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Tommy Johnagin called me while I was at work this afternoon and said he was already at Starbucks working on jokes and waiting for the open mic. I showed up as soon as I could and Tommy and I worked on some jokes and talked about getting booked, using profanity and racial slurs and about how jokes usually have a victem, whether it's apparent or not (when we weren't being interupted by Brian O'Neale's phone calls, that is). It was really cool to sit down with Tommy because he's not always around and so I didn't feel like I was pitching the same old jokes to him. One point Tommy brought up was; if you wouldn't do a joke during a paid set, why do it? This was in reference to [the joke] where I drop the "n-word". Tommy had a good point, but I look at it like this; I couldn't do that joke as an opener or an MC, it's too edgy and could set a bad tone for the rest of the night. However, I would do it if I were featuring (and of course, if I could tighten it up just right) because I feel I would have more time to establish the credit needed with the audience to pull it off. Tommy did convince me to bring back some jokes that I had written off as too mean, which is cool because I think I can deliver them and still have the audience on my side. My goal is to remain a clean comedian, but I'd really like to see what I can get away with while sticking to that (and remaining the "lovable loser") Can I talk about porn and get away with it? Probably. Racism? It'd be tricky. Can I be a jerk and have people think I'm the victim. I doubt it, but it's worth a shot to find out.
I knew right from the beginning
That you would end up winnin'
I'm not allowed to do personal email at work anymore, so if you email me, I might not answer immediately. Sorry.
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