I'm not quite sure how it happened, but for some reason I have been doing a large amount of 3 minute sets over the last month. Whether at an open mic or an audition, or slipping me into a midnight show, people are giving me 3 minutes to say my piece and that is all. When I was given my first three 3 set, I was astonished. How could I possibly fit everything that I had to say into 3 minutes? Just to get on stage and ask the crowd how they're doing takes almost 30 seconds. I thought that by the … [Read more...]

Next month will mark my third year anniversary of my entrance into stand-up comedy. Now, while three years might not sound like a long amount of time to most people, it is worth noting that three years constitutes a full eighth of my life. One eighth of my life spent going to open mics, bringer shows, and listening to countless hours of the worst comedians that L.A. has to offer. During those three years, I have performed at pretty much every place a comic at my level can perform in … [Read more...]

Nights when I am not performing as a comic then I like to go to the comedy clubs and watch the shows. But sometimes just going out and sitting in the audience is not as easy as it sounds.  As I have now officially become the Ellis Island to Bisexuals. I tried to avoid it, but I now attract them somehow. The other night I went to The Laugh Factory comedy club on the Sunset Strip. I went to hang out with some of the comics and watch the show. This is a real straight club. There is nothing … [Read more...]

A couple of months ago, I wound up having a very trying, yet very educational night at the Comedy Store. I had a new set of about 8 minutes that I had been working on, and I was really excited because it was going to be the first time I had ever tried interacting with the people sitting in the audience. So there I was, back stage of the Comedy Store, pondering how many times Sam Kinison did blow off of one of the dressing room tables I was leaning on, when a giant of the comedy industry, Bill … [Read more...]

Something I’m learning is that comedy is addicting. You work a show four nights in a row, maybe even multiple shows a night, and then on your day off you’re suddenly begging for a spot on a bill or trolling an open mic night. It’s a bit like in the movie Fight Club when Edward Norton begins to realize the power of his new hobby.  He can’t concentrate at work, He can’t stop obsessing over his next move, and pretty much all of his activities become a means to an end, that end … [Read more...]

Seeing as this is my first time writing for this blog, I thought I’d write about my first time ever doing a real stand-up show. For those of you who are just starting out in comedy, or who haven’t taken the first step yet, but are curious, I thought I’d write my story to give you an idea of what it can be like. I remember right before I performed my first real show a few years ago, I talked to as many people as I could, and read as many articles on the internet as I could find about what … [Read more...]

Some jokes are what we call a standard, it belongs to no one. You are safe to use standards, all good comics have a shit load of standards loaded up in their arsenal. Jokes like, “Little Johnny said to the teacher…”,  and “Black man, White man Chinese man…”,  and “This lady says to her husband…”, and “Yo Momma so dumb..so fat..so ugly…” and "Two guys walk in a bar…” and.. you get the picture. These jokes are open to be re-wrote, re-iterpreted and … [Read more...]

We will be offering a place for comedy information of all kinds here at SoCalStandUp.com!  We already have a few contributors in place and will be considering others as well.  Contributors will be able to post about anything related to comedy.  Tips, editorials, interviews, inside information, and some opportunities too!  You can subscribe to the blog right on the website...  Just enter your Email on the right side of the website where it says "Subscribe to Blog."  Then click the … [Read more...]