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Has anyone here ever tried doing standup?
    #22351452 - 10/08/15 06:49 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

How did you start, where and how did you find places to go to do it? I've been looking all around my state for open mics since you clearly aren't going to be paid or get booked just starting out and there's only so many comedy clubs and most don't do open mics.

Anyone who tried it have any tips on how to get started? I have tried writing jokes and probably have a few hundred written down in a small notebook but the closest I've ever got to performing them was in a conversation with a group of people if the topic fit one that I wrote, I usually get laughs that way but I need to perform them for an audience and learn how to deliver them properly when it's a one way conversation/story because that's a totally different ball game and much much harder to accomplish to a group of strangers who don't know your personality.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351469 - 10/08/15 06:50 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Most people go to open mic nights to start out I think.

Ask Vandango.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22351476 - 10/08/15 06:52 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I've already PMed him but he hasn't signed on in 4 days, I know I'll have to do open mics but I can't even really find a place that does open mic nights, and every comedy place I have found that is even close to me doesn't do them.

Worst case I would travel far to do it because it's something I have to attempt even though I know I'll bomb hopefully only at first.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351485 - 10/08/15 06:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I dunno what they're called, but what about those places that do like weekly talent shows or whatever?


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I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott] * 1
    #22351503 - 10/08/15 06:58 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

maybe u can try karaoke bars, just ditch the song and go straight to stand up, catch em off guard n shit


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22351520 - 10/08/15 07:01 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I know I shouldn't be picky but I feel like I would destroy my confidence in doing it if I tried at those types of places, because they perform any kind of talent I believe, where people who go to a comedy show, even at open mics, know what they're hearing is jokes and they came to laugh. People who come expecting to laugh are easier to make laugh than people who don't know what you're about to do and they came just to see a show and not particularly to laugh.

I mean worst case I really will do that and just keep trying, I just feel like it's a different type of atmosphere when people came specifically to laugh as compared to just seeing any kind of show.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: zZZz]
    #22351527 - 10/08/15 07:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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maybe u can try karaoke bars, just ditch the song and go straight to stand up, catch em off guard n shit




I probably should :lol: I feel like once I bomb I'll get over my fear of bombing and develop a fuck it type of attitude which IMO will help my stage persona much more when you aren't as nervous about fucking up. Doing that might actually end up being hilarious to the people there and work out even better, especially since the people singing are probably awful.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351532 - 10/08/15 07:03 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Look at it the other way though. If you can get that audience laughing their ass off when they didn't necessarily expect to, you're pretty good and that should build up your confidence better than at a comedy club. I doubt you'd be the only stand up person there though.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22351552 - 10/08/15 07:08 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

That's actually a really good point, didn't even think of it like that. I've always been a class clown and been told I was funny but I was never specifically trying to be, I've had an obsession with standup for literally as long as I've had memories and it's really the only form of entertainment other than music I really really enjoy and has been my dream since I was in my teens to do myself, I really just gotta build up the confidence and I feel like my IRL personality would be perfect for it if I could just act myself while performing the jokes I've written.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351577 - 10/08/15 07:14 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

World needs more good stand up comics. I love it probably as much as you do. Haven't watched much of it recently. Seems like most of my favorites are either dead or just aren't really doing much these days. I think the last time I saw a special pop up, it was Christopher Titus.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351579 - 10/08/15 07:14 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

maybe u can share some of ur jokes here?.. :strokebeard:


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22351584 - 10/08/15 07:16 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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World needs more good stand up comics. I love it probably as much as you do. Haven't watched much of it recently. Seems like most of my favorites are either dead or just aren't really doing much these days. I think the last time I saw a special pop up, it was Christopher Titus.




Seeing Bill Burr in philly on nov 6 and Joey Diaz at a small local venue in a week or two (can't remember exact date and can't find my tickets) :awedance:

I'd die to see Stanhope but he's like only touring in the UK and shit now, Louie I saw in Atlantic city last year, I know of others that are coming up that I'm going to see but they're a long ways off


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: zZZz]
    #22351591 - 10/08/15 07:17 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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maybe u can share some of ur jokes here?.. :strokebeard:




I'd be afraid to lol, I feel like the delivery is the most important part and reading them either won't make sense or won't let me display the type of exaggeration I'm going for so it'll just sound fucked up, plus that's why I'm so desperate to do them on a stage because I know they aren't perfect and I'll need to polish them up by finding out what works and what doesn't and touching up the dead spots


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351619 - 10/08/15 07:23 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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I've already PMed him but he hasn't signed on in 4 days, I know I'll have to do open mics but I can't even really find a place that does open mic nights, and every comedy place I have found that is even close to me doesn't do them.

Worst case I would travel far to do it because it's something I have to attempt even though I know I'll bomb hopefully only at first.




:undecided: hope van is OK I know he was having a rough time lately.

I would work on a routine on your own before going to a club.  the open mics I know of require that you bring a certain number of people in then they give you some stage time.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: moonrockmushy]
    #22351650 - 10/08/15 07:31 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Well that would suck, I'm the only person IRL that I know that enjoys stand up like that and I don't think I could get anyone to go with me especially to open mics.

I have all the jokes I would need for a set (hopefully they work anyway), I just don't know how to open especially because most of the jokes I like and the kind of comedy I like isn't great for opening lol, it's the type of stuff you'd have to build up to rather than start with. Plus I gotta figure out how to segue into them all because when I write them down they're usually random thoughts I get and most aren't related in the subject.


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351681 - 10/08/15 07:41 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

take a video of you doing a joke!


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351686 - 10/08/15 07:41 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Quote:

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maybe u can share some of ur jokes here?.. :strokebeard:




I'd be afraid to lol, I feel like the delivery is the most important part and reading them either won't make sense or won't let me display the type of exaggeration I'm going for so it'll just sound fucked up, plus that's why I'm so desperate to do them on a stage because I know they aren't perfect and I'll need to polish them up by finding out what works and what doesn't and touching up the dead spots




if it sounds funny on txt im sure it will be just as funny irl

maybe u can try performing them on ur own and then writing it down just as u performed it?..

i think it makes good practice either way


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: zZZz]
    #22351743 - 10/08/15 07:56 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Well since I haven't perfected this one I'll just explain the premise of it.

I was at the mall when I randomly felt something tugging on my pants, I turned around and it was like a 9-12 year old telling me he didn't know where his mom was, out of no where this lady runs up to me yelling at me saying "STAY AWAY FROM MY KID WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING"....I was confused so I stared at her blankly and just responded with "listen lady, if I was going to abduct and fuck a kid, it sure wouldn't be that ugly ass child of yours"

While writing it I know it doesn't sound that funny lol but my notebook is at my work and that's one of the most recent ones I wrote because that really happened apart from what I claimed I said back. A pedo joke probably isn't the best joke I could of showed you but as I said, I like dirty comedy :lol:


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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #22351746 - 10/08/15 07:58 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Re: Has anyone here ever tried doing standup? [Re: twighead]
    #22351874 - 10/08/15 08:33 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

A few I can remember, some aren't even finished, but IMO have potential so I wrote them down and know I can add more to them.

So there's this black guy I know....well he's the only black guy I know....which is why I felt the need to say black guy, figured It make me sound cool or something.

I was walking my dog and I saw a dad and 2 of his younger daughters....literally all walking not saying a word and just staring at their phone...made me happy about social media, helps us stay connected.

You ever know those girls that weren't hideous but weren't exactly pretty when you were younger, then you don't see them for years and somehow they magically turn into like a 12 out of 10, I found this girls facebook I haven't seen in years, I was just scrolling through her facebook like holy shit I used to know her she was hideous(act out like you're staring at a screen and start jerking off, then stare at a random girl in the audience and ask if she wants to be fb friends)

I swear tv makes people stupid, I had some friend trying to convince me about aliens coming here and basically being the answer to anything ancient people did, and everytime I'm just like, "seriously dude, lets not open up this can of retard, it's way past it's expiration date."

I used to be so self conscious as a kid, I'd be in a locker room at school like taking a piss and I'd go into the stall trying to avoid pissing next to someone, and some asshole just yells out "you got a little dick I can tell by the sound of your piss hitting the water"

These are all the ones I can remember off the top of my head, if you think they suck feel free to be honest since I kind of need honesty if they suck.


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