Since it's October, I figured I should get off my bum and try out my Halloween joke. I actually worked on it in the workshop back in July and August and have never tried it on stage. I was kind of afraid of how the whole joke would play out; but I found a couple sentences that really do what I want. I mean I can provide the setup information with as little verbiage as possible and still move to the next sentence without an abrupt change in my train of thought. Also, part of the joke relies on an act out (not my specialty) so I was worried about how that would look. Other than my make-a-wish that was my first joke last night, and it worked pretty well. I also tried two new bits out last night, one about my first trip to a gay bar, and the other a joke about me and the ladies. The first joke is alright, I'm happy with it, and it's got a decent little turn, I feel. The second probably won't work as a stand-alone joke. If I sandwich it in with all my other dating material, it'll probably hit better with the audience. I did end up doing some of it ([Email], [Sports and Sex], [Lotto Tickets]), but I led off with the new thing, which probably wasn't a good idea. That's alright, though, because I tried three new bits last night, and all of them made it to the second round. None of them sucked so bad I wanted to never do them again, and really that's a pretty good feeling.
I don't understand how a heart is a spade,
but somehow the vital connection is made
11:03am
Oh yeah... there were two things I wanted to mention that I forgot. The first is that during my Halloween act out, I know I spit on these girls who were in the front row. It wasn't a huge amount of saliva, but I saw it leave my mouth and I noticed the general direction it was heading in, and there could have only been one result...
The other is this; After the show, I was talking to a comedian and he said liked my new material and then said "I can see you doing this". I asked if he meant he could see my bits actually happening to me in real life, and he said no, actually doing comedy, professionally. I was floored. There are only a handful of people who have vocally said they believe in me and think I'll make it, and it was really cool to hear someone new say it.