Open mic 3

Venue: Newmarket Hotel
Date: 20 September, 2010
This is probably the best room in Brisbane. There's a lot of expectation riding on this one.
Things weren't looking so hot. It was another rainy night, and people weren't filling up the room. Twenty minutes before showtime, and it looked like there wouldn't be more than 15 people in the audience. Then a wave came in. Not like 200, but easily 30 people in total. That's pretty good for a bar without a dedicated room for comedy.

30 faces. 30 sets of eyes staring at me. That's a lot of pressure. Okay, not really. But it's the largest room I've ever played this year.
Man, I rocked it. I'm not going to say it was easy, or that I'm somehow amazing and immune from bombing, but tonight felt great. So yay, go me.

I'm gonna be nitpicky. I really need to have better segues between jokes, or better ways of mentioning things that comics brought up beforehand. I also think the Brisbane bus joke needs a tighter intro. But I cut out a lot of fat, and threw out some jokes I'd written a long time ago that I hadn't performed yet. They went well. I think my only bit that didn't go over as well as it could have was the last bit.

Here's where I'm a bad comic. I borrowed the structure of a Eugene Mirman joke. Not word for word, like some open mic-goers I've seen before, *cough*Gonzo*cough*, but enough of the gist of it. Like if you saw them side-by-side, you'd be like 'hey, these two look kinda similar'. In the ultimate karmic turnabout, it didn't go over as well as I thought it would. That sounds like a good death knell for that joke.

It went well. The organiser gave me a handshake during the intermission and said that I'd got some good stuff. People are nice, but it still is a good sign. I'm definitely going to be that comic who's using new stuff all the time. I'm okay with that.

I've got funny jokes. I'm going to try and get video of them soon.