53s The numbers should be with two digits, not three digits, it’s less syllables

5m29s Get rid of the restaurant part

5m41s This is the second round of open mic

8m09s Change “community service” to “public service”

Overall: I powered through an open mic and although the other comics aren’t really laughing, I can still see what parts of jokes can be cut

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Performance Critique: May 4

My bar show, about six people listening

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

1m59s I could’ve addressed them sooner

6m12s Ask them about their photos since they volunteered “you wanna see ours”

7m37s The first two times I say “this is a photo of the sand” should be without emphasis on a specific word

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqZCX36R5CA

1m32s Kill this part of the joke

1m41s Add “a vacation from gainful employment”

Overall: I powered through my material in a loud room, got some laughs and was able to engage most of the audience into listening to at least part of my act. Aka, this could’ve been worse.

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Performance Critique: May 3

A Monday bar show, with sparse audience

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_N–qXavUk

1m53s They’re not fully listening by this point, I should talk to them a little bit

7m27s If I’m gonna ask about it, then I need to make a Catholic joke right after that

8m34s More emphasis on “without”

9m22s No need to explain the Wikipedia part, especially after a laugh

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMGN6WRjTs

0m28s Say “and here’s a picture of me taking a picture of…”

1m36s Pick which word to emphasize more consistently

2m00s Don’t do the fast stuff in the middle of the joke, only do it at the end

2m38s End this stronger

3m18s I should’ve noticed the crowd liked the dirtier jokes earlier in the set

4m01s Go back to “this week” instead of “since Tuesday”

Overall: I did some old stuff and some new stuff, it wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible either, especially given the crowd size. The sand joke needs some work.

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Performance Critique: May 2

The Sunday Writer’s Mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=652NYhqMwOQ

0m32s Don’t stumble

0m42s These analogies aren’t working

0m51s Go harder with “remix”

1m26s Set this up more, half a sentence isn’t enough, maybe personalize it

2m37s The pacing is off

3m32s Gotta end it on the fast “blurry blurry blark” stuff

Overall: The sand joke needs some work and some tightening but it will be really good in two months. The Netflix joke also needs some tightening, but the first part of it is pretty solid.

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Organizing Jokes Using Microsoft Word Outline View

I’ve recently found a great new way to organize my material and I thought I’d share it. (You’ll need Microsoft Word for this, although other programs might have a similar feature.)

Before I give instructions, here’s what the end result might look like:

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Basically, when you click the little “+” button it expands into lower levels of headings and then into the actual joke text. So how do you do this from scratch?

Select View – > Outline

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You’ll get a blank screen with one bullet point, that’s your highest level of header

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Type in some categories of jokes, then under each category type in the name

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Then highlight the joke title’s (in the above case, Joke 1, Joke 2 and Joke 3) and click the green arrow that’s pointing to the right in orderto indent the jokes. Notice when your cursor is on “joke 1” the “Level 1” sign changes to “Level 2”

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Type in joke text under each joke, then click the little drop down arrow below level 2 and select “body text”

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There you go, you’re now more organized with your jokes. Click the “+” and “-“ buttons to expand and collapse joke sections

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If you want to view and edit jokes normally, just click on image016

You get the following view:

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And yes, this is a pain to do the first time, but once you’re done, you have all your jokes nice and organized and it’s easy to add new jokes to this file, as well as to find a specific joke. Plus, you can now easily build a set list based off of your joke titles.

Wanna try stand-up comedy yourself? I teach a Comedy Class in New York City. I also do private one-on-one comedy coaching (in-person or via Zoom).

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