These are notes to myself.
- Comedy Juggling is a thousand times better than juggling and comedy. I completely switched my usual style (less energetic. I was inspired by Michael Davis, and kept things slow and the humor sharp. (I even stole his motorcycle gag. I wasn't going to steal it, but once I was on stage with the kazoo in my mouth, It felt right).
- Inappropriate humor wins the audience over. I won them over with "I'm having trouble with my ballsack" and a girl started off well with "I call this act: 1 girl 1 cup".
- Get the audience laughing early (with that cheap joke). Once I had then, It all went up hill.
- Be ready with jokes for all instances. My best lines were response based and/or improvised.
- Ask for a volunteer after you reveal the juggling knife. They have to be prepared to trust you.
- Don't drink 3 soda's before going on stage. Even if the burp joke would have been great. (Sadly I burped right before going on).
- Improv, and context based / situation humor is great. I followed a rapper and began with "note to self: abandon rapping career". Which is also funny because I'm really white. After doing something difficult, the "I have a fantastic social life" line was good (performing for college people).
- I had at least one person crying from laughter. So that was good.
- I didn't pay special attention to the judges, which I suppose worked. Not using them for a volunteer, for example.
- Unicycling out of the room did not work, as I was not available for an applause or ovation. I had to come back, which prompted one during the MC's talking. Not good.
- I didn't let anyone see the unicycle until I took it out for the exit. This worked for what it was (no false expectation), but what would be better would be to just get the skill to juggle on it already.
- Low ceilings suck, but be ready with enough material to counter stage conditions. (lots of tight juggling, enough to forgo a unicycle, etc).
- Remember the gags. I suppose this is practice, but I forgot a lot of great lines. This is my major regret - there was a lot of good shit not used.
- Be more patient before beginning to juggle. Build it up, particularly anything dangerous.
- Get videos of the performances. Always a regret - video lets me analyze what worked and what didn't.
- Laugh and enjoy other acts in a talent show. Those guys are on stage not making idiots of themselves.
- That said, the 3 kazoo's in the mouth "chainsaw" gag was actually pretty damn good, just need a way to set it up faster.
- "You're not impressed" "This is easy, I can tell by your reaction" and so forth, jokes that are about the audiences lack of enjoyment. They work well. I don't know why, I guess it's more the performer making fun of himself.
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