Tuesday night John Doelling was emceeing the open mic at he Funny Bone. Kevin O'Brien was first, and I was following Kevin. The crowd was pretty good, and as Kevin was on stage, a TON of people came in and we ended up with a good crowd. Kevin did excellent, and I was actually a little nervous because I didn't know if my style of comedy would "taste good" after his. I don't mean that in a negative way. Also I had come up with some ideas on the way to the club earlier and I wanted to open with them. Which I did. I forgot one premise, and worked on a new bit or two and then worked on some less new bits and then closed on my Mia Wallace joke, but I added a line or two and closed on my Kill the Mood line. I was extremely happy with my set. The rest of the show was great, and afterwards I sang The Black Crowes' Hard To Handle. That was fun too.
They always standing next to me,
Always dancing next to me,
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Last week in comedy
Saturday: My audition at Dr Grin's didn't go the way I'd hoped. I'm not blaming the emcee for cooling the audience, but he did make fun of a lady on her 50th birthday and call some bachelorettes some non-complimentary things. Also, though, I asked the audience how they were doing TWICE and it probably looked like I was nervous, so I'll take 50% of the blame there.
Sunday: We didn't even do a show at Lloyd and Harry's because there wasn't enough of an audience.
Monday: We did a show at the Forum, I was going to go up last, but some guy (who brought people) wanted to go last so his girlfriend could see. So I let him. His friends weren't a very good audience, and they didn't laugh at anyone (including him) hardly at all.
Tuesday: I did another five minute set for Matt at the Funny Bone. I was happy with it, but could have been happier.
Saturday: Last night Johnny Kavanaugh and I did a one-nighter outside of Springfield, IL. First show we had 13 people, and they were fun and I did 24 minutes or so (they weren't big laughers, but they did seem to have fun). Johnny did a lot of crowd work first show and the audience LOVED that. Second show, literally no one sat in the show room, 1 couple (read: 2 PEOPLE) moved closer but were technically not in the area that was the show room. So I did about 15 minutes where I couldn't stop laughing at the situation, and Johnny did maybe 30. After that we got paid and drove home.
Sunday: We didn't even do a show at Lloyd and Harry's because there wasn't enough of an audience.
Monday: We did a show at the Forum, I was going to go up last, but some guy (who brought people) wanted to go last so his girlfriend could see. So I let him. His friends weren't a very good audience, and they didn't laugh at anyone (including him) hardly at all.
Tuesday: I did another five minute set for Matt at the Funny Bone. I was happy with it, but could have been happier.
Saturday: Last night Johnny Kavanaugh and I did a one-nighter outside of Springfield, IL. First show we had 13 people, and they were fun and I did 24 minutes or so (they weren't big laughers, but they did seem to have fun). Johnny did a lot of crowd work first show and the audience LOVED that. Second show, literally no one sat in the show room, 1 couple (read: 2 PEOPLE) moved closer but were technically not in the area that was the show room. So I did about 15 minutes where I couldn't stop laughing at the situation, and Johnny did maybe 30. After that we got paid and drove home.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
I have a bunch of stuff to write...
Monday was the last Monday-show at Lloyd and Harry's. From now on, we're going to be performing on Sunday nights. Honor the Sabbath. Anyway, on Monday the show was interrupted (continuously) by two sisters, Jackie and Alicia, who had 1) too much to drink and 2) the most shrill voices I have ever heard. They stumbled into the bar by accident and were pleasantly surprised to find a comedy show about to start. A bunch of the comics talked to them, whereas I just plowed through my material and made eye-contact with the remaining audience members to try to keep focus. Kevin Bunetic actually bought the girls a drink so they'd shut up. I thought that was funny.
Thursday I had a one-nighter in Rockford, IL at a bar called LT's. The headliner was a guy named Stephano. The audience was a little rough (we started with around 20 people) and they weren't sat too close to the stage. I did my thirty and had an alright set. I think I forgot to do my Pro Bono Pimp joke, but I'm not sure.
Last night I did two sets at the Comedy Club on State in Madison, WI (My friends Ward Anderson and James Ervan Berry were performing). My first set went very well. I did eight minutes and Joe (the comedian-liaison/manager (I think?))was impressed and I got compliments from other staff member and audience members (one lady said I felt like a motivational speaker because I smiled and made eye-contact). I got to do another set at the second show, and I asked Joe if he wanted different material or if it mattered. He said it was up to me, so I chose a different set (I actually repeated one (1) joke). I did really well that time and closed on my DQ joke (which I never do, but might start now for shorter sets). Joe was again complimentary and said he would pass on good words about me. After the shows, we got some pizza at Ian's (which was good) and went to the Silver Dollar for some drinks. Then Ward let me crash in his extra bed in his Hotel (The Concourse is pretty swanky). Next stop is Grand Rapids, MI for a show at Dr. Grins with Mike Brody and Tommy Johnagin.
Thursday I had a one-nighter in Rockford, IL at a bar called LT's. The headliner was a guy named Stephano. The audience was a little rough (we started with around 20 people) and they weren't sat too close to the stage. I did my thirty and had an alright set. I think I forgot to do my Pro Bono Pimp joke, but I'm not sure.
Last night I did two sets at the Comedy Club on State in Madison, WI (My friends Ward Anderson and James Ervan Berry were performing). My first set went very well. I did eight minutes and Joe (the comedian-liaison/manager (I think?))was impressed and I got compliments from other staff member and audience members (one lady said I felt like a motivational speaker because I smiled and made eye-contact). I got to do another set at the second show, and I asked Joe if he wanted different material or if it mattered. He said it was up to me, so I chose a different set (I actually repeated one (1) joke). I did really well that time and closed on my DQ joke (which I never do, but might start now for shorter sets). Joe was again complimentary and said he would pass on good words about me. After the shows, we got some pizza at Ian's (which was good) and went to the Silver Dollar for some drinks. Then Ward let me crash in his extra bed in his Hotel (The Concourse is pretty swanky). Next stop is Grand Rapids, MI for a show at Dr. Grins with Mike Brody and Tommy Johnagin.
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