Category: Comedy

NYC show, 8-10 person crowd

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0SDKmnKHmw

0m55s I’m not fed up enough about “no situation ever warrants…”

1m09s Not enough emotion in the delivery

1m25s I missed saying “if you do that” before “then you got huge tubes”

1m54s No transition

2m24s It’s funny, even if they didn’t fully get it

3m47s It’s never a great set if I have to use three different “if someone doesn’t laugh” jokes

Overall: I sounded a bit robotic and didn’t connect with the crowd. They were giggling through most of it, but not laughing hard…

This is my third show of the night with a slightly larger crowd

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CTKG8b9uFw

1m40s So this is what an audience of more than 8 people sounds like, I almost forgot what laughter is…

2m23s I should change “they beat me” to “they whip me – that was ten lashes”

2m44s Change “who’s in the circus” to “from the circus”

3m03s I gotta remember to wait longer on that punch line as its not obvious

3m34s Laughing at my jokes seems to be effective

4m18s Halloween outfit needs to go

4m24s I really need to stop interrupting my flow of a multi-punch line joke with the acknowledgement that one of the laughs didn’t work

Overall: This was much better than my previous set, although the delivery and jokes weren’t that different. It turns out that the larger a crowd is, the more likely someone is to laugh. Shocking, I know, but lately I’ve been doing too many shows that have 4 to 10 people in the crowd. It was nice to see that I can still get some laughs. However, I wasn’t conversational enough here, or else I would’ve done much better.

Same night, next show, still a small crowd

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

0m29s I love how it’s loud every time the door opens

0m48s I really didn’t mean it sarcastically, but I guess comics hadn’t done well with this crowd before me

2m02s I love when the door opens on a punch line

2m15s Don’t blink after “it costs money” just stare into the crowd for five seconds

2m35s I love when the crowd punches up my jokes

3m54s I need to pause longer to let the line sink in before I nod my head and smile

Overall: This is pretty close to completely bombing. In some sets I’ve been able to pinpoint where I lose the crowd, but here it seems like I never really had them. Maybe I shouldn’t start with “thank you for the shittiest applause ever” but I thought that was funny.

Back in NYC in front of a smallish crowd.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkyu401MaVc

0m9s I’m 95% sure my statement is true. I wasn’t scheduled to go up, but the comic who was left the room and they needed to put someone up. The host asked me if I was ready and I replied “always.”

1m00s I should’ve said “fallopian tubes” stronger

1m27s I could use a little more emphasis on “just five words” to show how impressive that is

2m37s I love how I’m the only one cracking up at my punch line

3m22s Great job thinking out loud (sarcasm) – I shouldn’t think out loud unless it’s funny

4m19s I say “day” and “today” in the same sentence, need to figure out a way to change it up.

4m57s My favorite line of the set… I should reuse this for future sets, after asking someone “Have you ever had to hold someone all night long?” I can say “she just gave you the look of death”

Overall: It’s never a great set when your best laugh occurs when you tell the audience the comic that was scheduled is in the bathroom. I do think I found a new line that I didn’t realize until re-watching this tape. It’s also a bad idea to think out loud about which joke I want to tell next and why.

In DC again and hosting for two  or three people.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62w4B5CiKb8

1m39s I’m being low energy even for my usual persona

2m16s My tonality was all off on the “paid to drive a NASCAR”

4m16s I’m finding that a three to four second pause after “that takes tits” helps the joke get bigger laughs as it’s unexpected

4m51s I’m not really sorry

5m39s There was no reason to stop the flow of my joke to crack the “they beat me line” especially when it wasn’t a major punch line

7m14s Tighten this to “girl from the circus” no need for the “used to be”

8m12s The line “some people don’t realize there’s some photos you shouldn’t put there” should sound a little more pissed off

8m29s Change the Halloween outfit line to something funny

9m04s Going to a basement sounds shadier than jumping into an orgy, my element of surprise was ruined

Part 2

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

1m16s Look higher and to the back when I’m doing my act out

1m50s Pretty good intro to introduce someone after you say their name, makes it funny in an anticlimactic sort of way

Part 3

I decided to do a few jokes between comics for no good reason

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKZ6fJfWFs

0m31s And here’s my punishment: This is the first time I’ve forgotten a whole joke on stage

0m44s I love the “rewind time” feature and how nobody ever minds

0m53s Wow, this joke isn’t working out

1m01s At least I’m not panicking

1m08s And the save worked, a forgiving crowd of three

1m50s True story

Overall: I got to work through a longer set but it’s hard to judge most jokes when it’s a crowd of three people. Either way, I got to experience blanking on a joke while being in the middle of it, but I reacted fairly well.