Who Likes Beans? I sure do.
Last night was the Aspen showcase taping at the DC Improv. It was great. The crowd was great too, particularly (in alphabetical order) Lauren and T.J.
I went first, which isn't exactly a desireable place in a lineup. I didn't care though. I had a good set, but with about 45 seconds left in my last bit, I had a brain lapse. I completely forgot my joke and started improvising. This didn't happen because I don't know my joke. It happened because I looked at the corner of the stage and saw a case of cereal sitting about 6 feet from me. Then the following thought process took place: "Why the hell is there cereal on stage. Is this one of those donate a box of cereal and get in for half price types of shows? Why would they keep that on stage? Isn't cereal perishable? Shouldn't they have done canned goods instead? Whoa, is that Batman cereal? That's was only sold for about a month in 1989. Someone is playing a trick on me. Actually, I'm pretty hungry. How can I get that box of Batman cereal off stage without looking like I'm stealing from the homeless. Eating 16 year old cereal is more impressive than my friend John doing shots of butter over the weekend." That went through my head while I was doing the joke. I then realized that they belonged to funny comedian Bob Somerby, who would be using them in his set. Next time, let's warn the other comics that cereal is going to be on stage, okay Bob?
Everyone did well last night. Rob Duffett emceed like it was his job. And it was, so that worked out nicely. Joe Recca, Matt Kazam, Erik Myers, Erin Jackson, Al Goodwin, Jared Stern, Chris White and Roger Mursick all ripped it as well. I really liked watching a 99% clean show, and then seeing Erik say shit, fuck, and motherfucker, all in one sentence. I like it when people push the boundaries. I may be forgetting people, but everyone did well.
Nothing is more confusing than someone walking up to you to say something if they are laughing the whole time. I don't know what to do in this situation. Do I laugh to make them feel comfortable? Nothing funny is happening. Why are they laughing? The show has been over for 15 minutes. If you are one of those people, as Danny Rouhier says, "Get that shit handled."
Seriously, if you don't have any of Jeff Buckley's albums yet, get on it.
Everyone should come out to Dr. Dremos tonight... New Shit! New Shit!
Aus.
Last night was the Aspen showcase taping at the DC Improv. It was great. The crowd was great too, particularly (in alphabetical order) Lauren and T.J.
I went first, which isn't exactly a desireable place in a lineup. I didn't care though. I had a good set, but with about 45 seconds left in my last bit, I had a brain lapse. I completely forgot my joke and started improvising. This didn't happen because I don't know my joke. It happened because I looked at the corner of the stage and saw a case of cereal sitting about 6 feet from me. Then the following thought process took place: "Why the hell is there cereal on stage. Is this one of those donate a box of cereal and get in for half price types of shows? Why would they keep that on stage? Isn't cereal perishable? Shouldn't they have done canned goods instead? Whoa, is that Batman cereal? That's was only sold for about a month in 1989. Someone is playing a trick on me. Actually, I'm pretty hungry. How can I get that box of Batman cereal off stage without looking like I'm stealing from the homeless. Eating 16 year old cereal is more impressive than my friend John doing shots of butter over the weekend." That went through my head while I was doing the joke. I then realized that they belonged to funny comedian Bob Somerby, who would be using them in his set. Next time, let's warn the other comics that cereal is going to be on stage, okay Bob?
Everyone did well last night. Rob Duffett emceed like it was his job. And it was, so that worked out nicely. Joe Recca, Matt Kazam, Erik Myers, Erin Jackson, Al Goodwin, Jared Stern, Chris White and Roger Mursick all ripped it as well. I really liked watching a 99% clean show, and then seeing Erik say shit, fuck, and motherfucker, all in one sentence. I like it when people push the boundaries. I may be forgetting people, but everyone did well.
Nothing is more confusing than someone walking up to you to say something if they are laughing the whole time. I don't know what to do in this situation. Do I laugh to make them feel comfortable? Nothing funny is happening. Why are they laughing? The show has been over for 15 minutes. If you are one of those people, as Danny Rouhier says, "Get that shit handled."
Seriously, if you don't have any of Jeff Buckley's albums yet, get on it.
Everyone should come out to Dr. Dremos tonight... New Shit! New Shit!
Aus.
posted by ryanconnercomedy at 10:06 AM
1 Comments:
Ryan-
It's tearing me up inside...I need to know how a comedian uses a box of 1989 Batman cereal in his act. Holla at me.
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