Last time I went to the punchline (about 6 months ago) the headliner was Greg Proops (of Whose line is it anyway?) and the guys before him were pretty funny. But when we got to him, he started in on a who line of tired topics. Wanna be famous people who did stupid things to be famous, like Paris Hilton and the Simpson girls. He got so frustrated at the amount of, or lack of, laughs. He then got upset and tried to get laughs with fake anger.
Now I can see someone telling jokes and finding them failing, and getting upset. But to blaime it on something stupid? That takes a bad comedian. Bring on Stan…
Blame it on the txt
Chortle, the UK Comedy Guide, writes that comedian Stan Boardman blames text messaging for ruining his act.
“The comic blamed the technology for his material dying sometimes. He said: ‘I can tell a new joke on stage one night and get a huge laugh. ‘But all it takes is for someone in the audience to text it to their mates and it spreads so quickly that the very next night you only get a little ripple.
In the early days, a lot of comedians travelled round the country using the same act for months on end. Now I have to change my act on a daily basis, literally”.
Tags: Humor, Irony, Technology
