I feel as though the set went pretty good, definitely some things I need to tweak. I'm going to focus on doing comedy full time eventually.

Here is my video from my 4th set

https://youtu.be/SgpCFsSgIy4?si=HnIN31mTgUs1jn4n

Any rumor on who may be opening for him?

I’m so fucking funny all the time but I don’t know how to do standup. Like I don’t know how to structure jokes in standup fashion. How tf do I do this?

I've always imagined that some comedians may have a heightened awareness of humor and might be more critical of what they find funny, which could affect their outward expression of laughter. I also know that many comedians tend to be depressed or have gone through hardships so their humor acts as a coping mechanism

I bought tickets for Leanne Morgan Netflix is a joke event on May 4, and there’s info on if there’s openers, how long it lasts, etc. anyone have any idea how these go???

Hope it’s okay to post here!

I’ve got two tickets to Tim Robinson’s “I think you should leave” live show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for the Netflix is a Joke festival that I (devastatingly) can’t go to anymore.

Looking to sell for the same I paid ($185USD for two). Can send screenshots or whatever you need to verify and do Ticketmaster transfer.

They don’t have to be super famous, just who are those utilizing social media well/ you look at often/ maybe try to mirror their techniques?

This one is for the older heads.

Within the past couple months, I saw an old routine - I think by Judy Carter, that strongly reminded me of Seinfeld’s pop-tart bits.

I thought it was from an old Live At The Improv, and that it was Judy Carter. I’m having a hard time finding it again. There’s a possibility it could have been someone else. What got me looking at it, is seeing an interview with Craig Robinson where he talked about buying a book on standup. I then went and looked at some of the vids from the author of the book, and that’s how I thought I ran across the poptart routine.

Jerry’s Pop-Tart movie getting promoted has reminded me of this again, and I am now wanting to track down the poptart routine done long prior to his.

Any of this sound familiar to anybody?

Hi, I'm new to standup

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I was really pleased with my first gig. Almost every punchline got a laugh and there were even some laughs I didn't expect but managed to riff on. A few of the laughs were 'thinky' jokes where the crowd does not immediately react but after a second it snowballs round the room when people get the joke. Big applause at the end.

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Second gig with the same material completely bombed until the final bit which did get some big laughs. I wasn't too worried as the actual gig set-up was terrible - tiny crowd, no stage, no lighting, weird vibe. And the crowd was cold from previous string of unsuccessful sets / bad environment.

But then I performed again with the same material in a great room. Hot crowd responding well to previous performers, good MC, perfect conditions. And I completely bombed again. A few little laughs here and there but a few punchlines met with complete silence (kill me). Even my best material at the end got nothing (although they were perhaps just to awkward from the previous 4 minutes of no vibe and I had lost them).

Not really sure what to do. I have a recording of my first set that I was using to go over my material so I can confirm I'm not misremembering. There were legitimate big laughs throughout. And I think the material is funny too.

Did I just get one weird lucky gig? Do I rip it up and throw it away? (I'm working on other stuff but excluding the data, I think the first set is by far the funniest stuff I've got)

Or do I keep trying to work out how to say it exactly how I said it the first time? (I really thought I replicated it exactly).

Any thoughts or advice?

Thanks!

Might be the only scenario in which Brendan Schaub could best another comedian.

For me it's John Mulaney and Bo Burham. Honorable mention to James Acaster, Mark Normand and Matteo Lane.

Hi I am doing jokes in my standup and they are getting good laughs but now I want to tell stories.. suggest me some good resources to learn how to. Write and tell funny stories… also suggest me some comedians to watch who excel at the art of telling stories or books to study… please

Might be the most underrated comic in years. Thoughts?

I'm new to comedy and the Bay Area. I'm really enjoying the practice of writing and performing standup material. I'm based in Alameda and am eager to get on a few mics in the area. I'm hoping some r/standup heads can point me in the right direction as my searches elsewhere haven't been fruitful. Would love a short list of good mics with a bar and a good crowd. Happy to hear options that don't have either.

Thanks

I've been recording some of my sets but so far my attempts haven't looked or sounded any good - I have very little knowledge about cameras or sound recording. Are there any aspects to a phone camera where I can easily make both the sound and video better, or would I be better off getting a dedicated camera and recording equipment, or even just get good at using the phone for filming and recording with something else? In short, what would be a good quality but relatively inexpensive option for filming and recording and stand up set?

His Jesus bit about the fig tree is probably my new favorite. I love the if murder was legal, it would be mostly dead babies bit too.

I know that before the pandemic, a comedian named Marty Wurst went to every open mic in greater LA and wrote a review on his website. That was pretty interesting and ultimately it was useful for me.

I just moved to NYC and I was wondering if there was any New York equivalent. I know about the Comedy Bureau and I use that, but they don’t really elucidate on the vibe. You know? I just wanted to know if anyone had any favorites or ones that I should avoid.

Anyone know of some good open mics in the general eagle rock area? Or of a website I could find a list that is active? I have been using the comedy cult app but its is so outdated

I just watched 10 mins of her special on Amazon…so bad. Does she have fans outside of the Broad City world?

I was wondering if anyone had a good book recommendation on creativity or stand-up. Someone recommended the war of art. But I figured I’d ask the mass.

Resist the urge.

I saw Andrew Schluz get a lot of hate on one reddit thread (and I'm not a huge fan too), so softening the question - which comedian do you all not get the appeal for and why?

I was recently approached by a wealthy individual who’s a big fan of the monthly standup show a couple friends and I produce. (We fill the room each month with an audience of 120-140 people, but it’s always a grind.) He wants to meet with us to discuss ways that he could invest in our business to help us grow. Especially for those producers in the sub, how would you invest a modest, moderate, or large investment? Some ideas include, help building a customer email list, new website, pay fees for bigger-name headliners, wages to hire support staff, open a club, etc.

[Update: Our show is in the DC/Northern VA area. We don’t own the building, so we only make money off tickets, tips, and a small monthly allotment from the venue.]

They have a extremely low amount of standup specials and standup performances and are known more for their movies than stand up. Should they be considered comedians even if they rarely do stand up ?

If you missed the last couple posts -
I'm an NYC based comedian and showrunner. I made it my goal this month to sell out one show, and document how I did it. In the last two updates I went into detail about the lineup, the show itself, and how I moved 60 tickets to a show on the roof of my friend's apartment complex.
The rest of this thread is for aspiring comedy producers, or comedy nerds curious how DIY shows come to be.
Out of these 60 tickets, 25 were early bird presales on Eventbrite, and 25 were last minute "standing room only" on Eventbrite. We did this to get around the 25 ticket max on the free Eventbrite plan, and because we only have 30 chairs.
I gave away 10 free tickets to a veterans charity called Vet Tix. These are the only free tickets that actually show up in my experience, because they are banned from the platform if they don't show up to the free events they claim.
The rest of this update will go into the challenges we faced on the day of the show, the money we earned, and my plans for the future.

1. The day of the show.

This is the story about how my team pulled off a successful show, even in the rain.
The day before the show, I checked the weather app, and it said no rain until well after the show. When I checked again the morning of the show, now we're seeing scattered showers through the night. My co-producer Jad checked some weather radar thing and swears to me it'll rain before and after the show but not during. So I send a mass email to all our followers saying that the show is on, and it's not gonna rain.
Setup was fast and painless. Having 4 producers makes this process so easy.
We wind up with about 40 audience members when I start the show. Almost everyone gets a chair, and I'm not refunding any of the no-shows. So it's still a packed out show. Now here's the interesting part: I sold tickets through a bunch of different channels, but when I did an audience survey in my opening host set, "clap if you found out about this from Reddit" was the winner. Out of all the places I sold tickets, Reddit users show up, and were the best crowd. I've been running rooftop shows at this location for 2 years, and this was our best crowd. It was also the first one where I was extremely active on Reddit.
I crushed the host set. I usually don't on these shows tbh. I'm usually too tired and stressed when the show starts, and the random people I've gathered with food pop-ups and free weed don't necessarily get my comedy. Adding more producers to the show allows me to feel good and relaxed going on stage, and the crowd we drew this time around actually was my people. After me, the next two comics also did great.
Jad is on after that and a minute into his set it starts really raining. I later learned this is when his mushrooms hit. I saw a woman covering her hair with a purse, and knew I had to save the party. I ran downstairs into my friends apartment, grabbed a couple umbrellas and ran back up. People cheered when I got there with the umbrellas. The entire audience watched 30 more minutes of comedy in the rain and loved it. I lost a comic last minute who was supposed to close, and I told my co-producer Alaina she was closing 2 minutes before her set. Her closing set was nothing short of amazing. Everyone left happy.

2. Money shit.

Expenses - $200 to graphic designer (art will be used for 10 more shows this year), $40 on beers (we have like 10 beers left), $50 for a new table, $60 paid to two comics ($30 each for 12 min sets, plus free beer/ food/ pre-rolls). Also our door guy sold a ticket for $10 and I let him keep it. So we're out $350, but $250 of that was stuff we'll use for the rest of the year or longer, and we have roughly $10 worth of beer in the fridge.
Our total sales on Eventbrite were $419.04. This next part is gonna break your heart and my wallet. Eventbrite fees are absolutely fucked. We paid $104.04 in fees on this show. That means we only took home $315 on this. If this was a one off show, we would've lost $35 overall. At the same time, if it were a one off I would've skipped paying a designer and done it myself, and I would've skipped buying the table and figured something else out, bringing our costs down to $100, meaning we'd have made $215.
Because we're using the artwork and the table at least through the end of the season, I choose to look at the cost of those broken up over the 10 or so shows we're doing this year. So we'll say that's $25/ show for the table and artwork. So in my head this show made about $190. When you figure that it takes 4 producers to make it happen, we each made $47.50, a meal, and a pre-roll from our sponsors off of this. There truly is no money in comedy! So beyond just having a good show and a fun time, why am I doing this?

3. Plans for the future.

I'm clearly not just in this for the money, or I would be the dumbest man alive. The first move is launching my own website and trying to push everyone who is already subscribed to our email list to buy from our website from now on. If I sold 50 tickets on there instead of Eventbrite, my fees would be less than $10, instead of over $100. If I can start moving just a fraction of our ticket sales to the website, that's now $60 or $70 to the producers each time.
I've booked up most of the rest of the summer and I'm looking at adding a second rooftop to do Friday night shows. I've got some names some of y'all might recognize like Matthew Broussard/ Sean Patton/ Lil Sasquatch, and I'm working on locking in some even bigger names. Long term, I'm working with a couple other people to open a comedy club. Every show I do right now is not even a money making venture for me. This is a long, ongoing ad campaign for the club we're opening. For years I've been packing out rooftop cookouts and Thanksgiving/ Christmas dinner shows, and the end goal is to open a permanent home for all of these events.
That's it from me for now. Questions? Comments? Tell me I'm bad with money?

I assume he had to be, since's he's gotten a ton of really good opportunities as a comedian, but I tried watching his new podcast and it just seems to involve him trying too hard with zero instincts.

I run a few bar shows in my area. I am really struggling with folks who want to sit at the bar and talk loudly or watch a game. Whenever we ask them to quiet down they get belligerent, rude, and sometimes threatening. How do you all deal with disruptive folks? I would like to find a way to do this in a fun way that helps them feel included in the night instead of ending up in a fight by the end of the night.

edit: this is a show not a mic. charging a cover, paying the comics. comics driving up to 5 hours to be there.