I have heard comedians say to never throw away old material- even a bad joke. If a bit is funny but you want to retire it, record it for a CD or DVD, then move on. If it isn't funny, either keep working on it till it is funny or file it away until you are funny enough to make it funny.
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Another option is to just do the joke, tape it, then forget about it till you find it on a tape 7 years later and make fun of it/ cringe that you were ever that bad.
Here is an old recording of me performing my "restaurant set" at Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado. Enjoy!
I did actually like a couple of those jokes. However here are a few things that needed improvement:
- I definitely needed to tighten up that set. There was about two to three minutes worth of good comedy spread out over five minutes.
- You can tell I was still trying to figure out how to perform too.
- There was a lot of weird breathing.
- My timing was a little off.
- Did you see how long I lingered at the end of the set? What was I waiting for?
There were some good things, too, though.
- Even after a weak opening joke, I won the crowd over.
- I had a few big laughs too.
- You could tell I was having fun.
- Most of all, it's fun to see how bad I used to be so you can see how much I have improved!
I don't like to post of lot my current material on Youtube. I don't want people to come to a show and see something they just saw online. However, I ditched a lot of my act after recording JAke's First Purge (you should check out that CD here). So, as I am rooting through the archives, I will continue to post more videos from the 2001-2011 era. Please check out more of my old stuff in my Jake's Archived Video playlist on Youtube.
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