BTW, before you book your plane tickets for MSP, I gotta push back the date a Monday or two. None of my closest friends will be able to make it on the 13th.

Ytf,


Uh, not a fan.

bobby hostess?

Works better if you edit it down a bit.

Well it's a lot easier to pay for hookers when you don't have to tap your 401k at Krispy Kreme.

See YTF, even really funny people miss on a joke sometimes!

Also, yeah...no on that BJ bit.

You could make a skit about how you asked a gambling forum for advice on your stand up

Apparently no date works for anyone I know (iow, I'm pretty slow at taking the hint), so since I'd already arranged my own schedule around the 13th (a week from tomorrow), I'm going with that.

t0ne,

lol, I was going to make a comment about that, but decided not to since Spaceman has been totally crushing it with all his other suggestions.

+1 on the Spaceman joke. It was good in a way to see he's not absolutely perfect. 99% is close enough.

Joe Pesci's name came up in the break room tonight, and I reflexively launced into my Joe Pesci impression, which always kills, and it hit me that I have to somehow figure out a way to crowbar it into this set. I don't even care that Jim Breuer and Artie Lange do it.

"We hired a kid at work named Henry. He's a great kid, I love him...but I just cannot say his name without turning into Joe Pesci. 'Henry! Henry! What kind of people are these, Henry? What am I asking for, Henry? I'm asking a favor, I do a lot of favors for you Henry!'"

could be funny. i'd do the the part from outside the bahama breeze. that's the best one, outside of funny like a clown.

Don't you mean "Hendry"?

When do we get to view the new set?

It's getting late. Not much time left for us to rip it apart so you need to rewrite it.

Ytf,

I don't think it's that great an idea to try and work in one random impersonation, but if you insist on doing it id say go with "do I amuse you?" since that's prob the most recognizable bit.

If you're really great at it, you could lead or end with it. Don't worry about a big joke/intro/story, a great impersonation is good enough. "I decided to come to my first open mic night because people are always saying I'm funny..."

"How am I funny?" is his most famous scene, but he keeps his voice low and stern in it. My impression is funny when he's yelling and getting operatic. Even a line like, "So it was either wear the leather jacket,which I know you hate, or. ....this!", because he practically sings it,and mimicking his rhythm is more important/recognizable than his voice (and his/my accent peeks through on "leather").

Watch that scene in the desert when he's yelling at DeNiro,he sings that whole scene. "You know I get calls from back home every ****ing day, they think you went bat ****!"

(When I'm at parties, I'll pull up that scene on YouTube, mute the sound, and voice both parts like a cartoon. It kills every time. )

YTF, at the risk of what has been suggested to you previously itt, you don't need to turn every bit into an oratory.

Hit-and-run.
Catch-and-release.

Your delivery seems tailor made for that approach, not lengthy story-telling.

Good luck!

Pesci voice could be used as part of your current jokes. Like, you could say watching an idiot on Jeopardy instantly causes you to scream at the TV like Joe Pesci. Pesci voice could also be used to mimic the gas pump asking you questions antagonistically, or the station owner. "He wants a car wash? In this ****ing weather?"

Watched video. Legit loled at "does the car wash even work in -10". That joke kinda sucked overall but your delivery was really good.

"Pepper, Doctor" was the funniest thing in this thread so far. If you used that punchline, the Jeopardy set up may be worth it IMHO.

+1 on fat jokes

Good luck, you have balls to try this

I find YTF's (perception of his) life just completely fascinating. It's like this is an offshoot of the way he used to perceive his old eating habits.

YTF, please don't do a Joe Pesci impression unless it serves a larger joke, as Spaceman suggested.

Spaceman,


Back to form with a great suggestion!

Heh, Pesci voice is out. I just recorded myself doing it, and it's the first time I've ever heard it that way, and it doesn't sound anything like Joe Pesci. Shame on me for daring to mention my name alongside Bruer's and Lange's.

Video is uploading now (its me doing the cartoon thing), I'll post it when it's done, because it's still kind of fun. But that "impression" doesn't belong anywhere near a stage. I guess it gets laughs IRL for other reasons:

--people are shocked to hear profanity at such high volumes (especially the racial slur at the end)
--people are shocked that I can do all that from memory, like Rain Man doing Who's on First. It's like when I do We Didn't Start the Fire at karaoke, people are less impressed by my singing than the fact that I can do that song without looking at the words on the screen.

Admit it, you change that one lyric to "Boston's got a winning team."

Why didn't I think of that? ?? Can't wait to start doing that, thanks!



Do not adjust your set,the video is crap...but obscuring their lips was a happy accident!