Quote: Godot Taxis @ May 10 2010, 1:23 AM BSTGive up wanking to take English lessons? You don't want much do you? I've choked more chickens than Colonel Saunders. I'm in too deep to give it up now.
I don't even understand what you're saying here, but please don't enlighten me.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ May 10 2010, 1:23 AM BSTNo feedback is truly useless.
I'll happily concede I was wrong and that you are correct on this point. I now know that you, and several others here, don't find my material funny. Only one person gave me something I could do to improve. I've sat at a performance with others who laughed themselves silly while I never cracked a smile; I've laughed at stuff that no one else found funny; and I've laughed along with the crowd. There is no formula.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ May 10 2010, 1:23 AM BSTYou make the mistake a lot of amateurs make - blame the audience when they don't laugh. It's your fault if they don't laugh, not theirs. Get some better material, split your pants - but don't blame the audience.
I never blamed anyone for not liking my material. I just don't like yours either. If I can't make you laugh, I don't blame you or me. It's no big loss, nor is it a great discovery. My material has provoked laughter from strangers and frowns from friends. Constructive criticism, such as that which was offered by sootyj, is always welcome. In your case all I learned is that you don't like my stuff. All I know is that you guys don't get it. And that's okay. I'm just trying to promote my podcast, and maybe find the rare person who gets it.
Remember, you are not the authority on comedy. Nor am I. But none of you are particularly funny, literate, or clever either -- so I have to take your reaction with a grain of halt. Just because you don't like my material, doesn't mean it won't be funny elsewhere. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But I'm certainly within my rights, and following a long tradition of struggling comedians who are heckled, to heckle back -- at least where I come from. If you can make fun of me, I can certainly return the favor. If you can dish it out, you'll have to expect it to come flying back.
So, here's back at ya! Lighten up, mate! I'm sure the hemorrhoids will shrink in a few days.
