I think you got it right.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

do it! you'll do great! take a video and post it here if you can.

This could make a great stand up bit.

Metra puking.

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You have to train yourself.

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

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Podcast guest....

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Do it. Yolo, bruh


Ive always wanted to try too. Maybe I will someday.

That's cool shit, props to you both. Break a leg, Jeff.

W_Z, what did you feel was your best performance? Like, could you feel the crowd reacting to you or do you just hit your marks and go?

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Jeff, remember timing is everything with comedy.

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Did you bang her?

Do it Jeff. I regret not doing a class on it when I had the chance.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

i think i have it on my youtube somewhere, but my best performance was pretty short and the crowd was well oiled. i don't think the material was all that strong but they really fed off it nicely. and that's all that matters. once you get the first laugh, the rest can come easy. and if you can fire off a few good ones in a row, and get them on a roll, you can pretty much say whatever you want and people will laugh. it's just that energy that happens. that's what makes it intoxicating, too.

getting that first laugh can prove to be the most difficult thing though. those first few seconds are always the hardest. but yeah sometimes it's not about how good your material is, it's how good the crowd feels it.

Yeah, what Brick said. Whatever bad that can come of it is not as bad as regret many years later.

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Elections have consequences.

Good luck, jeffro. I say go for it at least once. Make sure you have your material ready and be confident regardless of how the crowd reacts.

I saw W_Z do stand up a few years back at Riddles. There was some good, some in the middle, and some really bad thru the nite. I remember Z got cut short (At least I thought so), but he had some funny moments. For the most part-- unless you get some drunk assholes-- the crowd is full of people that know or know of the comics so they are respectful of the fact that its very much an amateur night. It tends to be similar for Open Mic music nights as well.

Yeah yeah yea-eeah, every Cub fan in the world is gay

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that's good advice Frank.

I have often thought about it Eaglo, but I would probably be better as a joke writer. Give it a shot.

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@audioidkid

Me too

Do it Jeffro!

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MANY comics use setups like 'My wife tells me ...' or 'I saw this guy', but Jeff's tight five (hey buddy) will include the phrase 'so I'm on this message board, and ...'.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I don't think I would have a problem with getting in front of the crowd or creating material. I worry about the delivery.

I frequently appear before hostile crowds. I would think the skill is transferable to stand up. Here is my thought: it can be a very liberating experience if you begin with the mindset that everyone hates you and there is nothing you can say or do that will change it. You can create comedy from that absurdity and have zero fear of failure when there is no chance of success.

It is almost like the last scene in a movie where the hero is cornered, realizes escape is not possible and decides to go down swinging.

I'm not saying you have to hate your audience, although some comics have had success with that mindset. I would say the analogy is that you are doing stand up for Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Thanks everyone for the advice. No, I didn't bang her but.........perhaps if I'm funny enough or she offers to have me up for coffee.

"So uh, message boards.........what's up with that?!!!"

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

Perhaps a bit where a man has to puke whenever a train comes by or when he's near a train station?

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

Opening from Pasta (circa 1978): Thanks everybody. It's my 2nd time up here. I thought the crowd loved me the first time. I kept hearing "more,more". It turns out it was some guy yelling "whore,whore". He was trying to flag down a waitress.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Who cares what others think. Life is too short. Go for it and have fun. You never know you might have fun and bee good at the same time.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

OR you might get judged by a group of strangers as a weirdo. You know,like on here.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I have been called wierd my entire life you get used to it after 30-40 years

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Yeah,I stopped worrying what people think about me quite some time ago.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."