Filed under: financial progress, stand-up journal, video | Tags: big dicks, diners, douchebags, elevators, fries, grammar, handjobs, hatred, high-five, rant, stupidity, subway posters, suits, third person, verbiage, washable chalk, wet hands
Armed with his ranting verbiage and ridiculous hatred for douchebags on elevators, Len Yarea touches upon suits, handjobs, diners, fries, washable chalk, wet hands, subway posters, and big ass dicks. (Okay, quick lesson learned. Never use “big ass dicks” after “touches upon.”)
Anyhow, Len Yarea is ridding the world of stupidity…starting with you (while he continues to refer to himself with first and last names in the third person).
Actually, it’s not really a ranting verbiage. But it should be. And it shall be. One day…
Compare with the rest of my performances and you’ll see the difference a few weeks can make. And by “the rest of my performances” I mean one other performance, that wasn’t even in front of a “real” audience.
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Update on financial progress:
Total support to date: 14 people
Total number of people who gave me a high-five after my performance: 1 person
Previous dollar TOTAL: $6.95
How much I made from 3rd Bringer Show: $0
Cost of DVD from 3rd Bringer Show: $20
TOTAL: $26.95
Filed under: stand-up journal | Tags: Andy Samberg, Asian comedian, audience, black, bobcat, energy, half-Korean, high-five, recap, review, tape, voice
Tonight was a phenomenal show. Not only was I able to balance a decent amount of improv, but the audience just had great energy throughout. Thanks Jen and Val for coming out to support – once again I have surprised a pair of nervous skeptics. For the rest of you who couldn’t make it, thanks for helping me get my time cut short1 and forcing me to do some last minute thinking on my feet for what to cut. I really can’t wait to post this one up for you guys to watch.
As I mentioned previously in Sophomore Dip my last performance wasn’t exactly the best. I got home, watched tape, and didn’t even want to show it. My gestures were distracting. I didn’t commit to my character. I let the semi-tired audience control the tempo. No, no, and no!
So I watched tape again. And again. And again. I edited my mistakes and sharpened my voice, which is still a bit problematic2, but improvement will come. This was Oral Communications as a business major in college all over again (shout out to Professor Hajduk). With all the review, I changed my mentality, went out tonight and ripped it.
After the show, a half-Korean girl named Jessica came up to me and said, “High-five, Asian man! I’m half-Korean.” So I high-fived her, not knowing what “I’m half-Korean” had to do with anything – was I supposed to feel more connected to her as opposed to if she were black? Either way, this marks the first time I have ever high-fived anyone since I was four. And yes, this paragraph is the only reason why I inserted an image of a bobcat high-fiving Andy Samberg.
She got me thinking, though. Should I start introducing myself as the Asian comedian around town who gives out business cards or something? That way people might be able to find me better.
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1If I don’t have 3 guests, I get 7 minutes instead of 10.
2I have a low register and I sound like I talk from my stomach, which isn’t necessarily bad, but I want it to be a little sharper.
