Comedy is Weird
Dan Wright: 23 year old comedian sharing comedy stuff out of Boston. You get it.
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I did this last week.
It was supposed to be a music/miscellaneous open mic at my college, but it wasn’t advertised whatsoever and was on a friday night. Basically, one kid played guitar and then I was the next one up.
There was no stage, mic stand, or lights. It was in the corner of a small room with four people watching, all of whom were members of the organization committee that set up the show.
So here’s a topic for comedians to respond to: what would you do in my situation? Do the set you planned? Fuck around and riff? Not go up at all?
In my case, I tightened up and couldn’t tell the jokes I had planned to. I looked at the shred of paper with my set on it and I knew I couldn’t even bother. I tried to talk to the people there and it turned into 5 people talking and 1 of them talking into a microphone. Very strange. I got off after like 3 minutes of nothing.
But I feel like some people (more experienced than I) could have done something with it.
What would you do?
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jonaspolsky answered:
Go up and bring your A-game or don’t go up at all.
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eileenoconnell answered:
I’d do my set & riff here and there. You never know what discoveries you can make from going up in front of such an intimate environment.
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