Category: Comedy

There was about 25 people in the audience and they were super high energy from the host on so I felt I’d do pretty well.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLgzl-k3Sk 

0m48s One of the women in the front row named a male strip club in NYC (or what I presume is a male strip club in NYC)

1m18s I need to figure out a way to say “because this was the closest I’ll ever get to becoming a stand up guy” more smoothly, perhaps take out a few words 

1m41s This is the best reaction I’ve ever gotten to this joke 

1m54s I should’ve waited another second to let all the laughs end before continuing 

2m40s One woman turned to another and made a large tube motion 

2m44s In the future, if there’s two or more women in a group towards the front, I’m gonna say “This woman just turned to her friend, shrugged and said, ‘your tubes are kinda on the large side’” 

2m49s No clue why this question was funny 

5m11s Terrible transition, I don’t know why I did it 

5m42s Someone in the crowd guessed the punch line 

6m24s I might not need the “that is demasculating” line 

6m58s It’s always nice when the MC references your joke 

Overall: I think this was a great set but I should’ve gone with my backwards dating joke to close instead of the jdate and snuggle slut. It was also awesome because this guy performed right after me.

This was the first show I was on that was close to the standard comedy club format of an emcee, an opener (10 minutes) a feature spot (25-30 min), and a headliner (40-45 minutes). In this instance it went feature spot (30 min), guest spot (5 min) and headliner for (40 minutes) with me doing a minute or three of jokes in between comics. There were 6 or 8 people in the audience. 

Part 1

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

1m37s It takes audiences a few seconds to get the “this or tennis” line 

2m16s I could’ve stepped into “Fallopian Tubes” harder 

2m56s I should’ve kept looking at the same two people for this part 

5m31s Instead of “last time I had a life” it should’ve been “last time I got laid” 

7m12s Some comics don’t like being distracted with the audience talking in any sort of way but I like it when an audience member contributes something funny to my set… 

7m30s …until it causes me to screw up my lines 

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRhRYFrph4 

0m42s I need to be able to make Hillary Clinton jokes quickly

1m19s I don’t think I should dead pan the unemployment office line

Part 3

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkBxrO3Ye2k 

1m47s Get rid of the examples 

2m04s Rephrase that to “That’s your first date” 

3m09s Don’t turn to look at a different person during the punch line, it doesn’t look as conversational 

Overall: I think I did a good job hosting although I could’ve been better at making improvised jokes and asking a few more questions. This will come with time, I hope. I was also pleased that my backwards dating bit got a really good response.

I hosted this show and there were only 3 audience members, but they were awesome. I wound up doing about 30 minutes of stage time, but a lot of it was just talking and stretching time as the 3 person audience was waiting for a specific comic, so I’ve only put up the segments where I have jokes in them.

Part 1

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_p2wHcmkU 

0m41s I could totally tell, I lied 

1m21s I’m not sure if I need the slogan line 

2m39s The young republican convention line is a great save, and I think it also works if the previous line gets a laugh 

3m25s The 20 something girl in the 3 person audience brought her aunt and uncle to the show because she heard one of her friends from high school was doing a set here tonight. He showed up really late 

4m21s I’m addressing the comics 

5m19s If any of you have a good punch line for this, I’m all ears 

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQpCHtAJfM8 

0m46s I love how different people give me counter examples in the same place 

1m15s I didn’t finish a joke because they derailed my thought train, I think this is a better method then trying to force the joke back on them 

1m47s I need to come up with a contingency for when the female audience member replies really negatively about her last boyfriend 

2m02s I was surprised they’ve only been married for four years because they were in their 60’s 

3m05s This audience is way more interesting than I am 

3m37s Don’t say the guy they’re waiting for is dead, the audience just might leave 

4m05s Bad attempt at repeating and punching up the joke 

Part 3

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m85WKcUq5fc 

0m18s I changed my punch line to try to appeal to the pot smokers 

0m23s She replied “Can you play tennis low?” Pretty funny 

1m08s It might be enough to go from “it’s all downhill” to “let’s reverse the process” without the examples 

2m45s The girl said “that’s great.” The next time a girl gets excited about someone whispering “I have AIDS” to them, I should say “We are gonna get along great, give me your number” 

3m17s Stop saying “marry her” even if there’s some dead space 

Overall: This was one of the more fun shows I’ve hosted. The audience was small but I enjoyed interacting with them a lot more than I enjoyed my St Patrick’s day set that had 4 times the number of people.

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the worst days of the year to do comedy. While there was a crowd of 6 to 10 people, almost everyone there was only there because the Irish pubs were too crowded and they wanted to talk and drink. It also didn’t help that I was running on 4 hours of airplane sleep and came straight from the airport to my day job to comedy.

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

0m22s There are 4 girls with severe ADD in the first row

1m18s While this wasn’t anywhere near my best set, I left happy because the “stand up guy” was the one new joke I wrote that day and it worked really well

2m06s When they respond that their boyfriend is handsome, I should say “good, you probably won’t cheat on him” and then go into the explanation

2m27s Instead of “No one ever says” it should be “no situation ever warrants someone saying” 

2m36s It’s interesting how when the audience is chatty and replies, they tend to have the exact same responses as previous audiences. Since I was previously challenged about strippers needing tits, I was able to respond quickly 

3m05s The girls are just having a long conversation amongst themselves

4m24s The amount of background noise you’re hearing on the videotape is about the same I was hearing on stage. After trying to get people to stop talking, I just started trying to talk over them. This is where a mic comes in handy 

4m46s I missed a good finger snap 

6m06s Seriously, I need a better line than “that’s the girl you gotta marry” 

7m01s I ran out of hard drive space on my video camera, but my set ended unceremoniously shortly thereafter. Lesson learned: make sure you have room on your video equipment before you begin a set

Overall: I’m glad my one new joke worked and I think I did a good job of “plowing” or “powering through”. This is what you sometimes have to do when nobody is really listening, and nothing seems to be working. I didn’t speed up my delivery when this occurred and was able to keep the situation from getting too crazy. Next St Patrick’s Day I will do my best to be drinking my ass off (at a non-stand up venue) and not come anywhere near a stage… 

This was a 2 person audience and I hosted the show. 

Part 1

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AES7lYwRRrI

0m25s Go with the stronger statement. Instead of questioning the state they’re from, I should’ve instantly gone to where I was thinking of going, assuming they’re from the same Springfield as The Simpsons.

0m32s Never give the audience the expectation that what you say isn’t funny, they might actually believe you. 

3m43s If they agree, try asking “isn’t that demasculating” instead of stating it.

4m04s I messed up here. It should be “In the morning, I told her, I’m gonna do stand up about this.” 

4m09s I messed up her line too, this is just a failed telling of this joke. 

5m03s That punch line does need work. I’m open to suggestions. 

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofTfKZaP-Yg

0m56s It might be better to phrase it “Good, you’re safe. She won’t cheat on you. You’re only in trouble if she describes you as ‘not hot by traditional standards’”

1m42s I need to be more forceful on “THAT should be your first date” 

2m03s Try something in place of the children line 

2m53s I keep meaning to get rid of the “Marry that girl” line, but for some reason it keeps coming out. I feel I need one more line after “really me too”

3m21s I’m really terrible at remembering names

Part 3

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

0m45 This joke was derailed from the beginning 

1m02s But somehow managed to get a laugh

Overall: It’s tough to judge jokes on a two person audience. While they weren’t dying laughing, they were smiling through most of my jokes. In general, I could’ve been more conversational since there was only two of them.