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At 9/25/09 03:49 PM, Nev wrote: Wahey, new people posting. Keep it up ya buggers :).

At 9/24/09 10:16 PM, Spune wrote: Look out for Hamish Steele in the listings. I still haven't got my set fully done yet (obviously... got a whole year) but it's probably gonna be called "Attention Seeker".

I'll keep an eye out for you.

But apart from performing at the fringe, I went to see some great stand ups... Steward Lee, Richard Herring

Jealous!
Though I'm seeing Stew myself in November. But I've missed out on seeing Richard so many times now :(.
Wasn't his show something to do with taking the Hitler tache back?

But our all time favourite comedian was Tim Key. He's hard to explain, just look him up on You Tube.

I'm not sure how good I'd find Tim Key on a stage just because of how slow his stuff seems to be, and because I'm only used to seeing his little bits on Screenwipe there would be a whole lack of the weird visual thing he does too.

Yeah his routine was about taking back the 'toothbrush mustache' most famously used by comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was really great but then that's what you've come to expect.

Tim Key is actually the opposite of slow, his set was so fast paced. Some poems lasted seconds so it was really was value for money with amount of content. He also showed some short films and some great little visual gags. Top bloke, hope he gets more famous.

At 9/24/09 10:44 PM, Elfer wrote: !

Someone else who has actually performed! I did a bit of stand-up when I was 16 and 17, but didn't really continue in university as I got wrapped up in writing for a comedy paper instead.

What was the weirdest show you've ever done? Mine was some event at my high school, and it was primarily a music event (i.e. zero people who went there to see comedy). I get there and ask them what the schedule is supposed to be, and the conversation basically went like this:

<Organizer> Oh yeah, okay, we put you down for a thirty minute slot. And you're on first.
<Me> What.

I knew there was no way I could go on for a cold crowd that was expecting only bands, so after some quick negotiating, I convinced him to put someone else on for a song first and break my set into two fifteen minute blocks, and ran off to hammer out two set lists, which due to the HUGE time slot consisted of almost all new material.

A few jokes flopped, but for the most part things went surprisingly well, all things considered.

I guess I had a slightly weird situation when I had prepared a 2 minute routine but then the guy said I had 45 minutes. I did the full 45 just using ALL my material. It started out weird but got really good. I'm pretty confident.

So, does anyone have any tips for a young guy wanting to get in on the business? I'm 16 right now, and I've heard the traditional "Open Mic Night" advice, but is there anything else I can do? Any good ways to prepare for the future?

Too bad you guys are not french speaking and from Quebec, because we got the best Stand Up Comedy in the world :D

At 9/28/09 06:54 PM, puddinN64 wrote: So, does anyone have any tips for a young guy wanting to get in on the business? I'm 16 right now, and I've heard the traditional "Open Mic Night" advice, but is there anything else I can do? Any good ways to prepare for the future?

- Carry a notebook and pen everywhere. Write everything down without worrying whether or not it's good enough, and sort out the good ones later. Eventually you want to build up roughly 45 minutes to an hour of solid material with no filler. This will let you tailor a short set to a specific audience, and do a long set when you need to.
- Obsess over the words you use. Good delivery can't save a bad joke, but bad delivery will ruin a good joke. The words you speak should flow, they should feel good in your ear, they should pop in all the right places, etc. Obviously your entire routine doesn't need to be memorized down to the letter, but there's certain lines and phrases that you're going to want to hit just right.

It might sound like just general advice, but that kind of polish is what separates a good act from one that seems clumsy and amateurish. George Carlin is a great example of someone that was very well-liked by audiences because even if not everyone liked his material that much, everything he said on stage was delivered almost flawlessly.

At 9/29/09 10:38 AM, Elfer wrote: George Carlin is a great example of someone that was very well-liked by audiences because even if not everyone liked his material that much, everything he said on stage was delivered almost flawlessly.

PUSSY FARTS!

I heard on one of the Seinfeld DVD extras that Jerry would force himself to sit at his desk and work for however many hours every day. Then filter out the bad stuff, etc (basically what you said).

So, I'm seeing Stewart Lee tonight :D. Last time I saw him my throat was sore from laughing, I predict a similar pain tonight :).

Gaelic: language of the gays

At 11/4/09 06:57 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Gaelic: language of the gays

And William Wallace was a paedophile :P.

He was very good. The show didn't hit the highs of either Stand Up Comedian or 90's Comedian, but it was either better or just as good as 41st Best Stand Up Ever.

It was funny, but Stewart can say anything and I'll laugh. But the topics weren't as memorable as 9/11 or Religion as in the first two shows of his I mentioned.

I'll join.
<3 George Carlin.