Had a few somewhat pressure filled shows the last couple days. Friday at Winston's I had a cute co worker there. The show was running long. The host let one of the comics do at least 12 minutes, 4 minutes more than he was suppose to. Also, the first 10 people or so did a minute more than I had alloted them. Even though I wasn't hosting nor should I really care, when the show isn't running on time it stresses me out. The guy that did 12 plus minutes is a real pain, and is suppose to leave S.D. next month and that will be more than awesome. I'm not sure what is exactly wrong with him, but he has no social graces. He made some comment on the OBC wall about me being a rising star with one of the oldest comics we have. He also commented on the hosts page about how great he did and how he should do it every week. Hmmmm I wonder if that's because he let you do more time than the headliners and other people that help promote the show. I understand he was doing ok, but at the same time he bombs often should we cut him short then? He'll still do 8 minutes whether people are walking out or laughing.
Anyways my set went ok. Nothing great. Did slight crowd work, but mostly jokes. Some hit, some not so much. It's tough to be funny when I'm thinking about the show running long and impressing people that had never seen me before. I've been trying to work on the new jokes I've been writing but never seem to get them out, oh well.
Last night I had a couple shows. One was downtown. I was going in thinking it was gonna be pretty awful, as I normally do. I got there and was somewhat surprised as there were people. Comedy followed music which is never an easy transition. I went up 3rd. I opened with some jokes I haven't done in awhile. Clean for the most part. I've been doing different jokes since Thursday. I planned to just do jokes, I was purposely looking over the audience to not make eye contact and want to interact. Then a gal said something, and it was go time. Last half was a mixture of jokes and chatting. One gal kept chiming in and actually ruined a few of my jokes. I couldn't finish them. It's tough playing off rambling and inaudiable barking. I tried to shut her up, but she kept talking. I did a few jokes, got the light, and got off. I headed out the back after my set, as I hate having to immediately walk through the crowd after I get off stage. It's just weird to walk through people somewhat hoping they'll say something but knowing normally they won't. I waited upstairs for about 10 minutes then walked through to one good joke from another comic. Oh well...
After that I headed over to the Blarney Stone. I wasn't sure how it was going to be as there was a meeting at Home Depot until 10. People know I am there, but I don't really advertise people to come. A few people came, mostly people I don't speak to. Most of them left before I went on stage, but 2 stayed. Both my immediate supervisors, and female. I would have preferred them to have left and even made up some story to try to get them to leave. I got up there and told some jokes and talked to some people. It was subpar, nothing great. Would have liked them to see me for the first time at an actual show or basically anywhere but there. Oh well. I did kind of flirt with a gal on stage, and wrote down my info on a piece of paper and called it my "card." I got a text quickly after, which ended up being her friend telling me off. I assumed she was kidding. Later I got a text from the gal. Ended up with her saying she just wants friends, blah blah. Least I tried.
Well the headline. There is a comic that is sweeping the S.D. scene. Every comic is raving about him and putting him on all the shows. He'll more than likely when the competition tonight. He's a nice guy, and I was drawn to him from the start. Mostly because he told off another comic via email, and I can always respect honesty. Well I feel like all of his jokes are just everyday thoughts yelled via a joke. One of his jokes I thought would make a sketch many months ago. He is basically just yelling white stereotypes. Maybe that is what comedy is all about. Audiences love asian and black comics because of their high energy. Maybe I need to ignore the words and work more on physical movements. Who knows? I hope I'm questioning his success because of the quality of his jokes, not because he has moved past me.
Monday, November 15, 2010
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