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Quick comedy update.
I’ve been writing my sick fucking ass off for these past few nights. Well.. some of it was writing. Some was refining. Most was just figuring out what to keep and what to toss.
After I finished writing the last of what I was thinking would be a good set, I arranged it and thought "lemme give it a quick run-through". I put on my spiffy-ass screen timer (it actually takes up about 1/4th of the screen and sits on top of everything else, so no matter where I am in my room – I can see it) and I setup my video camera and just… went for it.
Keep in mind that I’ve only written the shit down once, read through only about 1/2 of it once, and tried to recite it from beginning to end purely from memory and seeing if I could say or remember any funny one-liners along the way.
The verdict?
With mistakes,very loosely running through the whole gig and adding in several attempts at funny one-liners along the way, my current set racks in at…
14 minutes, 16 seconds.
That’s a little long. Again, I have no fucking clue how much time I’m supposed to fill or even allowed to fill up there so I actually don’t know if that’s too long. It’s too long for me – cause it’s loose and broken as shit.
There’s at least 2-3 minutes of mistakes.
Probably another 2 minutes that could be shaved down with a little editing.
So, I might get in at around 8-9 minutes. That’s what I’m shooting for.
How do I feel about my current set?
I think it starts strong… gets a little weak in the middle.. gets a little stronger towards the end, and the closer is a fuckin’ killer (I think it’s the best part of the set, actually).
Anyway, that’s my comedy update.
No, I’m not going to post any "highlights" from the "Mitcz stands in his room under his Ikea lights talking out loud to no one with a fake mic and a video camera remote" video. Sorry to bum you out.
