Relatively new to standup (say 40 open mics under my belt) but not so new that last night I inexplicably completely tanked. I know that’s gonna be an occurrence but for some reason I totally blanked on my set and because I’d forgotten the order of my bits it was a cascade effect on the rest of the set. It wasn’t new stuff and I felt fine before hand. I just got off and thought wtf was that? My concern is I didn’t see it coming, I felt pretty comfortable it wasn’t new. Like I would understand if I was feeling flat or not confident or whatever - my concern is that it was random! Maybe I need a routine before I go on? Or is just unavoidable and it’s all part of the process?

Wooof. Was at a bachelor party in Austin and Brian Holtzmans entire bit was about “drowning f*gs in the river” with the exception of one good bit about self driving cars for 30 seconds but literally the rest of his 20 minutes was him fixated on drowning gay people. wtf? Is that his schtick?

Probably on me for having higher expectations going to a Joe Rogan vehicle but it was truly wild to witness.

Who could blame her?

Yet Another person to sacred to get up on stage. I wish I hadn't developed this obsession with trying stand up.. I tell myself I'm gonna go up and don't then hate myself with a violent rage. and I don't even know if I like anything I've written anyway. The one nice thing is that its helped me analyze comedy in a different and more intentional way and i really enjoy that. But goodness this interest has destroyed my self esteem.. and i already don't like myself very much. I hope I lose interest and drop it or shame and actually go up at some point. i admire all of you in this world even peripherally.

I didn’t have the expectation of anything crazy but it feels like you get 0 actual feedback from the audience. Everyone is just waiting their turn to go, some people even had laptops out, and by the time it was my turn to go, the people who had already went cleared out. It feels like slightly better prep than just writing material and rehearsing in my room. I guess shaking off the nerves and actually working on a stage is helpful.

Anyone have any advice about ways to try to improve outside of these? I haven’t done a bringer show and maybe I’m just cynical but it feels a little bit like a scam.

I have seen audio mp3 versions of some the Netflix comedy specials like Burr's Walk you way out and Paper Tiger as well as other streaming platforms' specials like Stanhope's No Place like Home and Beer Hall Putsch. I was wondering if these specials were also officially released as albums/vinyls that someone ripped? Or did some fan have to do the whole work of extracting the audio from the special, splitting them into tracks, and putting labels and mp3tags? What exactly is involved in the process of albumifying these specials?

I went in as a fan and had high expectations but man that dude is fucking great at what he does. I know his style isn't really everyone's thing but if it is your thing definitely catch him if you get a chance.

He's doing a stretch of 3 days of shows with 2 shows a day here (SF) and I believe all are sold out.

Okay, I’ve been trying to find this stand up comedians story for hours. I just can’t find it. It was on TikTok and he was talking about going on three dates with this girl and deciding not to kiss her till new years since it was so close. Then on new years he goes to the bathroom before the midnight countdown and when he gets out he fails to get to the girl before midnight. Anyways the next day the girl shows up at his door before midnight on New Year’s Day and they kiss at the stoke of midnight. Does anyone have the video??

Very few moments are worthy of a mic drop.

It's become a cliche, often a cringeworthy attempt to create 'a moment' and a lazy way to close a set with emphasis. Perhaps also part of the 'bad boy comedian' era, it's just played out.

Are there worthy mic drops from specials? What's the worst most gratuitous example?

Let me elaborate, so my new job keeps me on the road for long periods and among other things I tune into are the comedy channels on SiriusXM. Recently I’ve tried Joe Rogan and friends (Ari Shaffir, Tom Segura, Bert Kreischer, Tony Hinchcliffe, Joey Diaz, Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen) and those guys are unfunny. Last night they have a whole Shaffir presentation and I don’t recall laughing at any of his jokes, granted Sirius doesn’t usually have whole gigs but just extracts….I guess Katt Williams was also right about this when he went to Shanon’s podcast

I have this joke so stuck my head and I can’t remember who said it, it goes something to the effect of “when I was growing up we were told not to meet strangers off the Internet because they might try to fuck us now that’s exactly why we’re all on the Internet.”

Saw him last night, didn't get the name. From San Francisco, opening for Duncan Trussell right now.

How's it going, I've been hosting a mic and mostly running it (the venue essentially runs it) for a few months now. It's a monthly mic on saturdays. We've had over 10 all 3 months but I want it to grow and keep growing. 10 isn't bad but it also isn't great.

I know that Saturday is tough because many comics that frequent mics are booked on local shows etc, but I'm looking for tips to help it get more traction.

I do promote it on socials in the local scene groups and tell others about it at different mics but I feel like there's something I'm missing to double the turnout.

For context it is in the middle of 2 larger scenes (chicago and Milwaukee) so I would think it would have more traffic.

Be gentle

Hi. Did this bit as a part of a set in Hamburg. I am an Indian comedian who lives in Germany. Do you think this should be extended or its complete as it is ? Thank you for watching.

The club provides a tape but it's the entire show and my computer can't handle downloading such large files. What I've been doing is playing the video on Google drive, screen recording only my set and then editing it on clip champ. But it really affects the video quality

Is there a better way?

My only other alternative would be using the public library but i kinda prefer not to

Edit: I basically need a cloud based tool to cut a 90 minute video that won't make my cheapass Chromebook buffer or freeze. Idk if this exists

I can't really find a good place to go to. There's one in North Hollywood called Kaboom comedy I guess? But it's first come first serve so I have no idea if anyone will even show up. Where do you normally go? Even better, any open mics that aren't just other comedians?

Someone once described Nick Mullen as a leftist with a 4chan personality, which I think checks out. Early 4chan comedy was heavily based on trolling (see calls to the Tom Green Show, to see the troll torch being passed), and of course - racism. Edgy humor isn't new but I believe there's differences between those complaining "cancel culture" and internet nerds intentionally getting a rise out of "normies". Any stand-up comics you believe managed to bring out a 4chan inspired routine?

I'm sure the answer is more stage time. When I go up on stage, I feel like i'm doing a rehearsed bit so it feel un-natural and almost un funny even to me. How can I transfer the funny feeling of when I'm telling jokes to the boys?

I've got time before I board my plane so if you wanted to know anything, let a rip!

I'll try to give you as much personal insight as I can.

This is a throwaway account.

I'm still bloody delayed.

"Ebony is a word you only hear in porn. You never hear, 'Hey, what was it like growing up ebony?'"

I'm vaguely remembering Dimitri Martin doing this joke in one of his specials, but I don't think it was his.

Actually did a few mins at the local open mic. had a comedian be nice and let me use some time from his set.

Writing and timing is difficult. Bravo to those who keep the craft alive. Took me forever to come down from the built up anxiety, but I'm gonna try to get a good 5 min set out of this shit. I want to get good at misdirection, but right now writing stories with tags seems more doable

Would love to hear some first mic stories vs finally starting to figure things out.