Random Comedy Notes From Beantown
Things are going good so far. I've got some upcoming dates at the Comedy Studio, I recently performed two shows at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater (Thanks to fellow comic Myq Kaplan for helping me get those and thanks to Jimmy Tingle for letting me perform) and I've been invited to participate in a local documentary about aspiring stand-up comics. Elsa and I've been getting out and seeing a lot of Boston. Next month we'll be back in St. Louis for a few days. We're really looking forward to seeing everybody again.
Congratulations to local Boston comics Shane Mauss and Dan Boulger for their strong showings at the Aspen Comedy Festival, especially Shane who won best stand-up.
Boston's a great comedy scene. There are open mics every night of the week. It's nice to be able to perform on the weekends even when you're not booked to perform at a regular show.
Yes I'm falling into the typical Boston sterotype. I've found myself completely addicted to Dunkin' Doughnuts coffee. I can't live without it.
The last five months I've been doing a lot of writing. I've got notebooks filled with ideas, mostly crap. Occassionally something decent will come along. Since I've been here, I've come up with 7 minutes of good solid material and another 7 minutes of what I'd call "B" material. That might not seem like a lot, but it's difficult to come up with material that's consistent everywhere you perform. For me I've been performing at clubs, bars and even an ice cream shop. It's great, everytime you get to a punchline, the blender goes off. One thing I'm trying to be is realistic with my material. Just cause a joke gets laughs once, doesn't mean it's going to get laughs all the time. That's why it's very important to me to get a realistic guage of how much material I have. I've also been writing with a couple of other comics and it's good to have other comedians to bounce ideas off of.
Next to the Comedy Studio, my favorite place to perform here in Boston is the Emerald Isle. Rich Gustus runs the best open mic in the city. All the comics are real supportive, it's a great place to try new material and hey there's free pizza.
Happy St. Patricks Day everyone. Thanks for reading.
JG
Congratulations to local Boston comics Shane Mauss and Dan Boulger for their strong showings at the Aspen Comedy Festival, especially Shane who won best stand-up.
Boston's a great comedy scene. There are open mics every night of the week. It's nice to be able to perform on the weekends even when you're not booked to perform at a regular show.
Yes I'm falling into the typical Boston sterotype. I've found myself completely addicted to Dunkin' Doughnuts coffee. I can't live without it.
The last five months I've been doing a lot of writing. I've got notebooks filled with ideas, mostly crap. Occassionally something decent will come along. Since I've been here, I've come up with 7 minutes of good solid material and another 7 minutes of what I'd call "B" material. That might not seem like a lot, but it's difficult to come up with material that's consistent everywhere you perform. For me I've been performing at clubs, bars and even an ice cream shop. It's great, everytime you get to a punchline, the blender goes off. One thing I'm trying to be is realistic with my material. Just cause a joke gets laughs once, doesn't mean it's going to get laughs all the time. That's why it's very important to me to get a realistic guage of how much material I have. I've also been writing with a couple of other comics and it's good to have other comedians to bounce ideas off of.
Next to the Comedy Studio, my favorite place to perform here in Boston is the Emerald Isle. Rich Gustus runs the best open mic in the city. All the comics are real supportive, it's a great place to try new material and hey there's free pizza.
Happy St. Patricks Day everyone. Thanks for reading.
JG
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