Great Basin Brewing Company 10.21.04
There’s a new clip available in the video secion of the site. It’s my latest standup.
I think I’m really starting to find a groove with my performances. One of the other comics came up to me later that night and told me, “you say a lot of offensive stuff- but you make the audience like you so you get away with it.” I took that as a HUGE compliment because that’s what I go for.
I love it when you can joke about something and make people feel a little guilty they just laughed. That means you’ve taken them somewhere new. They might have found it funny before but didn’t figure they had permission to laugh. That’s my favorite stuff. The forbidden laugh.
Thing is, my stuff has been getting more offensive, but that’s how I think. All of my closest friends know that. It’s just that most of the time I have to work really hard at censoring myself because most people wouldn’t understand an unedited stream of Ed.
From the stage, though, they let you get away with it. They let you give them permission to laugh at all the off-limits stuff.
This set was a little wonky for me since I got nervous. I haven’t felt that nervous in a while. I head over to this place right after a 3 hour class which is after a full workday. I don’t have time to think it through- I just hurry over there, grab a beer and go up on stage.
It was cool though. The audience was generous with the laughs and from what I can tell watching it the fear didn’t show up too much. The worst it does is just keep me from thinking about what to talk about next. I can’t wait until I’ve done it enough that I can just think up bits while on stage.
October 26th, 2004 at 2:05 pm
Not bad, the haircut joke had me rolling on the floor!
October 26th, 2004 at 2:25 pm
Hopefully the rolling on the floor had to do with laughing and not some sort of pain.
Or worse, some sick fixation on me.
Either way, though, THANKS!