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UNIVERSAL BAR AND GRILLING
| Monday 20st November
A fresh week in the world of comedy and it’s time to work out some new thoughts. I was late to Amsterdam Café – on Magnolia near Vineland – where there is a great open mike run by Sean Green. If you want an honest response from a whole lot of thinking comics this is a good venue. But alas I didn’t leave enough time to get up before I had to be at my next spot so I watched for 30 mins then headed down Lankershim blvd to Universal Bar and Grill.
Courtney Ca runs a quaint show at this bar every Monday she is very good to the comics that turn up and although she does book in advance will do her best to squeeze in anyone that does turn up. For once I actually booked ahead so I knew I would get a decent spot in the line up. Every other night recently I have just turned up which meant getting up around about 11:30 – which is never much fun!!
Tonight’s performance was a great lesson in dealing with drunk crowds. It is striking the fine balance between acknowledging them but ignoring them slightly. I watched as all the comics before me tried to deal with this young drunk guy interrupt their sets and when he tried to follow me into the bathroom before myself I realized I would probably have to do the same very soon.
I had a lot of new ideas to try out and it was a small fun crowd to do it for. I had thoughts on being ‘the marrying type’ which went down very well. I had a thought about the lines on my forehead (instant writing pad) that was sort of successful. Perhaps it is one of those jokes that is only funny to me because I know the insecurity behind it - but I need to spend some time infront of the mirror working on the visual action of write erase write erase before I will really know. And then I spent some time talking about my boobs – I had no particular funny planned but wanted to explore it. It took me somewhere along the lines of people back in Oz thinking that I had become all LA and got a boob job when really my boobs are just growing. I think maybe there is something in the idea that my boobs are just trying to fit in because they don’t realise that most of the boobies are imposters - but the funny isn’t there yet! Once again maybe that bit is just for me cause it was met with general quiet.
My favourite rude joke on MoFo’s is coming along nicely and my text messaging bit is going very well this week – probably because it is fresh on my mind – or should I say cell phone screen!!!
And how did I deal with the drunk heckler – well his contribution to my ten minutes “Excuse me, I just have to tell you that you are one hot piece of Arse” You may not think this is particularly bad but how does once comment on that without seeming rude or arrogant. My attempt at this “phew I am glad – that is going to come in handy now that winter is on its way and all” how did I do?
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Posted: 01:36, 2006-Dec-3 |
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