I debated about heading out tonight, and decided to head out based on the fact that my wife wasn’t home and I wasn’t hungry after work. I didn’t bring my notes but just jotted down some that I remembered.
First spot was NY Comedy Club. About 10 people saw me and I did not fare that well. But I wasn’t too disappointed I guess, possibly because I didn’t expect much from the crowd and also because I’m used to it. I don’t want to blame the “crowd” but the guy after me was sooo depressed about the atmosphere. He was an 18-year-old kid, big black kid, who really did not want to be up there. He didn’t even really do any material and just talked about how depressing it was and how his mom was calling him to come home. Since other comics who went before me bolted soon after their sets, I ventured off to another mic myself soon after that guy.
I walked up 10 blocks to 1-Republik, my first time there. It was a fairly crowded mic and although I was one of the last to go up, the crowd was still there. The mic here is 4 minutes, which means I got lighted by the host after 3, indicating that I had a minute left. I ended up doing all Jesus jokes, which may have come off as being too Christian for the open mic scene, but I didn’t do too bad, I suppose. I’ll write more about the Jesus jokes next time, since tonight’s topic is E-Mail. E-Mail is the guy I met a couple of weeks ago who asked for my E-Mail and talked to me about starting an open mic in the city. I talked to him for quite a bit, walking together after the show. And he asked me for my number. I’ve gotten business cards and E-Mail addresses a couple of times, but never a phone number. Could it be that I have my first comedy friend? He doesn’t seem part of the comedy clique and seems like a nice guy. We shall see, I’m sure I’ll run into him again.
Next up on my schedule is this Thursday, back at Broadway Comedy Club.
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