I volunteered to MC the open mic so I did my set upfront. The good parts about MCing are that you can do more time upfront and you get to go up between every comic and crack a joke or two if you want. The audience was one married couple (and 5 comics), the couple was sitting 40 feet away from the stage.
0m56s I didn’t “step into” the punch line as hard as I should’ve.
2m45s No need for the whole intimacy issues portion.
3m39s This was the first time I did this joke as the situation described just happened this past Saturday. I’m safe unless someone links her to the youtube clip.
4m11s This was my worst delivery of the beginning part of the dogs joke ever.
4m34s I wanted to try out a bunch of new material, so I used a note card.
5m08s Change voices between “I’ve never seen this person in my life” and “You were at a party doing shots with them yesterday.”
7m09s I’ve gotten much better at staring off into the crowd for a few seconds when nobody laughs right away instead of looking down at the floor.
7m38s I need a better premise for the “bring your own VIP Rope” idea.
8m04s See my introduction to Performance Critique 21 for the reference. Most of the same comics were back.
9m41s When I interrupt myself to make an observation, I should repeat or remind the audience what I was previously saying. In this instance instead of saying “That is the definition of…” I should’ve said “Cuddling all night is the definition of…”
9m59s There’s about 15 more seconds of this clip but youtube has 10 minute upload limits. The “overestimating my fan base” got a good laugh and then I brought up a comic. I don’t think there’s any value in uploading it.
Overall: I’m going to try to keep MCing because it’s a skill I need to work on. And some of my new jokes aren’t hopeless.
