Went through my Laughing Horse heat t'other night (Green Park).
Had a bit o' luck though, if I'm honest, cause 7 of us went through from 12 contestants; I went to another heat to see a friend last night and the ratio was 5 or 6 from 15.
What I've noticed from both gigs, however, is that the qualifyers all seemed to have a 'thing'. You know, a real 'shtick'.
A raging lesbian, a quick-fire one-liner, a chav character, a staggering drunk, a poet...you get the idea.
Now, you might say that's just 'being a good comic' and having a strong identity, which of course is necessary. And you'd be right, of course, in part.
But the thing is a lot of them were far from the best acts on the night, and several much more talented acts went crashing out. Why? Well, they were just ordinary blokes being really funny. Incredibly funny, in some cases. But they just didn't have this 'identity' - quite often merely their physical appearance - that stuck in peoples (and thus the judges') minds.
Anyway, tis just something I thought I'd share with the forum...