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Comedy Carma!!
| Thursday Nov 16th
It was a weird feeling to drop my (non comedian) housemate off at The Improv and drive away with out going in but tonight wasn’t exactly a night for little blonde Aussies to get onstage – it was the well revered King David’s of Comedy Show – an all Jewish night (only in Hollywood) So instead I headed across to Little Armenia (far more me don’t you think?) There is a great coffee house Sybor y Cultur on Hollywood Blvd near the 101 and every Thursday night Rich Pierrelouis – a contender for the nicest guy and the best biceps in comedy – hosts a really fun show every week. I had only booked myself in with him on Monday so I knew I would have a prime position but stage time is stage time no matter how many lattes you consume while waiting for that 8 minutes. A little tip to anyone thinking of visiting this show – WALK! I arrived at 8:15 and saw 4 comics go up and come down – that is I saw them through the window of my car as I drove round and around and around looking for a spot!!!
Once inside I realized this was going to be a long night. The room was packed – and atleast half of the crowd were comics, note book in hand – apparently I wasn’t the only one who Rich was hoping to ‘squeeze in’ tonight.
So after saying all my discreet hellos to the regular crew who are also doing the rounds I found a stool at the back of the room and got my note book out. I scribbled down a list of what I hoped to talk about: Returning to Oz, Crazy LA, Wear tshirts for everyday events, MotherF&#($ers (excuse my language), the first time someone sat down, and producers. Then I put it to the side, pulled out my laptop and made use of the free wireless. That is one thing I have found very handy about a lot of these coffee shop shows I can get my daily submissions and Myspacing done at the same time as waiting for a spot. Lucky I am a lady well versed in the art of multi tasking and not a man or I would have to just listen to the other comics.
A little note on street cred: Try not to be busted on Myspace in a coffee shop…if a comedian spots that you can guarantee a mention in their spot!!
From what I could catch over the frothing of milk and loud whispers of the crowd there were some very funny people gracing the stage. My favourite call of the night came from my friend Jeremy Saville “I want Hilary to become President purely so I can hear Bill boast that he is sleeping with the president – you know he would.” Hilarious!!!
Rich is so lovely that he really had booked to many comics so as time rolled on the crowd rolled out the door. By the time he idled over to me apologetically and let me know I would be going up last the audience was well and truly laughed out.
In a standard comedy show going last – or being the headliner – is a big compliment. SO I put on my rosey glasses and pretended that was what had just happened. I was the headliner for this night of comedy – just a pity that the crowd had left before the main act hey?
But I got up there and gave the remaining smilers (as opposed to ‘laughers’ all the energy I had planned to give when I walked in three hours earlier. I feel that is so important because they have hung out for you – the least you can do is thank them with your best effort. I actually got some decent laughs from the steel faced black comedians. And I mean single laughs- you know the sort that don’t last long they are more an acknowledgement of ‘that’s a keeper’. I managed to get the majority of my thoughts out and am glad my rude swearing joke went down well – I am loving that joke right now.
I was frustrated that everyone was so laughed out because it was impossible to get a fair gauge of how everything was working but I know they were listening and at 11pm in a 7pm show – I think I should see that as an applause break. I really was happy with the job I did but who knows maybe their silence was more just the fact I wasn’t funny. Atleast I got my biggest laugh on my closer “Thanks for looking at me guys – this has been…awkward.”
I got off stage and was confronted by a wide eyes student who asked me approximately 58 questions in the next three minutes about my career aspirations and about why I do stand up. He was such a sweet fella and as I shook his hand when I was leaving he offered me such a wonderful and kind hearted gift ‘he looked me in the eye and said” I admire you so much – I really believe in you!” That young student is why I do stand up!
As I walked back to my car spot (that took me 35 minutes to find) I asked myself why I had waited that long for that 8 minutes and why I didn’t push myself forward like a few of the other comics. When I got to my car I saw that horrible envelope stuck up under my windscreen wiper. The lovely parking wardens were still at the scene of the crime too – it must have been a particular offensive park I had unwittingly made because there were three of them. I pulled the ticket out and went to enquire cause as far an I knew had committed no crime. And for the first time in my life I think being a young woman actually worked because after one simple question one guy flashed his torch over the spot and took the ticket back off me - no worries at all. So that folks is what we call Carma – comedy style. So – the moral from tonight’s show: For the sake of all potential parking infringements in your future – never put pressure on a booker to move you forward in the order of the show!
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