Second Open Mic

[DareToBlink]

One method of improvement would be to try and work on your transitions. If they were a little bit smoother, you would be that much funnier!

[alliteration1247]

You seemed to lose steam at the end.Stay confident even if it's not going your way! It's REALLY hard but it's also really going to help you out in the long run when you have tougher and tougher rooms. Let's see, I have a few short one liner type jokes and idk for me it really helps to stack four or five in the front of my set to get some laughs out of the way before i go into my more "story based" jokes. Obviously, different things work for different people. It's something that works for me

[alliteration1247]

I've been doing stand up for about 9 months now and I'd really REALLY like to chat about what you've seen about standup/read? I am Comic and Comedians of Comedy are pretty incredible. Who are your inspirations? "it's kind of a tall order for male diners" could even be your punchline.

Onto feedback. I think your joke about the eggs needs a different punchline. "Surgery" in this case doesn't make a lot of sense because there's no surgery a boy could get to become a woman.

[mickeleh]

Sorry to be late, Adam. But glad I caught your act. More standup. Please. The more you do it, the better you get.

[helloitserica]

Hooray for Portland! (:

[ShermanVids]

Reminds me of Mitch Hedberg :D

[TheBSxperience]

I was born in portland broski!

[blairheir721]

i loved the first one and i loved the second one :)

[TheOptimisticCynic]

Call me crazy, but I didn't really mind the lack of any segues, it all felt perfectly natural

[RosaDeBelen]

your monotone <3

[izinomics]

jesus what a tough crowd, these jokes are hilarious! the centipede joke was great why did only one guy laugh?! It seemed to me like their silence created a space you needed to fill, so you'd say little things where laughs should be that might best be left out? or planned out if need be. like after the acid joke you said everyone was pleased with that decision, but the mood of the joke was already great. I also think that rapid fire is best for short times like this, but obviously it's up to you

[Martheworld]

I agree with kelseeycakes, if you can work for the jokes to flow from one to the next, topic through topic, that could work as a stronger routine. The jokes were good there wasn't anything to really justify them being told together in this progression except for the last one.

Also, thanks for sharing these, if you continue it'll be interesting to see your comedic progression.

[Texasred63]

I would love to see your show sometime.

[Bella329]

awesome. more original. good job =)

[chemicaljordan]

Loved that joke about the acid. Personally, I'd work some jokes into a story rather than do a rapid fire method. Even less funny jokes than you talked about would get laughs if the audience is eased into them.

[HannieHee]

The dropping acid joke was great. xD

[Batmary21]

It took me way longer to get that centipede joke than it should have. My first thought was Human Centipede and I thought, yeah I would quit my job rather than become a human centipede. Then I realized that's not what you said so I thought is the centipede taking his job? and then finally I got it. My blonde is natural.

[semicolson]

I liked the acid joke a lot as well as the centipede and multiple personality disorder jokes. Very good. I felt Steven Wright and Hedberg influence with your personality in the mix. Very nice. We want more adam jokes!

[queenofeveryone]

That crowd was lame. Your jokes were really good. Especially with that monotone.

[geniusindesigns]

Okay, what. The crowd seen to enjoying it.

[booklovable]

What a lousy crowd. You were hilarious! ^_^

[HahnJames]

"...But it's okay because, one of them is a psychiatrist." I thought that was funny. I was laughing at jokes where the crowd remained silent. I don't know. Maybe your sentences had too many words in them or you used too many polysyllabic words for them. Keep refining your jokes and technique One day, you will have your audiences rolling on the floor in laughter.

Btw, I may be attending Portland State in the fall of 2012.

[BigGreenMachine3]

So you have time to look up wheel of fortune spins on google, but you don't have time to make a vlog for months at a time? We miss you. Also, it was really freakin hilarious(:

[casandraonline]

Well done, son.

[officialravenzoe]

The audience sucked, but your jokes were for the most part good. Keep at it, man.

[DavidsTanks]

Kind of generic.

[NanceswithWolves]

I remember when you posted on Tumblr about the game show network joke and let us give you our feedback and I weirdly feel as though I watched a child be born? The child, in this case, being the joke. And you being the mother of that joke. And I guess I'm just some innocent bystander? Maybe I'm the doctor. No, wait, I don't know how to deliver babies. I'll be your supportive but a little disgusted husband, who holds your hand throughout the process, but stares at the wall.

[TheArtOfTheComment]

You're a game show guy? I am too! This was really good, man.

[unreasonablyawkward]

damn I was laughing louder than all of the crowd put together...o.O

[Penguin0708]

You're so awesome!!! Keep it up. I love hearing your jokes.

[LACKproductions]

I liked it, but the crowd was cruddy.

[LifeGivesYouSugarToo]

dang. tough crowd:P

[dominosoul]

Jokes were good, the crowd was not.

[Cadegoestocollege]

Nicely done! Do you know why it randomly cuts out?

[allanvanvliet]

Very Mitch Hedberg. Well done.

[ppatrickwalshh]

hey look, it's the shoes!

[ScrodngrsCat]

They played Africa as you were coming out? I love Africa so much...

Also, I think you're hilarious.

[MyAmericanHeart66]

That was so good! I really didn't see the psychiatrist one coming, bit miffed that your audience didn't laugh much. I thought you were great ^_^

[alaninnh]

That was a tough house. I think you have the ability to make it Adam, if you keep working at it. From when I started watching your videos you reminded me of Steve Wright, who is one of my favorite comedians.

[MagnificentSteph]

great! I'm surprised more people didn't laugh at the psychiatrist joke, it was a tough crowd I guess

[Lightissoright]

Hahahaha! That was hilarious!

[GoAlybongo]

I like your stand up a lot Adam!

[Rocketfists]

I really hope that you requested to be played on and off by Toto.

[ItsPeterchu]

Stand up comedy seems really hard. You did really good.

[Murph4evarliv]

Where those the shoes that the lovely fan send you? What a nice fan.

[TheBrinizzle]

That was funny! Why wasn't the audience laughing!

[MorganPaigeLoves]

Bravo, Adam. Bravo.

[nattyissocoopslike]

you babe

[ItsAllJohnny]

Wow, tough crowd. Those jokes were pretty funny, can't believe they didn't laugh more. Especially since those jokes were original. I'd never heard them before anyway.

[mlynchrules1]

@ItsAllJohnny i've heard the centipede one before, but the rest of them were really new to me. i really liked it. especially the acid one. that one is class.

[crabstickz]

I'm petrified of doing stand up Adam, how do you do! HOW!?!? You're a much braver dude than me.

[dkale]

Awesome!

[MiraBethy]

I can't wait until you're famous and come do shows in Canada :)

[notaclareintheworld]

This is funnier than your last one!

[ammiella]

Haahahahaha funnyyyy :D

[LIANG14]

Flat audience, great set, love the dark humour, suits your tone of voice!

[jukebox108]

If I had been in that audience it would have just been you telling jokes and me making everyone awkward that they weren't laughing.

[colourmeful]

it took me a while to get the second last joke but i couldn't enjoy it because nobody laughed and you looked so sad and that made me sad

[Voldey]

I wanted more jokes ):

[kelseeeycakes]

I liked it! But it seemed a bit... incoherent? For example, the centipede thing was funny but you just sort of threw it out there and then moved on to talking about a friend you didn't actually have. Definitely stick to the method you used for the game show jokes, building one off the other. It just makes the whole thing flow better. Best of luck with other open mics!

[haleybug3011]

Love it.



[lexiz90]

Hehe this is quite amusing :)