No audience will ever truly appreciate the amount of work that goes into a comedian's set. That goes for headliners of course, features and even open mic-ers. Really that could be said for a single joke...
I think I'm having a lot more fun on stage now; I'm going up with set lists in my pocket and not needing them (as much); I'm playing with the order of my set more and more, and even re-wording jokes to keep myself on my toes and to find the best wording for the best reaction. My set tonight was good, especially considering the small-ish size of the audience. I worked on my Solicitation for Murder joke (which I refer to in my head as the Mia Wallace joke) and it got some laughs in it's new format. I was hoping to close on the newly-reworked motorcycle joke, but I got more groans that laughs. Whatever, since I missed it earlier in the set, I closed on my PANTS! joke. It's a little too short to be a really successful closer, but it served the purpose and kept me from going (too far) over (4:15, I think). Other comedians still tell me that the yell in that joke startles them, or they (like myself) watch the audience members for jumps. I'm getting compliments on my stage pressence, which really encouraging; I'd really rather have one or so a week than a ton all at once. It keeps me going, especially when people say I have a streak going. I had a weird dream last night that I think I could turn into a new Bucket of Fish strip, but I have to free-up some time to manipulate the pictures I already have since drawing isn't my thing and recycling bad-existing-drawings seems to be. I wish I could update more frequently, I really don't know how guys who have real web-comics do it. Maybe it's the talent or the fact some of them make a living doing it and don't sit in a cubicle 10 hours a day...
Forum tomorrow, hopefully I'll be blogging about how the Mia Wallace joke is killing and the motorcycle is a worthy condender for a closer...
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So the question's repeated, why even try?
When there's rocks in the road, pot-holes in the lawn,
The victory's sweeter when obstacles either,
Are side-stepped or crushed on the way to the door