Last night I didn't figure I'd make it to the Bistro because I went to the Blues/Canucks game; however the comedy Gods shined upon me and I got home at about 10:30pm and was feeling quite energetic after the 4-1 win for the Blues. So I went over to the Bistro, where Clayton Champagne was on stage. Matt Wolff was in the audience, and apparently that was it (comics-wise). There were about 30 or 40 audience members, including one very drunk guy who ended up being part of Clayton's show (Clayton ended up talking to this guy for the better part of 10 minutes). My set was normal for the Bistro, I plowed through my material, tried playing with the audience (only a little) and busted out my Medical Studies bit, which I haven't tried in quite sometime. After my set, I was talking to Clayton about the Bistro, and said the performing at the Bistro was the same as working out at the Gym. It's a tough room, but if you can get comfortable with it, and more importantly if you can make an audience that isn't paying attention pay attention (and laugh, of course) then you're going to have an easier time with the audiences at real venues (like the Bone). I also asked Clayton about "going to the audience" and he advised me to come to the Bistro sometime with nothing prepared. I should just get up and talk to the audience, and if I run out of topics, ask "what do you want to talk about?" and see what I can come up with. He said it's good experience and you may come up with a joke or two. It sounds pretty scary to me, but I'd like to give it a try.
Lately I've been doing Medical Studies, which is a pretty fun way to spend a weekend, their slogan should be "Come for the money... Stay for the side effects". My favorite side effects are Confusion, Disorientation and Drowsiness. Every once in a while you'll end up in a study with a "Remote risk of seizure", or as I like to call it "Best weekend ever". Some people think that's weird, but I'm not the only one who does these studies. There are thirty, forty, even fifty people in the same room as me. Some of them are females, and some of them are suffereing from Confusion, Disorientation and Drowsiness. It's like shooting fish in a barrel...
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He's insubordinate
I've posted more than a couple of my bits in this blog, if you plan on stealing them or using them on stage, please email me.