Dr Dremo's Wednesday

Last night went very well.

I was 14^th out of 15 people. The show lasted for over 2 hours. I went on at about hour 1:45. At this point, everyone had been through such a whirlwind of varying comedic talent that I could tell they were pretty beat. About half the audience had already left, so that was also lame. But I still managed to pull out a decent set. I certainly didn’t kill, but I got good laughs at roughly half of my jokes. My new bit about the exclamation mark being gay went over very well, which I was really happy about. I totally fucked up my joke about the guy crashing into the restaurant, and I didn’t even realize it until I got offstage. I was standing up there wondering why nobody even chuckled half-heartedly, until I realized that I had left out a crucial line in my setup. To be fair, I think that joke was lame anyway. I love the premise, but I am going to have to approach it from a totally new angle. In other news, my drunk joke went over not-terribly-well for the first time, which made me sad, especially because it included my first bit of crowd work ever. I said “I’m sort of an inappropriate drunk,” at which point a girl let out a yell from the front table. I was all “hey, so are you, you yell at shows!” It was amazing. Clearly I have a gift for this business. Oh, and my Vitruvian man joke did really well again, so I am happy. I like that one a lot as an opener, so I’m keeping it there. Exclamation mark is a good second bit, so that’s set as well. And I’m keeping Drunk as a closer, cause fuck you guys, that’s why.

Anyway, Katie Reisner is coming to my potential show tonight, and Dryer and Tess may join her. This is notable mostly because Katie is the “best potential audience member at any open mic night ever.” This is mostly due to her beauty. Also it has a little something to do with the fact that she laughs louder and more often than any living human. Anyway, cause for excitement. My set will be the bits that worked last night plus some new/previously bad stuff in the middle that I want to work on.

I wish all the other comics had stuck around last night, I am desperate for pointers. Oh well. They’ve seen plenty of shitty comedians; they don’t need to see another.