Category: Comedy

The music, comedy and magic open mic in Queens, about 8 people in here

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TRCjI8Yah0

0m18s The performer before me had a song “the most unavailable man in the world”

1m31s At bar shows, I try not to call out every time it gets louder, cause it just distracts more people

2m27s This guy looks ridiculous, white beard and all, but he can play a mean banjo

4m50s Put a joke there

7m24s If doing a bar show, try to change “McCoy’s” to the name of the pub I’m in

8m01s Good job redoing the joke for the other girl

Part 2

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

0m41s I need to add “under any circumstances”

2m46s Pause after “comedies” for another half second

3m12s Be funnier about this, “don’t leave her alone, I’ll get her pregnant by the time you’re done peeing”

3m46s I gotta react to “I’ll see you after the show”

4m26s Rephrase it “I wanna make sure the “photo” has you and the whale”

5m15s I love that the guy is telling me about how a porn site works while his girl is sitting right there

5m32s Good reaction to her “no”

7m57s This is a good place to throw in “I’m following you home regardless”

Overall: I had decent crowd interaction with the three people who were actually listening. I still need to commit to my characters more. It’s always nice to be able to do 18 minute sets, even if it’s at midnight in a bar in queens.

A Monday restaurant room show, small crowd

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

0m14s Obviously, this wasn’t how I asked to be introduced

0m32s I had to address her intro, but I didn’t have anything witty

1m50s I need to do a stronger “what the fuck look” for Igor likes this

3m42s No need for my mom asking a question

6m31s Change the order back to how it was, shoes then prostitutes

6m48s Smile bigger on the female

Overall: I need to work on committing to my characters and act outs more.

The Sunday Night Show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL6B5RJ9MLE

0m10s The comic before me was getting girls numbers after his set

0m36s I should’ve just ejected from the joke the second time

2m00s Not sure why they’re laughing that much at the setup

2m24s I should have started just talking to them and doing crowd work here, they’re not fully paying attention

4m15s The audience isn’t with me at all, I decided to plow instead of address it

4m58s No idea why I decided to keep doing mom material when the first part of it didn’t hit

7m17s Throw in “that’s like…” before “I wanna spend the rest of my life with you”

7m29s At least I ended on a laugh

Overall: I ate it. I bombed. It was pretty painfully bad. I’m not sure where I lost them, but I remember I realized I lost them, and instead of doing crowd work and addressing it, I just tried to plow through with material. That was the wrong decision. Next time I realize nothing is clicking, I’ll address it or just do a little crowd work.

The Sunday writer’s mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaCnDL2el9E

0m23s I tried changing what part comes first, I don’t think it works

0m38s I like changing the voice from man to woman in the middle of the sentence

1m33s I can say this in less words

2m10s I need to make this into an actual story, not a one liner

2m35s I like the affirmative action joke, I need to reword it though

3m23s Instead of “special” say “important”

3m54s Put a joke there

4m32s The concept is funny but I need to remember the actual lines

5m04s The word “morgue” should be last

Overall: I did a lot of new jokes, and they all need a lot of work. Changing the voice of the person mid sentence during the shoes commercial seems funny. I just need to make the differences in the two characters bigger, add some physicality to it.

The Saturday Night show, small crowd and in a torrential downpour

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srXftEh6vHQ

2m24s When material isn’t hitting, my go to is calling the crowd out on what they’re thinking

3m35s There was a foreign looking couple with their high school daughter

4m14s I need to word “too” before “excited”

4m29s I’m not getting laughs but now I’m just enjoying subliminally telling this young girl to do what she wants to do and not listen to her parents

5m18s Throw out my hand again on “tap dancing”

Overall: Very blah set. I was low energy and when the first couple of jokes didn’t hit, I started to mail it in a little. The positive is that I was able to start having fun in the middle of my set by calling out the immigrant parents and expectations for their daughter.