Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
When: Friday 11/5/10
The Place: Monterey, CA
The Club: Planet Gemini
The Booker: Anthony Lane
The Problem: ME
Let me just start by saying that I had a great set. Even according to the people who showed up late and had no frame of reference for why the weird shit I was saying at the 3/4 mark of my show was funny to me, and should be funny to them to.
I have started to become more personal in my show and, I believe, more interesting. The problem comes in when you're playing a club that has comedy and then a band. The comedy viewers are there early and into it all the way. Then another half of the room trickles in DURING comedy and have know concept of who is on stage. They missed the beginning of your show. If you're doing it right... that kills you.
I used to be popular among "bar comedy bookers" because it didn't matter when you meandered into my show. My humor had no dependence on me as a person in the same way that an uninteresting conversation has no depth. You talk about the weather or other people and then you walk away going who was that guy again? He says we went to school together I don't remember him.
Well Last night was a good sign. I realized that I might be starting to turn that corner. As new people came in I had to kind of reintroduce myself as someone that I didn't even know I was being in the rest of the show. WELL HELLO ME. NICE TO MEET YOU.
Thank you Monterey for coming out in better numbers than I have seen in the recent past. More are coming tonight and one of my good Jiu-Jitsu buddies is going to try comedy for the first time ever and this will be the 3rd time that has happened to me.
I'll tell you about all the tragedy and triumph on the morrow good readers.
Collin (Guy I just met)
The Place: Monterey, CA
The Club: Planet Gemini
The Booker: Anthony Lane
The Problem: ME
Let me just start by saying that I had a great set. Even according to the people who showed up late and had no frame of reference for why the weird shit I was saying at the 3/4 mark of my show was funny to me, and should be funny to them to.
I have started to become more personal in my show and, I believe, more interesting. The problem comes in when you're playing a club that has comedy and then a band. The comedy viewers are there early and into it all the way. Then another half of the room trickles in DURING comedy and have know concept of who is on stage. They missed the beginning of your show. If you're doing it right... that kills you.
I used to be popular among "bar comedy bookers" because it didn't matter when you meandered into my show. My humor had no dependence on me as a person in the same way that an uninteresting conversation has no depth. You talk about the weather or other people and then you walk away going who was that guy again? He says we went to school together I don't remember him.
Well Last night was a good sign. I realized that I might be starting to turn that corner. As new people came in I had to kind of reintroduce myself as someone that I didn't even know I was being in the rest of the show. WELL HELLO ME. NICE TO MEET YOU.
Thank you Monterey for coming out in better numbers than I have seen in the recent past. More are coming tonight and one of my good Jiu-Jitsu buddies is going to try comedy for the first time ever and this will be the 3rd time that has happened to me.
I'll tell you about all the tragedy and triumph on the morrow good readers.
Collin (Guy I just met)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Locking Out The Hecklers
This is a late post about one of my most disruptive comedy experiences ever.
When: Last Wednesday
The Place: Mill Creek, WA
The Bar: The Jet
The Booker: (Friend and Comic) Andrew Rivers
The Set up: Stage too tall,lighting inconsistent, One TV left on so that the peeps in the back could watch "The Ultimate Fighter" while facing me as if they were watching the show. (This made for Group reactions with terrible timing).
The Problem: Bar to the right with not one or two but FOUR, in a row, inordinately stupid and drunk "trying to help" hecklers with really bad comedy instincts.
The Catalyst: An impatient and lately becoming spoiled ME.
The rhythm we were in for 30 of the 90 minutes I did my job was as follows.
Bash heckler, joke, joke, cheer (to TV in back), joke, heckle, bash different heckler, REPEAT.
After about 30 minutes they mixed up the order and lost me. I proceeded to lock one heckler couple outside on the smoking patio in full view of the audience. Then I had the bouncer (who had multiple facial tatoos) kick out another heckler. Then the first couple came back looking confused about the locked door. They began knocking until I let them in. I told them that that other dude who had been kicked out did it and that's why we had to ask him to leave. They bought it and kept heckling anyway.
In the end everyone was very happy except the guy who was dragged out saying "Dude why did you do that to your face? ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I CAN WALK TYSON"
Every once in a while you gotta ride the lightening or you won't even know when the sky is clear!
Collin
When: Last Wednesday
The Place: Mill Creek, WA
The Bar: The Jet
The Booker: (Friend and Comic) Andrew Rivers
The Set up: Stage too tall,lighting inconsistent, One TV left on so that the peeps in the back could watch "The Ultimate Fighter" while facing me as if they were watching the show. (This made for Group reactions with terrible timing).
The Problem: Bar to the right with not one or two but FOUR, in a row, inordinately stupid and drunk "trying to help" hecklers with really bad comedy instincts.
The Catalyst: An impatient and lately becoming spoiled ME.
The rhythm we were in for 30 of the 90 minutes I did my job was as follows.
Bash heckler, joke, joke, cheer (to TV in back), joke, heckle, bash different heckler, REPEAT.
After about 30 minutes they mixed up the order and lost me. I proceeded to lock one heckler couple outside on the smoking patio in full view of the audience. Then I had the bouncer (who had multiple facial tatoos) kick out another heckler. Then the first couple came back looking confused about the locked door. They began knocking until I let them in. I told them that that other dude who had been kicked out did it and that's why we had to ask him to leave. They bought it and kept heckling anyway.
In the end everyone was very happy except the guy who was dragged out saying "Dude why did you do that to your face? ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I CAN WALK TYSON"
Every once in a while you gotta ride the lightening or you won't even know when the sky is clear!
Collin
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