Another Set
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZVxzwQUsn0
0m50s When the first minute of jokes isn’t working, try to bring the audience closer to you
1m16s They actually moved up a table
1m36s I’ve yet to get a punch line to go over with this crowd
1m52s First time ever that “Igor likes this” got crickets
2m15s No need for the “unsubscribe” act out
2m35s Yet more evidence that the thesaurus joke needs to go (and that I need to do performance critiques quicker than 7 weeks later)
3m44s The audience has decided they won’t laugh at anything I give them
4m08s The first laugh of the set, and it took three seconds of silence to squeeze it out
4m40s It should be “I bought my” not “buying my”
6m21s Get to Pez dispenser crisper
Overall: I bombed. Next time I get such weak applause when I come up, I should get the audience to clap again instead of allowing the low energy to persist. It probably won’t save it, but I’ll at least be taking control of the situation. The one thing about this set that I’m proud of is I was able to move a group of audience members closer to the stage. It didn’t get them laughing any more, but I at least took control of the room that way. (It’s generally easier to get laughter when people are closer to the stage.)
