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Originally Posted by EddyB66
Good stuff. Good stage presence.
Thanks, I appreciate that coming from a working comic.
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Originally Posted by Coasterbrad
Thanks. I'll PM you. Don't want to hijack your thread.
Do you have any other big gigs planned yet? Hopefully this appearance will net you some more opportunities.
I don't have any big gigs planned yet, but some nice things have already happened in the last 5 days:
-I was contacted by the manager of a chain of comedy clubs who loved the set and wants to book me for his clubs.
-I was passed at a club in NYC
-I was booked for a show in NYC that has a lot of buzz and big time guests regularly
-I was offered by a headliner who was on my show to feature for him on some of his road gigs
-I was given a nice, albeit small, blurb by well-known comedy writer Jeffrey Gurian:
"Also very funny"
As far as the comments that criticize my material, I appreciate the honesty, although it's tough to hear that such and such joke was "awful" or "a train wreck." That seems pretty harsh. These aren't jokes I just scribbled out and tried at an open mic. These are things I've worked on for months or years, and included because they consistently do very well, just as they did on this night. If a joke seemed to offend the crowd because you heard some groans, it doesn't mean that it offends most crowds, and keep in mind that the audience mics were placed in just a few areas and one was right above the lady who heckled me (which is why you could actually hear her comment on the tape). The response in the room was overwhelmingly positive on that joke. Anyway, you all have the right to your opinions and that's fine. So if you want to pick apart my set, go ahead, and if you want to ask me questions about the experience then I'll answer those.