First rule of JFL fightclub is, Don't walk across town to see a show and leave your pass back at the room.
So the first show was at Newspeak its a really cool room we came here last year to see Iliza Shlesinger destroy. This show has 9 acts and the Mc was Flula Borg he is German and doesn't do stand up more a weird singer/character. It was trying to get the crowd going. The first few act weren't the best I have seen one guy had a dummy and got nothing! There was a step back in quality and big laughs compered to the other nights. There was a lot of flat jokes. Some were obviously for a gala crowd so it has a different rhythm that doesn't work in this type of room.
Then Burt Kreischer hit the stage, he was the reason I came to this show and he didn't disappoint, Now the movie Van Wilder is actually based on Burt and he is one of the best story tellers there is and the way he tells it makes it exciting all the way through. The rest weren't the best.
Next stop was to Cleopatra's a strip club to see Ari Shaffir's "This is not Happening" This is the same show that is on Comedy Central where there is a subject this week it is CRAZY! Each act does around 8-10 mins telling you a story about something crazy. All of the acts smashed on this show Burt again was incredible this time going topless for the whole story and Sebastian Maniscalco was awesome as well. This would be such a great show if we could do it back home along with the roast shows.
Lessons
Write stories about something interesting and add your tags. These guys tell awesome stories the way you should tell awesome stories with a great build up and a huge pay off at the end.
There is a big step up from the guys who are the top here to the other acts. The guys like Burt and Ari can crush a room. The others can have good spots and thats it. It takes years there are no short cuts in comedy just years of hard work!
Tomorrow back to 3 shows and an after party drunk on.
Flemo