Last night, John Doelling had some good advice about not giving up in front of small crowds. Sometimes during open mic, a comic will get up in front of a small crowd and decide it doesn’t matter because no one’s watching. But John pointed out that small crowds are a chance to break out the “A game” and whip them into a frenzy. If one is able to do that, it really shows their skills. Plus, John told us, people from other clubs are watching us on RooftopComedy.com and so even if we don’t have a big “live studio audience” the viewers at home should get a good show too. Especially if they have power and can book us.
That being said, I went up at Lloyd and Harry’s last night to a smaller crowd and tried to rework some of my skiing joke. Somewhere in my set the entire Greek Council from Lindenwood came in to celebrate some girl’s birthday. I probably got a little flustered, but I tried my best and plowed through. Sadly, I don’t think I pulled out the best material I had, though (sometimes I forget what I have available) and so I wasn’t able to grab their attention. I think I’m missing something, maybe stage presence. Then again, I think UT1 I think too much and I should just enjoy the stage time. Maybe that would help. (there I go thinking again…)
1 UT: Latin subjunctive meaning “that”