This is the 10:30 show
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MWvKnRWOlE
0m18s I’m trying to open with a quick crowd work joke or two
1m14s Try doing “Igor loves this” without a weird voice
1m21s No more “you smell nice” line
1m28s Bad setup to this joke, I haven’t replaced the “fooood” line yet
2m13s This is the weakest response this joke has ever gotten
2m53s Bad attempt at crowd work here
3m40s If they weren’t feeling the first three Russian family jokes, I shouldn’t do more of them
4m16s I just came up with this add-on, it worked this time, but it might be going too far, even for me
5m32s Again, I should have gone into a joke that didn’t use a Russian accent since the previous Russian stuff wasn’t working
Overall: When more than half the crowd is in college, and you start the set with “what is this high school night?” you’re gonna be working harder to win them over. The first joke went over fine, but the audience wasn’t feeling the Russian family material and I kept going back to it. For shorter sets, I need to be more aware if a topic that I have lots of jokes about isn’t working so I could go into different jokes faster.
