The thing i really like about barking is you get to do two shows in one night. This was the second set, and I was up right after someone who ran his mic and started yelling at the audience — he was bombing, so the audience started yelling “NEXT!” and it was all downhill from there. I asked the emcee to do some material but his 30 seconds of material, didn’t really help the situation. The recorder is behind me this time, whereas in the first show the recorder was on the front table, so it’s not as loud.
0m34s I think I’m going to cut the management consultant bullshit artist bit from my set. Or put it in somewhere else.
1m12s It felt a lot worse on stage than it sounds on just audio, but I thought the audience was 3 seconds away from killing me, so I had to acknowledge the situation with the last comic. Listening to my material a week later, I think I shouldn’t have used my consultant, executive assistant and waiter/actor jokes with this crowd. I’ve actually been semi retiring them and choose a bad time to try to bring it back. I asked a few comics about the whole “calling out someone else” and have gotten mixed responses on how to best handle such a situation in the future. I think next time, I’ll either address it upfront or not at all.
2m12s The talking you’ve heard in the background for the past 20 seconds was much louder than it appears. The tape recorder was behind me, and the people talking were like 30 feet in front of me, so they were real loud.
4m07s Be more outraged about them being at my door at 7am.
Overall: That was the hardest set I’ve ever done that wasn’t an open mic. While some people did listen to me the whole time, the room was out of control. I think I should address the previous comic’s situation right away or not at all. Also, I was kinda intimidated by watching the previous comic’s set and the crowd’s response, so I’m sure it affected my performance.
