The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Went to an open mic at The Comedy Cellar, a mic that I was warned was pretty brutal - was it? Read on and find out.

It was brutal (I'm not gonna string along my readers).

Big turnout, about 25 or so comics. No one laughed. Seriously. Some comics did their whole set in complete silence. A few are the type to laugh at their own jokes which just made it all the more painful to watch. Several comedians moronically commented, like, "C'mon guys, that was a good joke," as if we'd realize the error of our ways and start laughing hysterically.

One comic appeared to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown. After every few poor received jokes, he said (apparently to himself), "That's okay, that's okay, just keep going." His entire act was recounting an IM conversation he had with a girl. Any word stronger than "brutal" would describe it. He kept going, "And then I said....and then she said....and then I said..." and of course, none of it was remotely humorous.

One older guy kept having to pull up his pants. If his shirt wasn't as long as it was, the evening might've been even been Uglier.

That was The Ugly.

The Bad was that I forgot a joke midway through. Thankfully, I had my noted with my onstage (as a lot of comics do) since I haven't done my "work stuff" in a while, so I just consulted them and carried on.

Also Bad (maybe Ugly) was that I went towards the end...by the time I got onstage, there were maybe 8 people there.

The Good? I got about as many laughs as anyone (not saying much). My new "Vegas stuff" is a good opener and my "job/daughter/stripper" bit got decent laughs (which means at least two people laughed).

Rock On,

Aitch

P.S. Funny sidenote to my TV appearance the other evening. I had told people at the dog park to watch for it on channel 35. Bronwen went to the dog park yesterday and one older guy told her that he turned it on and saw naked women. He said he turned it off immediately but wondered if I was doing porn.
(okay, he didn't say that,...but he prolly thought it)