I just won a stand-up competition

[Kentock]

Hey guys, not sure if this is worth it's own thread but I'll try to make it not dumb.

Last night I won the 2008 Philly's Phunniest competition at Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia. It was really fun, and I had a great time and now I might actually start getting paid to do stand-up, which is amazing.

So I wanted to thank AST as a whole for basically teaching me about good comedy. I found this site just over 2 years ago when I was first contemplating doing stand-up. I burned through all the interviews on the site (which, sadly, probably got lost) and started trying to learn as much as I could. This site, more than anything else, has introduced me to comedians and tv shows and movies that have become the foundation of what I love in comedy. And of course I love that people discuss not only that something's funny, but why something's funny.

Also, when I moved to a new city last year and didn't know anybody, this site gave me a connection to a group of people who loved the same things I do. I didn't get any Christmas presents from my college friends, but I got one from an ASTer (heather!), and it was a great feeling.

So thanks to Matt and AST for being awesome and also for letting me brag a little. I will be uploading the video of my set hopefully today, I'll try to post it on here.

Kent

[drieux]

Always nice to hear of a fellow AST'er doing well! Congratulations Kentock!

[Darryl]

AWESOME! Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the video.

[Finnegan TG]

that's awesome. and you probably should be getting paid for doing stand-up. you've consistently posted funny material on here. from the Upstaged online show to your stand-up videos.

[Keith Whitener]

Congratulations!

[Battleship Pretension]

Congrats, dude!

[aenemaTron]

Kudos, Kent!

[BananapeelWilliams]

Can't wait to see the video, congratulations Kent!!

[mike]

POST THE GODDAMN VIDEO!

[ChrisCubasATX]

Congrats sir!

[AggroCrag]

That's awesome. Congratulations.

[scamboogah]

Big ups!!!

[heatherm]

ha ha i told you so

[punkdc]

Congrats (even though I'm not a fan of people who support bad spelling)!!!!!

[Jenny]

That's wonderful! Congratulations.

[priceyeah]

The first post of this thread wasn't funny at all, I thought.


Just kidding, Kentock. That's awesome! Way to go!

[Siggers]

Congrats! I am proud of you even though we never spoken or even acknowledged each other. I always wanted to enter a bunch of Stand-up competitions and win them all, i am going to try my hand at a few once things go right.

Very happy for your win. Now is the time for booze and strippers.

[Barmy Man]

Awesome news. Get as much mileage as you can out of that title. You deserve it.

[jon]

Congratulations, Kent. We're all so proud of you. Sunrise, sunset.

[karyrogers]

I was first exposed to you (that's sounds a little dirty) in the Project Breakout comedy contest. I really enjoyed your submissions. Then I saw on you on AST and checked out the Upstaged link in your sig. I dipped my toe in college theatre a bit and thought Upstaged was hilarious.

Congrats on the win. Good luck in the future.