Last night I got to do another Midnight Spotlight at the Westport FunnyBone. Alex Raymundo was headlining and between one of the shows asked if I was going to go on stage. I gave my standard reply (the same one I gave to James Sibley and a lot of other comics) "I don't think so, but I don't say no to stage time". After the 10pm show, one of the waitresses found what might have been vomit, and I said I would clean it up for a spotlight. I was only half joking (meaning I'd love the spotlight, but didn't want to piss anyone off). Anyway, Matt said I could do one, which was awsome because my friend Christina "Latina" Rios came by and saw me on stage. One thing that's been on my mind lately is: who am I on stage. I mean, some of my favorite St. Louis comedians have very developed personas on stage, and to me it seems all of my sets are different. Some days I'm high energy, somedays low. It's not consistant; and I don't know how to get that kind of experience. Stagetime is extremely important, because you can see if jokes work and learn how to write/rewrite them, but it also helps you learn who you are on stage. Some guys don't find out who they are until after they go pro, some guys change their entire persona after they're established (like George Carlin and Richard Prior). Like all things, its frustrating not knowing something, but that's what's cool about learning. That moment where something snaps into place and I go "Ahh!".
Oh yeah, I came up with a silly idea for a call back to a joke today. I don't want to type both jokes just so I can illustrate the callback, but I'll work on it tomorrow and (likely) the rest of the week.