Anyone here done standup comedy?

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Reverend Conehead said:
Before the whole pandemic hit, my goal was to do some standup here in Omaha. A local club has an open mike night, and so I've been busy creating a routine for it. We have musical festivals here in the summer where a lot of different bands play. They often have local comics do quick sets between bands while the bands are swapping out the equipment. It's something I've always wanted to do, but never quite got up the guts to do. I was always worried about flopping and being embarrassed. However, as I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more of a feeling of "who gives a rip?" I felt like I could just go for it, and, while there would be some stage fright, it's not like they're going to shoot me if my jokes aren't funny.

When I was a kid, I was the class clown. Kids always told me I would make a good comedian. This isn't a Netflix special that I'm forced to cancel. It's just local open mike stuff, but it is a bummer that the pandemic thing has taken it away, at least for now. I'll still be busy writing my jokes and practicing the routine on my own. I've always found it really fun to make people laugh.
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May I ask how old you are?
 
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CouchCoach said:
Do you want to know how old he is or is this part of your stand up routine? I will have a lot more interest in the Rev's answer if you're going to nail him good with something.
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I agree with you. It's only worth answering if there's a good punchline. It was like that when I came in here about a year back excited that I had bought my first First Class plane ticket. I asked what I thought was a perfect smartypants question: "For my First Class ticket, do I get to make out with any of the flight attendants?" Someone answered, "Only with the male ones." Kicked my ***. LOL. I so set myself up for that one.
 
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CouchCoach said:
I love all of the older comics and it was great seeing Klein in that HBO doc, Brooklyn USA.

Burr is my favorite and Segura was my 2nd until his last Netflix special, didn't like it at all. Anthony Jeselnik is fun to watch him really push the envelope and even he surprises himself with what he can get away with his crowd.

The guy I don't get at all is the one that takes his shirt off. He's not remotely funny to me.
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Brian Regan, Bill Burr, Stephen Wright, Dennis Miller, Chad Daniels, Kathleen Madigan, and John Mulaney has a great style. Can't stand Dane Cook.
 
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CouchCoach said:
Do you want to know how old he is or is this part of your stand up routine? I will have a lot more interest in the Rev's answer if you're going to nail him good with something.
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Lol, no it's just extremely difficult to start off at an older age (which I found out myself). Most perfect the craft for years and years before headlining, if at all.
 
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Some of my favs: Bill Burr (which is most like my personality), Joe Rogan, Burt, Segura, his wife Christina P, etc....
 
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CouchCoach said:
I love all of the older comics and it was great seeing Klein in that HBO doc, Brooklyn USA.

Burr is my favorite and Segura was my 2nd until his last Netflix special, didn't like it at all. Anthony Jeselnik is fun to watch him really push the envelope and even he surprises himself with what he can get away with his crowd.

The guy I don't get at all is the one that takes his shirt off. He's not remotely funny to me.
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Ron White is another great one
Some of the new comedians trying so hard to be funny but they are not ( Amy Schumer) some even trying to compensate their lack of intellect by using swearing words which usually turn me off .( example Lisa Lampanelli or .Sarah Silverman)the one from the past i really never liked is Gallagher..
 
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Ron White is another great one
Some of the new comedians trying so hard to be funny but they are not ( Amy Schumer) some even trying to compensate their lack of intellect by using swearing words which usually turn me off .( example Lisa Lampanelli or .Sarah Silverman)the one from the past i really never liked is Gallagher..
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"Try hard to be funny" is the worst. I agree with you that Amy Schumer is that. She epitomizes it. I'm okay with comics using some profanity if it's needed to make their joke work. What I don't like is if they just rattle off a bunch of profanity in the hopes that it will work despite no good joke being present. It won't. Cussing is just cussing. If you want something to be funny, you need actual wit.
 
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Reverend Conehead said:
"Try hard to be funny" is the worst. I agree with you that Amy Schumer is that. She epitomizes it. I'm okay with comics using some profanity if it's needed to make their joke work. What I don't like is if they just rattle off a bunch of profanity in the hopes that it will work despite no good joke being present. It won't. Cussing is just cussing. If you want something to be funny, you need actual wit.
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They are trying hard to be fumy so they cover the lack of good jokes with profanity..It's always easy to make people cry but hard to make them laugh
 
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The Fonz said:
Ron White is another great one
Some of the new comedians trying so hard to be funny but they are not ( Amy Schumer) some even trying to compensate their lack of intellect by using swearing words which usually turn me off .( example Lisa Lampanelli or .Sarah Silverman)the one from the past i really never liked is Gallagher..
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I have to disagree on Sarah Silverman. I find her very funny. Amy Schumer has never even made me chuckle.
 
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Runwildboys said:
I have to disagree on Sarah Silverman. I find her very funny. Amy Schumer has never even made me chuckle.
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I agree as far as comedy, Silverman is pretty funny. Schumer not only stole material but couldn't deliver.
 

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It's actually kinda weird. A couple times in my life, I stood up at a party and started making crapp up, and had everyone roaring. However, I'm not anywhere near good enough to be a comedian, and I've never done it sober. Or not smashed. And I cannot do it on command at all.

So, usually I just wait 'til people are drunk and tell bad jokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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