i honestly didnt think it was that funny, but i personally like to see well delivered jokes....delivery is everything, even if it's awkward, you gotta own it. Two people with different deliveries can tell the same joke and only one will kill it with it. Maybe with more stage time you'll be more confident up there. And that ATM joke, was that recycled from somewhere else? For some reason entourage came to mind, was that mentioned on the show once? I can't remember where I've heard it before.
My argument is that you shouldn't be brought up to expect pats on the back mainly for effort, but you shouldn't get destroyed either for lack of end result.
You heard the ATM joke on my other standup that was performed in houston in january and posted on clutchfans. I will work on delivery, I only had 2 hours to prep for this particular show because I got VERY late notice.
Mencia got a bad rep because he took a few shared premises and did them better than anyone else. Carlos' success is due largely to his consistent snark, but more honorable examples of the style would be Lewis Black and Bill Burr...Bill Hicks in his prime was the archetype. Angry comedy is harder to sell, especially to southern audiences. Contrary to popular belief, the south caters to more cleverly constructed and thoughtful humor. Houston is one of the few places that I work in which audiences don't succumb to stereotypical expectations from performers, so no matter who you are you have a clean slate to create, we all try to use that to our advantage.
The delivery wasnt that great but otherwise you did your thing...The comedians I follow know how to make you visualize every joke.... Keep Rollin along Mane!!!!
East coast audiences embrace their snark and west coast audiences embrace their intellectual complexity. That's who they are and always will be...and they're ok with that. I personally think that in the south we try to distance ourselves from good ol boy misconceptions therefore making ourselves more available and susceptible to different cultural observations. There was a time when there was a "dumb it down" mentality when it came to performing in the south, but comedy clubs like Spellbinders and The Laff Stop consistently pushed the envelope in terms of who they would book and created a culture that helped to modify the common tone of "stand-up comedian performing in the south" and "southern audience member" alike.
