6481

Given that he used MoO2 in a simile to describe the aftermath of a storm, I think he can be reinstated.

6482

No, Google him. It’s like in the top few image results. Now there is a man with some taste!

6483

He’s the guy who invented binoculars, right?

6484

Thanks for all the info. I haven’t picked up The Comedy Bible but I’ve been carrying around a notebook with me for a few years now and have been jotting down bits as I think of them. I always make a point to do that ASAP because I know if I don’t I’m guaranteed to forget.

The inspiration to give this a shot came when I was describing my first swimming lesson (as an adult) to a friend. He laughed the whole way through.

I’m curious about one of the things you mentioned not to do:

• don’t single out specific groups or people to make fun of, this is the quickest way to get the audience to turn on you.

How specific are you talking here? I assume talking about the general weird/annoying stuff people do is fine, but going after someone because of their association/ethnicity, etc. is off-limits (unless you’re being ‘edgy’, I suppose), as would be the examples you mention, like all woman on PoF sucking.

6485

The examples in the book were basically things like don’t make fun of minorities unless you are one, don’t make fun of people who aren’t there to defend themselves, because you are the one who sounds like a dick. Like if you’re talking about how stupid your ex was, you can’t just go on a rant about your ex or the audience will think you’re an asshole. You have to say “My ex was so stupid she did this, this and this… and I was so stupid I stayed with her for three years.” And obviously you have to assume a certain percentage of the audience is going to identify with the group you’re mocking, so if it’s not going to be funny to those people it’s probably not going to be funny to anyone.

Which makes pretty basic sense. If I go up on stage and talk about how gay guys are a bunch of superficial commitment-phobic flakes it would sound homophobic. If you did it it could kill.

6486

Is there a chapter that covers “NOT” jokes?

6487

There is… not.

6488

Just listened to your set - good stuff!

6489

Okay, that was indeed fucking funny. Lots of potential there.

6490

Guerrilla karaoke news article.

There’s a sound clip below the article. No, none of the singing behind the interview was done by me.

I’m trying really hard not to count my chickens before they’re hatched, but I just had the most awesome interview I’ve had to date. My interviewer told me that he wants me on the team. After hearing “maybe” and “thanks but no thanks” so many times, hearing “I want YOU” was nearly enough to bring me to tears. Being unemployed has made me stupidly emotional.

6491

Ahhh, that completely answers my question a few posts ago. What did they say to do for the group photo? The only experience I have with anything like that is watching Flight of the Conchords.

“Bit more movement. You’re too…up and down.”

6492

Ha. None of that was posed, actually. We never really knew when he was taking pictures and when he was just pointing the camera for the heck of it. Except when we got Mike to sing the Pixies and when he interviewed us, we just treated him like anyone else.

6493

The article says air guitar, but the picture is of the guy holding a real guitar. Does anyone actually play real instruments during these sessions? Are insta-concerts the next iteration of guerrilla karaoke?

6494

It’s not a real guitar. It’s the neck of a plastic guitar that has been stuck to a broom. We use cowbells and tambourines.

You ever make it this way, tromik, and I’ll show you how San Francisco is doing karaoke.

6495

It is rumor’d that there are some people for whom such experiences are the only time they truly feel alive…

6496

that was some funny shit shadarr!

6497

Well damn. No good for me then…

6498

“No” what?

6499

No… sir?

6500

It’s this new search engine, pretty popular. Google it.