I've worked on Wall Street for 15 years (btw - I make less now than I did eight years ago...that shows what a great accountant I am). Anyway, though I've only been doing comedy for four years, I'm ready to pronounce the business as shadier than Wall Street for a variety of reasons. Reason number 42,509 took place yesterday.
I answered this ad on Craigslist looking for a comic. The ad (if yer too busy or disinterested to click on the link, or if it was taken down) promised a 15 minute spot and claimed the gig was a paying one. Cool!
I wrote to the guy, and soon thereafter, he (a comic named Will Shepherd) wrote me back, asking me for my phone number. He called immediately.
Will told me about the show, the opportunity to do 15 minutes, blah, blah, blah, and said I'd get paid $5 bucks for every person who comes to see me, and, oh yeah, I have to bring five people to perform.
The only question I had was whether he would actually hear me rolling my eyes.
harris
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Didn't know Amway was branching out into comedy... you'll bring 5 friends, then they'll bring 5 friends, and so on, and so on...
man that guy is very "untrustworthy"; packaging a bringer show as a paid gig? I think I might also reply to this ad.
i'm amazed you responded to someone on craigslist. yipes! talk about SHADE-Y! those guys are so shady...um...they...um..
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