Creating a Comic

To bring, or not to bring; that is the question. Or in less pretentiously douchey terms: should you bring guests to your open mic performance? Comedy venue owners will uniformly answer with a resounding “YES!” In some cases, they’ll throttle you for even having the temerity to ask such a dipshit question; of course you [...]

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I took the Open Mic stage for the first time on July 23, 2008, at Giggles Comedy Club in Seattle. I had been writing, rehearsing, and preparing myself for months, and was certain that the material I brought was pure gold. I couldn’t wait to get up there and share my genius with the crowd. [...]

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