Yesterday's show at the Funnybone was pretty good. There were 19 or 20 comedians on the list (including three pros) and so Matt told me to light everyone at 2 minutes and get them off stage by 3:00 (except for the pros who pretty much have free reign). I tried out two new jokes, one about being in the Boy scouts and one about being in the Seminary. The first of the two did fairly well and I think it'll be a keeper, the seminary one needs a little work, but since not many comedians went to seminary I really want to talk about it. I got a nice compliment about my stage presence last night, which rocked and really helped make my night.
Al Canal called me yesterday and asked me to help run the open mic at the Forum tonight. I got to emcee (I thought I was just going to run the meeting and run the light but I did all three). There wasn't much of a crowd, but I tried all the material I did last night and even tried talking out a couple of things kind of on the spot. I had a couple of good comments between the comics, which got laughs from the audience (but I also had some that weren't good and they did not get laughs). One of the comics said it was good that I tried to keep the audience attentive between during the show. Since we had twenty five comics and and Al asked me to end the show by 10:30, I told the other comics I'd be lighting at 3 so they'd be done by 4:00 in hoped that everyone would get on stage. No one seemed to mind, and Matt the owner seemed impressed that the show ended by 10 o'clock.
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