Winston's and whatnot

Wednesday was Winston's. It was pretty busy which was nice. It was a mixture of free tickets and comics bringing people. They were a good crowd overall too. We were running over, so I didn't do a set. Everyone did pretty well, except the last dude. We were having a drink after and I pretty much told him he was approaching comedy the wrong way. He insults the crowd, and basically talks down to them. Doubt he'll make any adjustments, because he approaches comedy like he's too cool for it all." Thursday I opened the show at the Comedy Store. It was a struggle. I started off ok, then took a little bit of a dive. I said a few jokes that got no laughs at all. I can't remember telling a joke with that many people and getting zero reaction. I got slightly flustered and even began sweating. I pulled myself out of it, and ended somewhat ok. I immediately left and headed over to the American Comedy Company. I had the possibility to get up. Ended up I was about 5 minutes late, and missed my spot. Oh well. Still haven't gone up there yet, but I'm not too concerned. Friday was Winston's. Pretty decent crowd turn out. The show was going well, a few people had a rough time. I had somewhat a feeling I took it too far with the weird intro's, and may have screwed someone over. After that I moved into a more serious intro role. I think it was a fun show. My set was a roller coaster. Started off slow, had a nice middle, and couldn't get a strong ending. I was happy with it for the most part. Still working the struggle. Saturday I worked the Store show. It was a different show, as it was called the Rock N Roll show. The host looked like he was 14, and was very timid. He seemed nice enough, but is definitely not a host. He did have some decent jokes, but his delivery was very dry. Next up was a dude I started with. He lives in L.A. now. I spoke to him, and he seems grounded. He did pretty well. I think he is somewhat finding his voice on stage again. The next guy was the show booker. He was pretty brash, but the crowd seemed to like him. The headliner was pretty strong. He had a very easy going delivery and just seemed like he was talking. The first show I had a feeling he was going to get a standing ovation. His closing bit has a huge build up. A few people did stand, but I felt the aura of the room was a big standing ovation. I really felt like he was on cocaine. I told my roommate I thought this, and after the show he concurred. I told the security guy I felt the same, and he said yes for sure. I am currently listening to a podcast where he says he never did drugs. The podcast was done awhile ago, but who knows. The second show he ran the light by 40 minutes. He did 85 frigin minutes. So crazy to where you want to run the light by that much. It makes me question if I really want/ am destined to be a comedian. Even when I'm doing 8 minutes, I feel like I'm always looking for the light. I mentioned before the only time I can remember wanting to do more was the finals of the contest. Sometimes at Winston's I want to do more just to end strong, but that is different.