Category: Performance Critiques

A Saturday afternoon open mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KXZ1pF00

0m22s I decided to open with a new joke

1m06s No need to say “take your time”

2m10s Before listing the three, I should say “just off the top of my head we got…”

2m30s No need for that comment

2m59s Turn more to the left when saying the remembering faces line

3m17s I did that joke before I memorized the whole joke

5m06s That’s a new tag on the joke

Overall: I started with a minute and a half of new jokes that worked well, and then I did other newer stuff. I need to work on not commenting on a joke or two not hitting, especially at an open mic. I also need to finish up my remembering names and faces joke. The new version of the pot buddy joke seems to be working.

The Friday night show

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

0m26s Doing a female voice for the line works well

2m33s I tried doing three examples instead of two

5m01s Commit to the hand motion more if I’m gonna repeat it three times

6m18s Pause for longer and wait for laughter to die down before saying “by that guy”

Overall: Very solid set but the “Professor Ben” line didn’t hit and I need to commit to my hand motion harder on “businessman”

A bar show with 3 audience members. I need to figure out a way to film better video in such places

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvmj1tnUoDk

0m13s The room looks funny so I have to call it out

2m10s There’s a reason I stopped trying this line a while ago

6m15s Weird couple of seconds of interaction

7m01s Don’t do the spanking motion til after I say the line

9m08s Try saying “I see a lot of you got uncomfortable, I was upset too…”

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6BQ5uqYZ64

1m07s No need to address what kind of joke that is

2m47s I should do it as “He got high again, and then said, “alright, I’ll tell you””

3m38s This is me thinking about what joke to do next

Overall: Mediocre set but it was fifteen minutes of stage time, I powered through the dead spaces and got some laughs.

The Sunday Writer’s Mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVOOVH-KmVM

0m43s Try saying I don’t have health insurance before saying the vet line

1m27s The comic started talking so I went into a mini rant about his material, probably shouldn’t do that

2m58s This joke seems better when the character is whispering and conspiratorial

3m49s This is a new joke, the first part worked better than the next two

Overall: I did mostly new jokes and parts of each of the new jokes worked which doesn’t always happen. Of course, other parts need rewriting. Also, the pot buddy joke seems to be more effective when the pot friend is a distinct character.

The Saturday night show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfleDCu2PwQ

0m34s Don’t do the pause after “I recently broke up with my girlfriend” anymore

3m43s Good improvised call out

5m17s Don’t do the motion until after I’m done with “could’ve spiced things up”

7m02s First time I’m doing this joke for a real audience

7m15s Get rid of “just a number” and “variety” lines

7m36s Good job calling out the situation

Overall: Solid set. I was getting consistent laughs throughout and had a four or five huge laughs. It’s time to start focusing on getting consistently huge laughs. Also, the shoes joke that I’ve been working on for a few months finally came out and the first three parts of it worked well, the last three parts could be cut or get tweaked.