Last night I met John Garrison in the lobby of where we work and drove to the airport Metro Station to pick up Jammer Bicks. From there we went to Troy, IL to rendezvous with Tom Milster. Then we headed to Springfield, IL. We got there super early, and had a bunch of time to sit around. There were 7 comedians in the show total, the four of us, a guy named Tim, a guy named Kevin (both of whom I've met before) and a guy named Dallas. The Line up was thus; Jammer, John, Tom, ME!, Dallas, Kevin, Tim. I tried my new [Internet/friend] joke, which was probably risky since it was a competition, but I wanted to fill a bit of time. I ended up doing about 5 1/2 minutes out of the 6 they wanted.
I can't comment for how others felt on stage, but I enjoyed my time. I'm realizing more that I am over talking my punch lines. Meaning I'll punch a joke and then mutter something like "that isn't cool" or something. I'm afraid it could be distracting, but I can see myself doing it because I feel my punch lines need validation, which probably means I don't believe in that joke, or I'm not delivering it in a way I believe is effective. I have a microphone clip thing I could put on my collar to get a closer take on what comes out of my mouth (versus what comes over the speakers), maybe I should use that. Anyway, John Garrison took first place, Dallas second, and Tom Milster third. After Springfield, Jammer, John and I hit LL and did a little time. At LL I did almost the exact same set I did in Springfield, only I ordered some jokes differently and I did the [Internet/Friend] joke. Oh the way to dropping John off, he and I worked on that joke a bit and added a couple things. I'm pretty excited to see how it sounds when it gets a little longer.