Me Like Contests
Well tonight I was going to blog about my recent trip to Boston. I'll get to it, but before I do, I need to talk about what happened earlier this evening.
Tonight was the semifinals for the stand-up contest at the Comedy Forum. The top four finalists from tonight advance to the finals where they'll compete against the four finalists from last week's semifinals. As I mentioned before, I don't like contests. I have a hard enough time not treating stand-up like a competition. The last thing I need is some sort of designated event like a contest to make me even more competitive. Besides contests are subjective and what's funny to some people isn't funny to others, etc. Of course if I win a contest, none of what I just wrote matters and contests are the best thing ever created. With that said, I had a lot of fun tonight. I felt I had a good set overall. In the end, yours truely placed 2nd. That's good enough to get me in the finals on April 20th.
What really made me happy was the selection of the other three finalists. All three (Carmen Barton, Mike Stranze and Kevin Patterson) did a great job and deserved to make the finals. Kevin ended up winning the whole thing and I couldn't be happier for him. He's a real nice guy and a hell of a comic. He defintely deserved it. After the show, I got some real good compliments from some of the other comics and audience members and that was good to hear. Anything to help faciliate my delusionment is appreciated.
Soon I'll be posting a blog about my recent Boston trip. I'm sure the three people who actually read this crap are dying from anticipation.
Tonight was the semifinals for the stand-up contest at the Comedy Forum. The top four finalists from tonight advance to the finals where they'll compete against the four finalists from last week's semifinals. As I mentioned before, I don't like contests. I have a hard enough time not treating stand-up like a competition. The last thing I need is some sort of designated event like a contest to make me even more competitive. Besides contests are subjective and what's funny to some people isn't funny to others, etc. Of course if I win a contest, none of what I just wrote matters and contests are the best thing ever created. With that said, I had a lot of fun tonight. I felt I had a good set overall. In the end, yours truely placed 2nd. That's good enough to get me in the finals on April 20th.
What really made me happy was the selection of the other three finalists. All three (Carmen Barton, Mike Stranze and Kevin Patterson) did a great job and deserved to make the finals. Kevin ended up winning the whole thing and I couldn't be happier for him. He's a real nice guy and a hell of a comic. He defintely deserved it. After the show, I got some real good compliments from some of the other comics and audience members and that was good to hear. Anything to help faciliate my delusionment is appreciated.
Soon I'll be posting a blog about my recent Boston trip. I'm sure the three people who actually read this crap are dying from anticipation.
posted by JG at 10:21 PM
2 Comments:
Congrats on 2nd place, John. I can relate to feeling very competative under normal circumstances and agree that contests can be frustrating (unless you do well, of course).
Congrats again!
Marcus
Hey John, now you can say 4 people read your blog, I have been a silent reader and fan for a while now. Congatulations on the contest and good luck on the finals.
Scott
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