Category: Performance Critiques

The 8:30 show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcEIDQkKUH8

0m31s I lost them here, the whole Facebook joke didn’t hit

1m18s I guess I should’ve started with crowd work, as they enjoyed that

1m22s I shouldn’t have said “your forgetting to laugh”

1m57s I tried experimenting with putting the New Years joke earlier, as it was the night before New Years, but it didn’t work

2m18s Crowd work getting more laughs than material again, I gotta realize when this happens quicker and do less material

2m51s After making up the word “focusable”, it would’ve been great if I had said “as you can see” before saying “I dropped out of graduate school”

4m14s I should’ve smiled sooner

5m01s Terrible reference to the New Years joke when it clearly failed before, I should’ve stuck with my regular line instead

6m22s I could do the suicide joke without the “fall in love, just let it happen” setup

Overall: This was bad. The Facebook joke completely missed and I wasn’t sure how to react to that. I should’ve done more crowd work, and I shouldn’t have put the New Years joke so early in the set. I did have a lot of fun the last minute of the set where I stopped caring about results and just focused on having fun while telling my suicide joke. That’s a good attitude to keep.

This is the 10:30 show with 6 audience members who are all at least 7 rows back

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2H_3SQDS4U

0m17s The MC did material about his girlfriend before bringing me up

1m20s I should pause for a second or two after clicking the mouse

3m10s After 3 minutes of super light laughter I get bored and try entertaining myself and calling out the situation, that didn’t really work

4m24s The third hand motion wasn’t the same as the first two

Overall: I didn’t have a great set and could’ve been much more conversational with such a small crowd. However, my timing and delivery was fine and I got the faint laughs that one hears from six people when they’re all sitting far back and not together. I did like my line of  “I like when I take a long pause that gets a laugh cause it’s like “shit, it’s too quiet to fart.”

This is me opening the 8:30 show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8gYYjjpB8

0m09s I should’ve had a second line about not sitting up front

1m08s I should smile slightly quicker after “Igor loves this”

1m43s What a useless interruption, I could’ve tried to ignore it until after the punch line

2m51s I need to smile a little quicker after “I remember being on the plane”

3m06s He was Asian

3m48s I should’ve followed that up with, “I’m glad to see you’re still drinking though, alcohol has all the nutrients babies need”

4m30s I should do the dog joke without the Q&A

5m12s That’s funny improvisation

5m58s I love the suicide joke, even when it gets a groan

6m12s They interrupted with nonsensical words, kinda hard to respond to it

Overall: This was not a good set. My only solid laugh was on an improvised line. My timing was a little off and getting interrupted towards the beginning didn’t help my flow or timing. I need to get a better feel for when to address interruptions and when to ignore them.

This is the 10:30 show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne0RbNI5CqE

0m14s The previous comic had on a bow tie, I had to address it

1m25s Interesting that this line got such a big laugh when the previous few lines were quieter than usual

2m32s I try not to interrupt myself in the middle of jokes, but sometimes it’s necessary, This time it worked.

3m24s Good job taking my time here

5m01s I’m not sure why this joke sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t

Overall: Another solid but not amazing set. Starting with crowd work didn’t go as well as it could have, but interrupting myself to address an audience member’s time delay did work out. This is also the first time in a long while that I’ve done the exact same set multiple times in one night.

The 8:30 show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcflxyDsf2U

0m32s He said he’s a pro fighter, and he looked like one too

0m45s I needed to get to this sooner

1m53s That wasn’t meant to be sarcastic

2m12s This is a new line and seems to be working well as a transition

3m16s I took a second too long to smile after “being on the plane”

3m29s I improvised the hair thing. This will be a keeper

4m05s I love the sound of the margarita blender in the background

4m27s I did the hand thing the right amount of times here

4m48s Might be time to consider getting rid of the “son not have doctorate, but he funny, sometimes” line

Overall: My crowd work at the beginning didn’t hit as well as it has been in the last few weeks but my material went over well and got solid, although not explosive laughs throughout. I didn’t try any jokes as I’m trying to put together a good tape to submit to festivals, unfortunately this won’t be that tape.