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Second Attempt at Stand-up Comedy

TroutBum said:
Clearly.

I can count on one hand the amount of times that I've laughed at a post that SimpleHeeler has made over the last 5 years.
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To each his own...

I'm just offering my help in something I have experience with.
 
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About 2 years ago, I started doing open MIC's at Wise Guys West Valley. They went really well and soon I was opening for comics at the Wise Guys Ogden (much closer to home). I had really good luck with it. I started at about 3 minutes and after a few weekends I was up to about 7-10 minute sets.

I did it for a few months and realized that if you want to be a legit stand-up comic, you have to be ALL IN. I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend my weekends bouncing around Wise Guy locations across the Wasatch Front.

It's funny that Archies started this thread when he did. I've been seriously comtemplating starting back up for quite a few months now, but I haven't wanted to do so unless I'm ready to full-on commit and see exactly where I could take this thing. After much deliberation, I've decided to give it another shot. This Weds night I'm going to go to the Open Mic @ Trolley Square. Archie, Trout, if you guys decide on going, lemme now.

And Archie, I can totally relate to being so nervous you forget some of your best material. My very first open mic, I completely went blank and just started ripping on various people in the crowd. My best advice is do a very detailed write-up of your set and memorize it as if it were a script.
 
I've seen The Dude's driver, Dom Irrera, a few times. Last time, I was next to the stage, five feet from him or so. In fact, I had my legs stretched out onto the stage. At the end of the night, he called me out and ripped into me.

But you no me, I can't complain.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
I've seen The Dude's driver, Dom Irrera, a few times. Last time, I was next to the stage, five feet from him or so. In fact, I had my legs stretched out onto the stage. At the end of the night, he called me out and ripped into me.

But you no me, I can't complain.
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Utah seems to do very well as far as bringing in big time comedians, especially compared to the population. I saw Bill Burr a few months ago, and there are people I"ve at least heard of doing stand up at Wiseguys every week.
 
The-Joker said:
Utah seems to do very well as far as bringing in big time comedians, especially compared to the population. I saw Bill Burr a few months ago, and there are people I"ve at least heard of doing stand up at Wiseguys every week.
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And why the **** do I care?
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
And why the **** do I care?
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My favorite comedian is Steven Wright. His delivery is just hilarious.

In general I think it is funny when the comedian looks ridiculous and/or makes fun of himself.
 
I am a big Steven Wright fan. My favorite, who has a similar style to Wright, was Mitch hedberg. Sad day when he passed away. I also enjoy Jim Gaffigan.
 
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ffffffff I'm sorry I missed this. Did you get a video of it? My stand-up career was short, very obscene, and entertaining. No way I could do that again and expect such good results.
 
babe said:
Please take this over to the Rep thread and post it as relevant to Cat the Mod's attitude towards me. babe
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FYI: My screen name has nothing to do with a cat, or a rat for that matter.
 
You did spell it wrong though, accoding to wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondurans

CatrachoCentral Americans refer to a person from Honduras as a Catracho. The term was coined by Nicaraguans in the mid-19th century when Honduran General Florencio Xatruch returned from battle with his soldiers after defeating American freebooters commanded by William Walker, whose purpose was to re-establish slavery and take over all of Central America. As the general and his soldiers returned, some Nicaraguans yelled out ¡Vienen los xatruches!, meaning "Here come Xatruch's boys!" However, Nicaraguans had so much trouble pronouncing the general's last name that they altered the phrase to los catruches and ultimately settled on los catrachos.[2]
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