Hey guys, I put together a vid and would appreciate some feedback. Obviously there's a lot to get through but you don't have to watch it all, would just like to know what jokes work so that I can start to put together something for trying out on stage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I88rts1zGLA
Thanks.
Jokes? All I saw and heard was disjointed ramblings.
Strip down that 90+ minutes (!?!?!) to the funniest 5-7 minutes, then book in some open mic gigs, perform it several times, note what people laugh at and what they don't, keep the funny stuff and replace the other bits, repeat as necessary.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ November 5 2012, 1:03 PM GMTJokes? All I saw and heard was disjointed ramblings.
Good lad, Stephen. Top advice for a novice in search of a little help.
you can always try uploading it onto jokepit?
I haven't listened to all of it, but generally I think it's a bad idea to start off by giving excuses as to why people might not find you funny. It also seemed more of a monologue, and in the few minutes I watched I couldn't really identify the jokes. I think you should pick out what you think are the best jokes and work on those rather than asking others to pick out what they like. Some things are only funny in context.
If you're going to start your sampler with a laughter track.
You'd better be good.
If you start your routine dissing one of the most succesful stand ups of all time.
You'd better be good.
If you're going to record an hour and a half of material/
You'd better be unbelievable.
You are terrible. You are f**king awful. You're routine should be used by Al Quaeda to motivate terrorists having second thoughts about plunging planes into landmarks.
You are so far from funny; that if you were earth and funny was a distant star. You couldn't reach it in a billion years with a stargate and the milenium falcon.
Your routine is the soundtrack at Dignitas's waiting room.
You are the inferior alternative to gorilla sodomy.
The Shakespeare joke wasn't bad. Now actually write some proper jokes and build a routine around them.
Try and do a decent 5 minutes take it to an open mike. And I promise never to mention this ever again.
Because this is a bigger abortion than a blue whale taking a morning after pill.
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2012, 8:06 PM GMTIf you're going to start your sampler with a laughter track.
You'd better be good.
If you start your routine dissing one of the most succesful stand ups of all time.
You'd better be good.
If you're going to record an hour and a half of material/
You'd better be unbelievable.
You are terrible. You are f**king awful. You're routine should be used by Al Quaeda to motivate terrorists having second thoughts about plunging planes into landmarks.
You are so far from funny; that if you were earth and funny was a distant star. You couldn't reach it in a billion years with a stargate and the milenium falcon.Your routine is the soundtrack at Dignitas's waiting room.
You are the inferior alternative to gorilla sodomy.
The Shakespeare joke wasn't bad. Now actually write some proper jokes and build a routine around them.
Try and do a decent 5 minutes take it to an open mike. And I promise never to mention this ever again.
Because this is a bigger abortion than a blue whale taking a morning after pill.
I'm sure he'll find your insults very helpful. You're not exactly the world's most successful comedian yourself, and I hope the next time you ask for advice someone treats you as rudely.
They frequently do its also ironic over statement
And I found my niche mainly by dumping what I sucked or was mediocre at and focussing on my strengths
But thanks for the advice:-)
Damn accidental emoticon f**k you Google pad
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2012, 9:53 PM GMTThey frequently do its also ironic over statement
You don't know him well enough to be ironic about his output. It's one thing to be jokey rude to friends, but it's different with a complete stranger asking for help.
That's getting close to cliqueyi treat everyone equally
Besides nothing screws you up like false positives or even neutrals
And this guy dedicated an hour and a half to getting it wrong
I've done the same and I was grateful when someone pointed it out to method
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2012, 10:00 PM GMTThat's getting close to cliqueyi treat everyone equally
Besides nothing screws you up like false positives or even neutrals
And this guy dedicated an hour and a half to getting it wrong
I've done the same and I was grateful when someone pointed it out to method
It's not about cliques. The guy has only posted twice on this forum and he's been laid into. He exposed himself creatively and asked for advice, but what he got was a beating with a little useful advice in the middle. I'd be amazed if he wanted to stick around. If that's how newcomers are treated there should be a disclaimer warning them that they only get advice if they're willing to have people insult them.
And as an old timer I'm fair game?
I should just cancel my membership and rejoin
We are a comedy site and cvomedfy is rarely if ever kind or fair
I'm calling you out on bad behaviour, it's not personal. You don't need to throw your toys out of the pram.
If you say so I just get tired of getting hacked into for giving myself added status which I don't I've posted like this from post 1
This site suffers far more from tall poppy or rather long lived poppy syndrome
And your pious harping makes me realise how much I love and admire rcp