Help Darren create a stand up comedy set!

Acebot44 · 11-21-2005, 10:44 PM

His set is not unlike something Mitch Hedberg would have come up with....which means its not bad

Dylflon · 11-21-2005, 10:59 PM

Another comedian who pulls off this kind of humor is Levi MacDougal (sp?).

It's a hard form of stand-up to master.

You may want to consider looknig into some flow.

DeathsHand · 11-21-2005, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Acebot44

His set is not unlike something Mitch Hedberg would have come up with....which means its not bad

Exactly, Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P. :< ) was the best stand-up comedian ever...

Basically his act was just a bunch of unrelated one-liners with an occasional longer joke thrown into the mix...

"I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling; I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle."

Typhoid · 11-21-2005, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathsHand

Exactly, Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P. :< ) was the best stand-up comedian ever...

Basically his act was just a bunch of unrelated one-liners with an occasional longer joke thrown into the mix...

"I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling; I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle."

"Escalators cannot break. They can only become stairs. Sorry for the convenience."

"I bought a house and they said it has 2 bedrooms. Is it not up to me how many bedrooms my house has? This bedroom has a fridge in it. This bedroom is AKA a hallway. This bedroom is in that guys house. Sir, you have my bedroom. I want it back."

Teuthida · 11-22-2005, 12:00 AM

Mitch Hedberg-ish it's good. Otherwise I would set up the jokes somehow.

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I just celebrated my 19th birthday. As a present to myself I decided to spend $40 and see some naked ladies. Turns out it was just some middle aged guys playing music.

Really like that one.

But anyways the joke isn't always as important as the execution. Don't know how you perform so dunno how funny the jokes will seem.

Swan · 11-22-2005, 12:17 AM

Yeah, it's hard to read someones act if you have never heard them perform it. But they were pretty good. Got to say that the water freezing was my favorite.

I thought the Sir Mixalot one was little weak though.

Dyne · 11-22-2005, 02:05 AM

Comedy isn't just the jokes. It's the character telling them. Since when did we all become experts on comedy?

That said, that's a perfectly good act. You could say that straight; with the right delivery that could be killer.

DarrenMcLeod · 11-22-2005, 02:11 AM

Thank you guys so much for your positive feedback, and even the negative stuff. As long as you're not idiots saying "this **** sucks," then it's all helpful.

As you've all mentioned, Stand Up comedy is not something that translates well to anything other than a person standing up in front of you telling jokes - go to the website and watch how terrible everyone there is. without an audience and without the atmosphere, wihtout the PERSON... it's all terrible.

Here's a new joke:

Recently I've been getting some publicity. I even had my picture in a book, you might have heard of it, it's called the, uh, year book