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May 15, 2013, 6:42 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Comedy Questions From Beginners For Experienced Comics in Stage Time

Yeah -- slow talking is HARD. I mean, the basics of comedy writing boil down to coming up with a good 30-second joke, and figuring out a way to tell...

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May 15, 2013, 3:19 PM

MattLewis replied to a thread CHOOSE FUN! 5/16 at 8PM - CARMICHAEL, CHANG, ERIK GRIFFIN, RETHA JONES! in Los Angeles

LINEUP CHANGE: Jerrod Carmichael is filming tonight; so Jerry Rocha steps in AND ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD! Let me know if you want on the...

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May 15, 2013, 1:38 AM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Comedy Questions From Beginners For Experienced Comics in Stage Time

A lot of that is instinctive -- "go faster" is almost always good advice, and "project your voice" is sometimes good advice, and "try to act as...

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May 14, 2013, 9:17 AM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Pilot Season 2013 in AST: Comedy

Yeah, trailers are always bad. The only thing worse than a trailer is a cast photo.

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May 9, 2013, 6:22 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Community thread in AST: Comedy

It's... a little surprising that "The New Normal" wasn't summarily cancelled like the other four. Either NBC is putting too much stock in post-"The...

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May 8, 2013, 7:00 PM

MattLewis started a thread CHOOSE FUN! 5/16 at 8PM - CARMICHAEL, CHANG, ERIK GRIFFIN, RETHA JONES! in Los Angeles

First Installment of Choose Fun! at Jon Lovitz Comedy Club Thusday May 16th 8PM message me here to let me know if you want on the guestlist,...

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May 6, 2013, 4:45 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Community thread in AST: Comedy

I don't know who wrote this, but anyone claiming that The New Normal "looked like solid bet to return" any time after The Voice ended last fall......

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May 6, 2013, 1:34 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Community thread in AST: Comedy

Yeah, Parks is easily the highest-rated returning comedy, and nobody thinks it has a legitimate risk of cancellation. Community is mostly in...

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May 6, 2013, 4:40 AM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Comedy Questions From Beginners For Experienced Comics in Stage Time

I'm in... kind of a similar situation, actually. I don't do crowd work, and don't intend to ever do crowd work, but I am actually trying to get a...

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May 6, 2013, 2:00 AM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Mad Men in Whatever Else... and Music

My condolences to Craig Anton on his pancreatic cancer.

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May 5, 2013, 10:02 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Community thread in AST: Comedy

It's the second-highest-rated comedy on the network that isn't ending this year. At this point, it's virtually a lock for renewal, at least for...

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April 23, 2013, 4:48 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

Just for the record, I'm not talking about host/feature/headliner shows either. I don't do those, and I con't live in a city where they really exist...

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April 23, 2013, 3:15 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

Because it's a comedy show. Making the audience "connect" to the notion that the comedy show they're watching is a bad show bad is sabotage, plain...

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April 22, 2013, 6:44 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

Yeah -- and it's different too for a headliner. In theory, a headliner (i.e. a nationally known comic who can assume a significant percentage of the...

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April 21, 2013, 8:41 AM

ghoulvez started a thread Wed. 4/24 10pm PBR Presents: The Punk House in Los Angeles

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April 21, 2013, 8:30 AM

ghoulvez started a thread Big Trouble & Late Night Open Mic @ The Lexington 4.23 9pm in Los Angeles

Big Trouble is a Free New Show Tuesdays 9pm downtown at a cool new bar, The Lexington. Followed by The Late Night Open Mic hosted by Buck Ball. ...

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April 20, 2013, 11:30 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

Always. Well, no. If you've been on stage long enough and done well enough to get the audience completely on your side, AND if you have enough...

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April 20, 2013, 1:40 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

The thing is, commenting on how you're bombing may get laughs at open mics in front of other comics, but it's nervous laughter. Better to have no...

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April 19, 2013, 6:50 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Interesting new comedian problems. in Stage Time

I know this is a couple weeks late, but honestly, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Either you're making a connection in your mind that nobody...

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April 19, 2013, 4:30 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

Yeah -- that can be rough. I used to ad-lib a couple lines off the previous comic's set at the top of my set sometimes. But I noticed that even when...

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April 19, 2013, 1:25 PM

ErikNielsen replied to a thread Open mic experiences in Stage Time

Don't "dick around", then. Deliver every set as though you expect the audience to care, and you expect to kill. You'll find that it'll happen more...

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