Category: Performance Critiques

This is the midnight prom show

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

0m12s The MC made up that credit himself

0m20s I shouldn’t call out the MC on the name thing

0m51s Decent improv job answering that. I should try adding a punch line about my stripper name: Bearwolf, half bear, half wolf, all thong

1m54s Pause between the two lines

3m31s I need a better punch word than “netflix”

4m09s I need the word “too” after “I was creeped out”

7m35s I got the light earlier than planned so I couldn’t do my closing joke

Overall: Not the best set, but not the worst. I got two big laughs and I went off track a bunch of times because the crowd kept interrupting with comments that I had to respond to.

I Mced this show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPN46SDmgz4

0m04s The announcer made up that credit, I didn’t tell her to say that

1m57s This already a much better job MCing than the previous two times, a lot of MCing seems related to energy level

3m43s The tone was wrong for “Igor likes this”

3m53s I rushed through two punch lines

5m06s Funny cause it’s true

Overall: I redeemed myself from the previous two times I MCed. There’s no additional footage of this show but it was the most fun I’ve had doing a show in a while because the crowd was slightly “over-interacting” with all the performers in a fun way, and not all the comics could handle it well.

First show of the night

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlFv5PVBkOg

0m40s I needed to address the situation more and I did, but I was forced into

1m01s This is the third time I try to start the joke. After the second time, I should’ve just started talking to the woman about her

1m49s Keep my hand out longer and pointing when saying “I’m looking at you”

2m31s The “food” needs to be the last word of the line

4m03s The third one isn’t working, try “your ex-girlfriend’s mom loves this” instead

4m34s There really are four people in here, and they’re laughing louder than a lot of ten person rooms

6m11s I said “huge tubes” way too quick

Overall: Considering this was a four person crowd I did really well. The broke up with my ex girlfriend seems to be working well. If a joke is interrupted more than once, I need to start talking to the person doing the interrupting (in most situations anyway) instead of trying to keep starting the joke.

I’m Mcing this show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9vi_k2oBOM

0m32s The announcer said not to heckle comics so everyone was overly quiet

1m53s If I’m gonna poke fun at Texas, I need to be funnier about it

2m24s I need to say “if you do that” before “then you got huge tubes”

2m49s Crowd work is very hit or miss for me, and this was a miss

3m57s I’m not sure anyone under 35 remembers Columbia House (the in the mail CD club), need a better reference

5m35s Times like this I hate that I put up all my videos online. Tonight it seems that my crowd work couldn’t be less funny if I tried

7m20s Watching this set, I can’t blame the audience for not liking me, I hate myself here too

Overall: This is one of the worst sets I’ve had in a while. The only positive is that I kept doing my material in my usual manner instead of getting defeated about the situation and mailing it in. I need to learn to do crowd work consistently and effectively.

This was advertised as a show but turned out to be a booked open mic

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K4gEktNazI

0m13s Since I figured out this was an open mic I decided to do one old joke and then go into the material I wanted to workout

1m01s I need to sound more angry about “well my mom didn’t pretend”

1m25s Not enough distinct pauses after each English word

2m16s That failed in a miserably comical manner

2m47s I need to change physical positions when doing a different character

4m03s And I’ve completely lost the crowd (of comics)

Overall: My new jokes are way too long and don’t have enough punch lines. They need rewrites. Also the rock, paper, coat hangar joke may need to be dropped.