Big show was a success

Wednesday was another jammed packed comedy evening. Winston's had a few people, but the comics were somewhat sparse. There was a big controversy that was made on the San Diego's comedians page, which if I haven't covered but may momentarily. There was a lady who did a bringer type show and had a big crowd show up for her. She asked about wanting to enter a contest. I gave her the details, and she was ready to rock. I was excited, because this contest doesn't have one big bringer like I've had in contests in the past. Well after she was excited to join the contest, other comics on the page basically tore into her about how she wasn't funny enough to bother a contest. She was told she should focus on open mics and not making her friends laugh? Excuse me, keep your mouth shut. Let her, do what she wants. Why is it your business. He acts like he's trying to help younger comics, but just comes off like a jackass. Honestly e is a nice guy, but he's been doing comedy for nearly 20 years, and is still wasting his time bantering with comics that have been doing it for a year or less. I hope when I'm still doing it after 20 years, if that's even a possibility, I won't be giving my insight to others. I'll be focusing on my show coming up, or getting other shows. So after all said and done, the lady backed out of the contest. She felt threatened, someone did call her a "cunt," which is so out of left field and unnecessary, but if you're that weak skinned there's no sense doing comedy. She did make a ridiculous comment that she could do "15 minutes standing on top of her head." That is one thing I noticed about bad, new comics. If they brag in public, they are awful. I look back to my start, and while I did think to myself I was funny, I never made it public. I do also feel like I had funny jokes when I started. My timing, comfort, and stage presence we're all not good, but I ad the foundation to be funny. I never said, "Man I'm so wasted/ drunk/ nervous, let's talk about my penis and sex." Comics rarely go from awful to good. Most of them go from awful, to a little less awful, to quitting. There are some comics I see that have some potential, and can improve on that. I see many comics at Winston's, and most of the time they never improve. Anyways, so the lady quit the contest over some words over the internet, and ruined my chances of guaranteeing a lot of people at the shows she was on. I tried to be cordial, and open up the chance she'll enter a later contest.

Well the contest itself was fine, made a few bucks, nothing great. After that I had a drink and walked to eleven. It was pretty dead, mostly just comics. Jesse and I wrote a bunch of you might be a redcoat jokes on Facebook the night before, and went on stage and performed them. The set definitely didn't have the punches it had in weeks past, but we got a few laughs. I think I want to try the jokes on a night at the Comedy Store to see if it would work with a real crowd.

Thursday was a pretty big show at the comedy store. I was doing 15 minutes, which is the most I've done there. I wrote out a set list of 15 different minutes than I did when we did the show 2 months earlier. This was a good challenge. We're in talks to do another show in a couple months, and I want to do a different 15 minutes. There was about 100 or so people. Which is a pretty solid crowd. I went up pretty confident. I think the set was pretty a solid. I started off a little fast, but adjusted nicely and was able to get through about 12 minutes without a hitch. At that point I lost a little steam, a few jokes went not as well as some of the others. I tried to refocus, but was interrupted by a woman. Not a big problem was able to adjust nicely. I think I ended strong, and think I am confident with 26 minutes now. If I can do a few more shows, I can get a solid hour. I have ignored a lot of the sex type jokes I wrote when I started, that I think are still worth trying out. I likely will work on that and other jokes for the show in a few months. I think I will still try to still get a tight 6-8 minute set on tape. Once I get a good one, I will then try to get a clean 6-8 minute tape.

I noticed the entrance date for the Maine Comedy festival was extended to May 1. I am still not sure whether I want to send a tape. It is only $30, but it could likely just be a scam to collect money for the contest. It is a small enough contest, that they likely already have who they want booked. If I get a tape I like by then, I'll probably send it, who knows.

Friday was back to Winston's, there was a weird vibe. I'm not sure if it was because I was slightly buzzed. I did a podcast beforehand. I drank a PBR and had a couple shots of vodka. The podcast wasn't exactly what I expected. It was called a therapy podcast, but I don't really need therapy. It was more for the hosts remedy. He talked a lot his rough childhood, and complained about the fact I was vague about my lack of hard upbringing. I thought for some reason we'd be talking about comedy. I brought this up, and he said "we'll you could have said whatever you wanted." I didn't realize that was how an interview worked. Well I wouldn't say it was a waste of time, just not what I expected.

Anyways, when I arrived at Winston's, there was already a crowd there. Very rare for a Friday. They laughed on occasion, but did not care much for Jesse and I's banter. I brought this up to Jesse and he said "a lot of people enjoy our banter and the crowd was just weird." Point taken. The show went on with some people getting laughs, some insulting the crowd and getting laughs, and some having a tough time. In the end, I made a few bucks, got a few laughs, and had some drinks. I'd say a success overall.