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  • Doctor Eric
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2002
    • 955

    #16
    Oh, and I just found out it's pantsless Wednesday, so you're off the hook....

    FOR NOW.

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    • Doctor Eric
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2002
      • 955

      #17
      Oh, and I just found out it's pantsless Wednesday, so you're off the hook....

      FOR NOW.

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      • Rachel Peters
        Moderator
        • Nov 2005
        • 1396

        #18
        Way to repeat yourself, Repeaties McGee. Why don't you go and REPEAT yourself some more.
        Well, maybe I WILL just keep telling myself that.

        www.rachelpeters.com

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        • Doctor Eric
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2002
          • 955

          #19
          It wasn't me, p.net hiccupped

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          • Rachel Peters
            Moderator
            • Nov 2005
            • 1396

            #20
            Your Mom hiccuped.

            ...Oh and... Hitler.

            (The true sign of a fight reaching its lowest point is when someone mentions Hitler.)

            Done and done.
            Well, maybe I WILL just keep telling myself that.

            www.rachelpeters.com

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            • George Gilbert
              Member
              • Jun 2007
              • 56

              #21
              Originally posted by Rachel Peters
              So? ...Have you booked any gigs yet?
              Or boosted your promo?

              Yeah. I'm working all spring/summer long.. Winter, ehh.. Still not where I want to be yet as far as numbers go.. but I'm enjoying the time off.

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              • Dallas
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2009
                • 157

                #22
                hmmmmmm

                This past weekend I performed at Art Deco Weekend in Miami. At one of my performances I noticed a uniformed police officer and his 4 year old daughter. I performed my ENTIRE show and didn't have to change a line/joke/word.

                Afterwards, the officer approached me and thanked me for my show with a $20 bill. He stated that he had to take his daughter away from the other performances on the street because of some of their material.

                He wasn't complaining, because he watched the others without her and thought they were good also.

                Seems to me that the daughter is the one to lose in this situation. All because of a couple of one-liners or gestures...

                This just made me think of this thread.

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                • jeep caillouet
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 752

                  #23
                  George just do your routine. Those are great tricks. If you like you can change the cigarette trick and use a regular penny to a giant penny or to what ever you like. the trick is to have a good promo and shop it. good luck.

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                  • Doctor Eric
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2002
                    • 955

                    #24
                    It's important to note while reading Dallas' post, that the people that wrote his jokes are a lot edgier than he is. The experimentation has to happen somewhere. I guess you just have to decide which side of the curve you want to be on.

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                    • Dallas
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 157

                      #25
                      edgier...

                      Is it edgy??

                      Said infront of a crowd with children, while doing the "balloon swallow"...

                      "I learned this in prison"...


                      I choose the side of the curve that gets me more bookings.

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                      • Doctor Eric
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2002
                        • 955

                        #26
                        You're nullifying my point again. And using a wicked shitty example to boot. You ripped almost every line in your show from people that have crossed the line, so you can pat yourself on the back all day for stepping right up to the line without crossing it, but the fact is, you used the hard work of pther people to do it. The whole reason I even mentioned that fact was to encourage other folks to write, and to experiment. Your comment isn't without merit, just without context.

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                        • Dallas
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 157

                          #27
                          My point is...

                          Be creative, but also have respect for your audience and learn to be adaptable.

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                          • jeep caillouet
                            Senior Member
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 752

                            #28
                            Calm down, calm down

                            That's a nasty blow to Dallas. He does a great show is a REALLY NICE GUY.My show is original and I had to make up my own lines, with the exception of some really old stock lines. So what do you do? And don't tell me juggle!

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                            • gav
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 916

                              #29
                              To be fair Jeep, I have yet to see Dallas deny that he has used a wealth of other peoples lines.
                              Personaly, I have never seen his show, but it sounds like Eric has.

                              In regards to the line that Dallas used as an example, I would have no problem for my kids(3 and 10) to hear that line and many others, because they simply wouldn't 'get it'. If your kid does 'get it', then it's already too late to protect them from such things and if that's the case, they probably understand humour at that point.

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                              • jeep caillouet
                                Senior Member
                                • Jan 2006
                                • 752

                                #30
                                Gav point!

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