Funny is NOT Funny!
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Funny is NOT Funny!
Current mood: irritated
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
I can't tell u how I HATE that saying!! I asked a booker one time about booking my act because it is so different & not mainstream on the east coast, and he said "Funny's funny. If you're funny you'll get booked."
What a load of CRAP!! How can anyone say that?? If that were true, then comics wouldn't ever bomb after they've had a proven good set! I'm talking about good comics. I had an A-list comedian friend tell me that one night he'll get a standing O and the next night, same club he'll bomb!! If funny is funny how is that possible??
It's not like comics change their set every night. They do the same set for awhile, ok, some for years, and every one of them have bomb stories with that same set they worked with for awhile.
I know I have a certain genre. Some people it's the college, or redneck, or urban. I'm metaphysical. I absolutely killed one week with a sold out crowd of 60. And died a slow painful death the following week with a crowd of 200. I knew it wasn't my crowd but I was assured they'd be open to it. Ummm hell to the NO! They were not. But the other comics that were good, probably would've died a death with my crowd.
I personally do not care for Dane Cook's act. I like him in interviews but when I saw his act, was not impressed & didn't think he was funny. But 12,000 college age kids did.
So to some it up FUNNY IS NOT FUNNY!! What's funny to some IS NOT funny to others.
I'm done with my rant now. nuff said.
Funny is NOT Funny!
Current mood: irritated
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
I can't tell u how I HATE that saying!! I asked a booker one time about booking my act because it is so different & not mainstream on the east coast, and he said "Funny's funny. If you're funny you'll get booked."
What a load of CRAP!! How can anyone say that?? If that were true, then comics wouldn't ever bomb after they've had a proven good set! I'm talking about good comics. I had an A-list comedian friend tell me that one night he'll get a standing O and the next night, same club he'll bomb!! If funny is funny how is that possible??
It's not like comics change their set every night. They do the same set for awhile, ok, some for years, and every one of them have bomb stories with that same set they worked with for awhile.
I know I have a certain genre. Some people it's the college, or redneck, or urban. I'm metaphysical. I absolutely killed one week with a sold out crowd of 60. And died a slow painful death the following week with a crowd of 200. I knew it wasn't my crowd but I was assured they'd be open to it. Ummm hell to the NO! They were not. But the other comics that were good, probably would've died a death with my crowd.
I personally do not care for Dane Cook's act. I like him in interviews but when I saw his act, was not impressed & didn't think he was funny. But 12,000 college age kids did.
So to some it up FUNNY IS NOT FUNNY!! What's funny to some IS NOT funny to others.
I'm done with my rant now. nuff said.
posted by Witchy Woman at 9:28 PM
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