This is me at a comedy contest in LA.
(I moved to LA in early August for grad school, went on a two week vacation and then did a bunch of open mics that didn’t allow taping. I was on stage 14 times between my last performance critique and this one, with 13 of them being open mics. If anyone has an easy way of uploading audio files, I’ll go back and write them up.)
Sorry for the bad camera angle, I couldn’t use my camera and my friend was drunk.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6rqtgutok
0m10s Based on the reactions I was getting, I decided this is a stronger opening joke
2m50s Two punch lines in a row with applause, not bad
3m17s Nice pause to let everyone finish laughing
4m42s Noticing what’s going on the with the crowd and interrupting the flow can be risky, but it worked this time
6m11s I can’t wait for the day that this joke doesn’t work because I have an actual fan base
Overall: I came in third place out of the nine comedians. I couldn’t have done any of my jokes any better or gotten a stronger reaction. Based on my set and watching the other comics, I thought I had won, so I was already standing in the back getting ready to accept first place when they called me for third. The look of shock on my face must have been hysterical to everyone but me. And it’s funny to me in retrospect.
