Matt Behrens, who runs the Funny Bone ameteur night (among other things) was unable to post a list of who would be going on stage this week. On weeks like this, usually fewer comics show up, I have no idea why. In any case, with fewer comics and a list being made in the meeting I have increased chances of getting on. I followed Jimmy Rice on stage, which isn't a bad thing, but I was planning on working on some of my 'drinking' material, and Jimmy since Jimmy did his drinking material, I decided to not follow with mine. It's completely a personal preference, some comedians would say to do it and screw what the audience thinks, but I want an honest audience reaction, I don't want them hearing me talk about alcohol and remembering/laughing at one of Jimmy's jokes instead of mine. The best thing about having wrenches thrown in my plans like this is I have to pull a "mid flight recalcultion"1 moments before I appear on stage. (<--optimism) I did my new pharmacy and lab rat jokes, I wasn't able to workin the new gambling stuff or my recently-resurrected air-hockey joke (that fits nicely with the new Pokémon stuff, I think). I got some decent laughs on my phonesex bit, and threw in some pronounced pauses on my Tetris bit. I closed with [In My Pants]. I spoke to Gabriel Kea again on being a clean comic, he seems to have opinions to share rather than having facts to force upon me. The whole idea of being clean is fascinating to me because it's basically creating a major limitation and saying, "I can't do this or that". Now as for what clean material is... I have no idea. I basic guage is "Would I do this in front of my mom?". Not anyone's mom, or someone's mom; MY MOM. She's heard my testicle bit before and probably laughed at it, sure it's a little descriptive (Gabe says it crosses the line) but if placed properly in a set, I think people would move on and not linger on the fact that I made a blatent reference to the number of reproductive glands between my legs. I do jokes about drinking because that's a fairly common part of life for many people, especially people sitting in a comedy club with a two drink minimum. I tend to avoid jokes about drugs and the use of profanity. I am not against profanity, it's definately a useful tool to grab someone's attention and emphasize how one feels. I could write more on the subject, but I'm at work right now and don't feel like getting fired. I may append this later this afternoon.
1. Midflight recalculation: (n) a. The act of altering one's plans spontaniously, as a pilot would alter a course while flying their plane/helicopter in the air.
b. To manuelly adjust one's "self" while walking