Drunk Firemen
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We all know that firemen are cool. They show up and everyone is glad to see them. They always make things better. We all love firemen.
Unless....
You are doing comedy at a bar that is hosting a once a year firemen celebration/fundraiser/let's get shit faced event.
I first step into this bar and there's 100 firemen drinking up a storm and going crazy for some bag pipers. The whole place is clapping, everyone has a mustache, they are all very loud, very big, and don't really look like they want to hear comedy.
The host who went up before me was struggling hard. He threw out the idea of doing any material and stuck with crowd work. It didn't matter. A drunk fireman went on stage and attempted to pull the plug for the PA system. The DJ stopped him and as the DJ was taking him off the stage the drunk fireman was yelling, "This guy sucks. He's terrible."
I was up next and it just felt like even more people were talking. There was 50 people at the bar with their backs to me, all chatting up a storm. The people sitting on the sides of the room were all carrying very loud conversations. And there I was, on stage. Alone with a mike which still made it hard for people to hear me over the voices.
I had three girls in back watching, one guy in the middle and two gals up front.
I made the guy laugh. I heard him say, "This guy is funny."
That made me feel good. I didn't want to quit.
Make it fun and the funny will come.
Unless....
You are doing comedy at a bar that is hosting a once a year firemen celebration/fundraiser/let's get shit faced event.
I first step into this bar and there's 100 firemen drinking up a storm and going crazy for some bag pipers. The whole place is clapping, everyone has a mustache, they are all very loud, very big, and don't really look like they want to hear comedy.
The host who went up before me was struggling hard. He threw out the idea of doing any material and stuck with crowd work. It didn't matter. A drunk fireman went on stage and attempted to pull the plug for the PA system. The DJ stopped him and as the DJ was taking him off the stage the drunk fireman was yelling, "This guy sucks. He's terrible."
I was up next and it just felt like even more people were talking. There was 50 people at the bar with their backs to me, all chatting up a storm. The people sitting on the sides of the room were all carrying very loud conversations. And there I was, on stage. Alone with a mike which still made it hard for people to hear me over the voices.
I had three girls in back watching, one guy in the middle and two gals up front.
I made the guy laugh. I heard him say, "This guy is funny."
That made me feel good. I didn't want to quit.
Make it fun and the funny will come.