I got a call yesterday, three actually because I couldn't answer my phone (and one email because) from Matt and Scott at the Funny Bone asking me to host industry night with Andi Smith and Jimmy Dore. Naturally I called as soon as I got the messages and agreed. When I showed up, Matt told me to do five to seven (but I missed the light completely and ended up going over); and I kind of screwed up Andy's intro (I fumbled over the words Comedy Central Live Tour). My set felt really good, I think my energy was high and I didn't have to look at my set-list. I did my [Racism 2k6] and my [One-legged Skier] bits and Matt said that that might have been too mean on stage as an opening act. He said some people got uncomfortable when i said "black people and slant eyes". So I'm thinking of changing it to "immigrants and homosexuals". If I twang up the accent a bit, I should be able to get away with the joke and not upset anyone. Every time I work, I learn more about the differences between opening and open-miking. Jimmy had some cool advice to give; I ask a lot of questions on stage ("you guys ever been dumped?" "ever been to a Sam's club?" et cetera), Jimmy said that's like asking permission to tell a joke.
Me: "Hey you want to hear about this?"
Crowd: "No"
Me: "Crap"
At the end of the night, Matt told me to get as much MC work as possible, and since my headshots from ABCPictures just came in, I'm going to send out some give-me-work-as-an-MC packages.
After the Bone, I headed over to the Bistro, where I did about 20 minutes on stage, kind of blue. I played with the audience a bit, and didn't feel real nervous doing it. I was late getting there and Stevie P said that he was afraid I was in an accident (cause I was late) which is a weird compliment. Anyway, I have a couple things I want to do before I send out packages, and knowing my self-procastination, it's going to be a struggle.
I am just a new boy, stranger in this town
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