First gig

I just performed my first gig at the lions den comedy club run by a great guy called Tim.

I couldn't talk really to the other comics at all beforehand but I was too nervous. However I think they thought I was just an asshole. In my mind what I wanted was to be nice to everyone and chat to everyone because although I do not come across as it I love people and especially other comics.

After two hours of bad and good comedy fun and friendly I get up and do my 5 minutes...Shaking, slightly forgetting the order and not giving a great connection to the audience I perform. My jokes are hard and I have my voice I guess in the jokes.

I do jokes like "I am a sick and twisted individual. I f**ked my pregnant girlfriend then afterwards said wow that was the best threesome I have ever had".

I sleep with a lot of people total strangers and I tell them that joke and it always hits..They figure it out and laugh out of surprise. However after I did my set I felt like the whole room HATED me.

I am going to perform again because this is all I am really, a stand up but just wanted your thoughts, advice.

Cheers guys

Quote: Glen Patterson @ February 21 2013, 8:12 PM GMT

I sleep with a lot of people

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Have you just come on the forum to boast?

In all honesty I'm not sure what advice or help you want? Are you worried that audiences won't like your jokes?

One gig, which, I'm guessing, was mostly in front of other open spots, is too small a sample size to gauge anything about your material or performance.

If you do 5 gigs and the reaction is the same every time then you probably need to re-think your approach.

For some reason new comics will often start out with lots of "shock" jokes, which are barely jokes and are just something which is in bad taste and they lack the skills to deliver it in a funny or charismatic way.

That's a pretty old joke.

And to be honest you're coming over as a bit of a dick.

Maybe look at working on your material and make it sound a little less dickish. I'm sure you're not a dick, you just write like one at the mo.

Hi guys thanks for your advice...No I wasn't boasting at all I was just trying to represent I have sampled the jokes on a lot of random people rather than just friends etc.

If it's old them I am upset because it just came to it wasn't a reworking of anything to my mind. I am not a dick but your right I come across as it...hell I dunno where to go but I know asking peoples advice and listening to it is a good start

But do you only sample the jokes on people you've slept with?

If so that might be your problem.

How do you mean because they are inclined to laugh or because I am not getting a big audience?

Quote: Glen Patterson @ February 22 2013, 3:44 PM GMT

How do you mean because they are inclined to laugh or because I am not getting a big audience?

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Because in the post-orgasmic delight of sexual congress they might not be the best judges of what is, and what isn't, funny.

To me comedy is such a hard business. To me comedy is work, work, work and more work.

What should I do feel ashamed if they didnt find me funny and want to kill myself or just carry on doing my thing?

Write what you think is funny, don't compromise based on what other comics say

if some people don't like your jokes it doesn't mean theyre not funny, comedy is so subjective and you can't account for what you laugh it... even the smartest of people may still enjoy a fart joke

good luck anyway