My First Stand-Up

It’s done! After three months of hard work to build up a set I am officially a stand-up comedian!

The video suffered some technical difficulties during recording. Basically all the really funny bits are missing. Honest! You should have been there! No, not really… It starts with “There was a guy at the train station asking for change…”

I came off stage and had no idea what just happened. Did any of it make sense? Did I miss whole paragraphs? Who knows, who cares. They laughed -- hard -- and that was all that mattered.

For anyone who wants to give it a bash, it’s one of the best extreme sports out there. The fear lasts for weeks beforehand. The pressure to not-choke up, the distinct possibility of public humiliation and the endless self-doubt -- “is that joke actually funny?”, “should I really say that?”, “does this shirt bring out my eyes?” -- all brings together the perfect storm of adrenaline. Awesome!

All the guys out on stage that night were doing it for the first time, and we were seriously buzzing afterwards.

I can’t wait till my next run out! The best fun I have had in a very long time.

“When I told my friends I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed. Well, they’re not laughing now!” -- Bob Monkhouse