I tried to make my first word funny. One word. Character driven. Time will tell. And it's not helpful to be giving advice after the horse has done it's business, but in live comedy, well all comedy really you want to get the audience laughing as soon as possible. It's a technical thing establishing the relationship you have with your audience. You want to do it certainly within the first minute. Get them laughing early and they'll laugh all the way through if you give them the opportunity to do so.
I would think if you are picked for performance you will have the opportunity to put that joke back in.
hopefully they'll read atleast 2 or 3 pages before throwing it away.
