Category: Performance Critiques

I’m MCing for a full house

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVB9MQ0qUDI

0m25s There was a blizzard forecast which never came

0m50s The background talking is the waitress taking orders, I can’t call that out

1m58s I always have fun being an inept psychic

2m08s I missed an easy “bring you up and down” joke

2m36s Good call back and add on to a previous crowd work joke

2m51s I should’ve said, “oh, you work for the government”

3m51s Say “I’m gonna be hitting on you” a lot slower and more seductively

5m10s That was a short amount of up front time

5m48s A table was completely not listening, so I had to call them out before proceeding, best part was it took me three times of saying something before they realized it was about them

7m22s Good to know the second part of the dogs joke still works

7m35s The mic kept breaking

8m32s It might be more effective to say “Relax,” before “the crabs are fresh”

This is the check spot portion of my set

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1CEHyLN-Fs

0m39s I try to find one or two people listening and talk to them

1m08s I’m going faster than usual, I need to slow down

3m47s It should be “one couple” not “one person”

4m47s Just when you thought it couldn’t get louder…

5m29s I need to slow down

6m54s It’s always good to dedicate a herpes joke to a specific table

9m02s And one group is back and listening

9m49s The “I don’t mean to give the game away” felt forced, I need to pause longer before it

Check Spot Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddzoDcpvcc

1m49s It finally got quiet

Overall: The other comics got solid laughs so I did my job as the MC. I had some decent crowd work and did the loudest check spot I’ve ever had without losing track of what I was saying. My couple of jokes between comics went over pretty well too.

A Friday night show, about 15 people in the audience

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBoOyCi6puE

0m23s No need for the “straight A’s, right?” tag

5m47s 10 of the 15 audience members are fifteen or sixteen years old

6m09s That was pretty funny

7m45s The kid was looking pissed off the whole time, I had to call it out

8m10s Slow down my hand motions and do better improv object work

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6LLt3xvLr8

0m49s Change “I’m kidding” to “That didn’t really happen”

Overall: I did a great job with crowd interaction. I had consistent small to medium size laughs but need to have huge laughs the whole time. On the bright side, consistent laughs are better than sporadic laughs.

This is for a real audience of five people

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjzCB-3Xao

0m58s The guy was asking “what kind of name is Igor?” or something like that

1m13s If I get interrupted twice in a joke, I should just go with whatever the audience decided to talk about instead, or address it better before returning to my material

4m31s Reword the crabs line

4m54s My tone should be in more shock

5m25s No need to go back to the line after it gets sidetracked

Overall: This was mediocre. I was low energy and didn’t deal with the audience disruptions the right way.

This is an open mic in front of five or six comics

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XpbwjUOr8c

0m06s I got brought up with a “what’s your name again?” so I had to address it

0m49s Reword it to “but the crabs are fresh”

1m14s Keep scrolling my thumb the whole time

1m52s It should be “my baby is pesticide free”

2m03s I made up names

Overall: I could reword some of the jokes but at least I’m not rushing my material when there are few laughs.

The Sunday writer’s mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMoCBScAd3Q

0m45s If you’re watching this video, just fast forward to here. Editing critique: Trim the fat around my sets

0m52s The comic before me ended his set by being in his underwear

1m25s This joke was way funnier when I thought of it in the shower earlier that day

2m18s This whole joke needs to be a lot clearer

2m47s Kill this joke

3m18s Decent setup, terrible punch line, rework it

4m22s No more redbull joke

Overall: All of my newer jokes need rewriting or deletion. The suicide joke is golden.