This is the regular Sunday open mic that I go to. It was back to normal this week with no real audience members in attendance.
0m48s I got some feedback that many people couldn’t identify with why someone would refer to you as “A Ben Rosenfeld”. I’ve heard this happen during meetings at my day job, where someone in management will say “we need “a Debbie Smith” in that department.” I need to think of a way to universalize this (maybe a good act out) or to cut it.
0m51s The guy I’m addressing showed up halfway into the open mic, wasn’t a comic but started providing incoherent feedback to each and every comic. It fit in well with a joke I wanted to do anyway.
1m02s There’s no way “when he was high” should be at the end of the sentence.
1m14s I really like saying “laugh it up” when people have yet to laugh.
2m19s I need to pause for two seconds after “who I want to drink with after the show” before I accuse the audience of being teetotalers.
2m49s I meant it, I don’t think I’ll be doing the normal joke again. At least not anywhere close to how it currently goes.
3m09s I think this is really a one liner joke and I shouldn’t insult the audience for no reason, especially if they laugh. I might try this as an interactive joke, where I get a girl to describe her boyfriend and then do the joke.
3m46s This is a true story. The girlfriend and I haven’t listened to music while hooking up since the take the money and run incident.
Overall: This is a mic to figure out what new jokes are worth trying out in front of real audience. Not hot by traditional standards is a keeper. The Tom Collins and Normal jokes should probably be retired, and the take the money and run needs a little bit of a rewrite.
