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ibntumart posted:(She also made my worst comedy show fear come true in that she honed in on me and my wife to ask questions, but she was actually nice... the guy after me wasn't quite as lucky, but whatever, she was cool to me and my wife, so fear negated!). That's my worst fear. When I saw Todd Barry, he did it to the woman directly behind me and at first I thought he was talking to me and I turned as red as a tomato.
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The Berzerker posted:That's my worst fear. When I saw Todd Barry, he did it to the woman directly behind me and at first I thought he was talking to me and I turned as red as a tomato. It's my worst fear too. When I saw Patton Oswalt, he literally pointed to a guy sitting next to me. I was front row center. And John Mulaney constantly made eye contact with me (probably because I was laughing at all his jokes before he got to the punchlines, because I was familiar with a lot of them.) Also, I finally heard Jeselnik's Caligula uncut and it has about 10 minutes of extra material that is fantastic. "People always tell me that the worst thing about air travel is an infant on the plane... But I can think of four instances when a baby on a plane was awesome. They all happened on 9/11."
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Bill Burr canceled his shows at the Largo this weekend.  Super bummed.
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ibntumart posted:Today was the last day of SF Sketchfest and I was wondering if any other Goons went to any of the events. It would be cool to share impressions and maybe give each other ideas what to see next year (or to avoid, I guess!). I'll chime in! I was in SF the week before the Super Bowl, and I got to go see: Harmontown (they gave out free t-shirts after the show, and I made a really embarrassing video of Dan Harmon talking about how the girl I was staying with should go out with me, which I immediately texted to her because I was drunk and stupid) Meltdown (where I first learned that Jonah Ray is actually really funny, and Kumail is seriously one of the funniest people I've ever seen perform) JV Club (really heartwarming interview with Tig that kinda went through all of the poo poo that had happened to her over the past few years, she's very funny and Janet is just adorable) Smartest Man in the World (Greg Proops is awesome) Gravid Water (Improv show combining scenes from real plays with improvisors, both Scott Adsit and Ian Roberts were hilarious, and the Pam equivalent from the British Office was one of the actors) Risk! (More Kumail and Proops, and some really awesome local comics telling stories) It was super fun, though I wish I had taken a chance to talk to Janet Varney and tell her how great she was (I saw her later in the day after JV Club). I don't know when I'll be back, because the friend I was staying with is moving to LA pretty soon, but one of my improv goals is to eventually perform there.
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The Mutato posted:Oh god never take dating advice from Dan Harmon. I dunno, Erin McGathy seems pretty awesome.
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Every time I think about HarmonTown, which ive never listened to, I picture Bill Lawrence and that makes me wanna like it and also never listen so as to not spoil it.
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FrensaGeran posted:Bill Burr canceled his shows at the Largo this weekend. Guessing he got more acting work.
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Burr crushed it on Conan last night. It was heartwarming and a little sad to see him fighting to hold back tears when talking about the Patrice benefit show he were doing.
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Did my first open mic last week. Pretty big thrill. I was fully prepared to get silence if it came to that but for the most part all the places where I hoped for a laugh, there were laughs, and in a couple of other places too. About 30 people in the room, about half of which were other performers. Had my girlfriend record it... luckily it came out to just under the allotted time because I don't think I would have been able to see them giving me lights, as the lighting on the stage was practically blinding me any way.
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Shovelbearer posted:Did my first open mic last week. Pretty big thrill. I was fully prepared to get silence if it came to that but for the most part all the places where I hoped for a laugh, there were laughs, and in a couple of other places too. About 30 people in the room, about half of which were other performers. Had my girlfriend record it... luckily it came out to just under the allotted time because I don't think I would have been able to see them giving me lights, as the lighting on the stage was practically blinding me any way. Cool, what city?
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Shovelbearer posted:luckily it came out to just under the allotted time because I don't think I would have been able to see them giving me lights, as the lighting on the stage was practically blinding me any way. And keep going, because you'll get to see the shittily named novely acts on the sign-up sheet (my favorite so far has been "SHOWBIZ!"), or the meltdowns people have after not getting stage time for weeks. caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Feb 16, 2013 |
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rear end Catchcum posted:Cool, what city? Nashville, specifically at a dive bar called the Springwater Supper Club. I had gone to the previous open mic to scope out where the bar was set, and, well, almost everyone that night was so awful that I was like "I can do this for sure." The night I did was a lot better from top to bottom though.
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Congratulations for popping your open mic cherries, guys. I have a good deal of material written but I'm not personally a fan of all of it-- I need to make it stronger. At the end of the day, if I think my jokes are funny, then I could go up, perform in front of a dead silent audience, and feel accomplished and proud. It's inevitable that you're going to "bomb"-- just comes with the territory. Whether or not you let it keep you from getting on stage again, is the determining factor. And the more you do it, the better you'll get. Really, the only way to work out kinks and make your jokes the best they can be is to work the material in front of audiences. Every successful comedian has bombed multiple times in their career.
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escape artist posted:Every successful comedian has bombed multiple times in their career. In a weird way I look forward to that first bomb. Will signify the end of beginner's luck.
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Shovelbearer posted:In a weird way I look forward to that first bomb. Will signify the end of beginner's luck. Plus it's humbling, and it's a necessary way to thicken your skin, in a profession that requires thick skin.
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caligulamprey posted:I got up for the first time a month ago and I have to say, if you ever wanted to try and open mic but were afraid at the idea of being in front of dozens/hundreds of people, go on ahead because the lighting is so goddamn blinding, you'll feel like you're in an empty room no matter what. I love that you mentioned this because the blinding thing happened to me too. It actually kind of delights me every time I see someone do their first 5 minutes, because when I talk to them there seems to be a high chance they'll mention the same thing.
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escape artist posted:Congratulations for popping your open mic cherries, guys. I have a good deal of material written but I'm not personally a fan of all of it-- I need to make it stronger. Bob The Sun posted:I love that you mentioned this because the blinding thing happened to me too. It actually kind of delights me every time I see someone do their first 5 minutes, because when I talk to them there seems to be a high chance they'll mention the same thing.
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Trailer for the new Louis C.K HBO Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEtAfAa67TY
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Sporadic posted:Trailer for the new Louis C.K HBO Special Hahaha, that was great. I was a little weirded out seeing him in a suit in the thumbnail preview, but that came together nicely.
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BobTheCow posted:Hahaha, that was great. I was a little weirded out seeing him in a suit in the thumbnail preview, but that came together nicely. (Also, I may be in the trailer, but also might be just out of the shot -- haven't tried to freeze frame and look for a tiny image of myself yet.)
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Have you guys seen The Unbookables? What'd you think? Andy and Sean are my favorite. I actually saw Brett live a few years before the documentary came out. The crowd treated him like poo poo and I had to tell some drunken strangers to shut the gently caress up because I wanted to hear the jokes. Any other work by them I should check out, or similar comedy documentaries?
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I posted a couple of months ago that I was heading to LA and trying to figure out who/what to see, but figured I'd post again now that most venues have a schedule up. I'm a big JFL-goer, so I'm excited to see pretty much anyone live - would love to pick the brains of any LA locals. Hope this isn't considered a bad use of the thread. We're up April 5 and 6, and the interesting shows at Largo were sold out. UCB's schedule just went up, so we booked into ASSSSCAT! and a live Super Ego. Trying to pack in as much as we can - is the Comedy Store late Saturday show a good bet? Or are there better spots to go for an early/late Friday/Saturday comedy show? Checked the Splitsider guide to the LA comedy scene, but checking to see if anyone here knows better - especially for those particular nights. Sad to just miss the Chelsea Peretti show Thursday at UCB. Piquai Souban fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Mar 18, 2013 |
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Just check http://www.thecomedybureau.com/ the week you're in LA.
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:Just check http://www.thecomedybureau.com/ the week you're in LA.  - exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Has anyone seen Amy Schumer live? The AV Club just mentioned she's touring in the first few months of 2013, and she'll be in my town in April. My wife and I LOVED her recent special, "Mostly Sex Stuff," but I was just hoping she'd have new material for this tour. drat, Amy Schumer canceled her tour date in Orlando, and I just got the automatic refund on our tickets. It was kind of an expensive show, but we were still psyched to see her. I wonder what happened.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:drat, Amy Schumer canceled her tour date in Orlando, and I just got the automatic refund on our tickets. It was kind of an expensive show, but we were still psyched to see her. I wonder what happened. Oh goddammit. You and me could have hung out at the show. Motherfucker.
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escape artist posted:Oh goddammit. You and me could have hung out at the show. Do you ever go to comedy stuff in Orlando? I saw Jim Gaffigan at the Hard Rock and Josh Blue at the Improv last year, but I hardly ever go out anywhere or do anything anymore.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Do you ever go to comedy stuff in Orlando? I saw Jim Gaffigan at the Hard Rock and Josh Blue at the Improv last year, but I hardly ever go out anywhere or do anything anymore. No, because there isn't a lot of comedy stuff around here. Last person I saw was Doug Stanhope in 2008. Seth Meyers was in town earlier this week but uhhh... I don't like him. Paul Mooney did four shows in town last week, and I found out the day after he did his last show. I love live comedy though. It's so much better than watching it on TV or listening to an album (which is still amazing). You can't match that electric atmosphere. I've seen Todd Barry, Louis CK, Patton Oswalt and John Mulaney, back in September of '07. Within a week of each other. Every one was great. I might just start going to the Improv to see random, no-name comics.
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escape artist posted:No, because there isn't a lot of comedy stuff around here. Last person I saw was Doug Stanhope in 2008. I'd go once in a while, but I'm on the far side of town from it. I believe the Drunken Monkey coffeehouse on Bumby has a stand-up open mic night, and there's also the comedy club in that hotel off I-4 on West Colonial (downtown) that sometimes gives away free tickets. I've gone to SAK a handful of times, but I'm just not as into the clean improv comedy they perform. I've traveled to see Louis CK (Tampa last fall, and I just happened to be in Baltimore the same night he was there the year before), and I caught Donald Glover, Aziz Ansari, Hannibal Burress, and D.C. Pierson at the South Beach Comedy Festival last year. Back in Gainesville in the late '90s, I was lucky to see George Carlin (he was still awesome) and Bill Cosby (long past his prime).
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I'd go once in a while, but I'm on the far side of town from it. I believe the Drunken Monkey coffeehouse on Bumby has a stand-up open mic night, and there's also the comedy club in that hotel off I-4 on West Colonial (downtown) that sometimes gives away free tickets. I've gone to SAK a handful of times, but I'm just not as into the clean improv comedy they perform. Good lord, dude... I just checked ticket prices for upcoming shows. Amy canceled her show, right? Bo Burnham is playing at the end of May, for $30. Daniel Tosh's shows at the Bob Carr start at $73 a piece. I wouldn't pay that much to see any comedian.
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escape artist posted:Good lord, dude... I just checked ticket prices for upcoming shows. Amy canceled her show, right? I'd pay that much not to see Tosh, but he's probably one of the top two or three stand-ups in the country right now, having cashed in on the Dane Cook douche-bro market. And yes, unfortunately Amy canceled -- I got all the automated e-mails from the venue and from Ticketfly, and they already refunded my money.
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I think Tosh is actually incredibly talented and original. Nothing like Dane Cook at all. I mean, I can understand why you wouldn't like him, but that's unfair. Dane Cook is a joke, and a joke thief.
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Yea I'm not a huge fan of him but the dude is original and has a talent that shows in places, it's unfair to compare him to a dude who's bit is YELLING REALLY LOUD and stealing jokes.
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If you haven't seen his stand-up, you should. It's way, way better than his Tosh.0 show. I only watch Tosh.0 when I'm drunk and there is literally nothing else to do.
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Fair enough. I've only seen him on Tosh.0, so it's possible his stand-up is better than I thought. I'm inclined to dislike him because of his public persona, though.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Fair enough. I've only seen him on Tosh.0, so it's possible his stand-up is better than I thought. I'm inclined to dislike him because of his public persona, though. I was absolutely the same way. First time I saw him was when he did a radio show in 2007 or 2008, and I thought "man this guy is a full-of-himself douche bag." Eventually, I realized it was part of his act. One time he did stand-up at my college, his alma mater, and trashed it and the student body... which naturally made me like him a lot more. He hasn't been invited back  I wish I had gone to that show because it was probably the last show he did in this town that I could afford.
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Kristen Schaal's special was the poo poo. Highly recommended if you like absurdist comedy.
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:Kristen Schaal's special was the poo poo. Highly recommended if you like absurdist comedy. I thought the first half was brilliant, but the stage fright bit was so long, and the switch in tone from really good humor to anti-humor was jarring, to the point that it didn't work. The part with the girl from the audience doing comedy was great, but it was book-ended by terrible. I was really excited and then really sad-- I've been waiting for a Kristen Schaal special for 5 years.
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