I just got back from the Comedy Forum's open mic. The show there was unique, to put it nicely. The crowd was small and quite talkative, so the first half-dozen comics had a rough time with it. I have not been in the greatest of moods today, which usually leads to a disastrous set... But tonight, I destroyed that room, and I'm not being cocky or arrogant. I'm really not one to be mean (especially where people can read it and call me out on it) but some of the trainwrecks tonight were nothing short of spectacular. That being said, Brian Dowell and Andrew Topping had amazing sets as well.
Anyway, I went up without a recording device and without a set list (I really didn't even make a plan on what material I was going to do) and opened with my CT Scan joke. I guess I sold the annoyance of the situation, because the crowd reacted very well. I did a couple of my dating and bad-with-women jokes and then scared the crowd with my PANTS! joke. I also tried a new joke featuring the board game monopoly (which you can read on my MySpace blog). It needs work, but the premise is funny so I want to give it a shot. I closed out my set with some good ol' me-getting-dumped stories and the crowd liked them. It felt good to have a set like that, especially since I was in such a down mood. I'm kind of glad to see that it won't always affect my stage presence.
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