OK. From now on this is a blog about my attempts at stand up comedy. Ive been at this for just over a month now. Ive done about a dozen open mics. Its rough. Im still nervous on the stage. I dont interact with the crowd enough. I dont make use of the space. I dont incorporate those theatrical elements that i see working so well for other people. Thats the bad stuff. I think my material is good; im putting a lot of time and energy into thinking about jokes. Im getting laughs; maybe not as many as I would like, but theyre there. Im able to come up with new material much quicker than most of the other comics. I can usually riff off of stuff that other comics do or say.
Tomorrow is the tuesday open mic at Jai Thai. Last week didnt go so well. On the one hand, I know that these are open mics, and that this is the place where im supposed to get the kinks out and fuck up. On the other hand, I dont want the other comics (who comprise 80% of an open mic audience) to write me off. There are several comics who I know are going to be awful every time and who I simply tune out when theyre on stage. I dont want people doing that to me.
Here are the rough beginnings of the jokes im working on today:
-I got beaten up equally by black kids and white kids in high school. I dont see race, I just see fists
-Jesse's doctor broke the news to him that he wont be able to jazzercise ever again with his bad ankles
-Pedophiles are like pokemon. Youve gotta catch em all, and theyre both trying to appeal to that same age demographic
I also want to tell the story about the guy looking for the transvestite prostitutes. I just need to settle on an ending that works and gets me out of the story on a funny note.
Gonna make an effort to shmooze a bit more and to be a bit more relaxed on stage. Hopefully ill break a leg.
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