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Hi Matt, plese can i ask why you gave up? Ive done two open mics and feel like giving up already. Was a pretty soul crushing experience! ❤

I disagree about shock comedy, I have done it several times and even an entire set.........I think the way you said "Thats all they can do" as a shock comedian is a bit judgy...I don't really care about people opinion but discouraging people about a comedy style that you have no skills at to be a shitty style is quite wrong. Just saying..... wanna see a 5 minute set of me doing shock comedy which I improvised right there on the stage and it was racist, sexist, abusive, degrading.....and it wasn't the only time!!!!! I am still green but I your advice is quite wrong,...on other opinion too like...crowd work. I think we should try crowd work asap.... its gonna suck if u start day 1 or day 100...it would only get better with experience. again no offense to you but i keep shaking my head as I keep going through your video. I am sorry if this is coming out as trying to make a drama out of your opinion.. I was a bit disheartened when you said my kind of comedy dont work.. I think every joke, no matter how dark and controversial, can work if you know how to deliver it.

Rule 3... Anthony Jeselnik has entered that chat.

Thank you this helped me out

Great info. Doing 1st open mic tomorrow night. Its a roast the host birthday celebration. 5 minutes and im a bit nervous. Mostly concerned with getting my timing and volume right. Thanks for the tips!

I disagree, you can be edgy, but there has to be real effort and it has to actually be a joke. If it's clever and funny, I'd say go for it.

Saw the Warlock immediately. Fucking hilarious!

Who are you ??

I hate watching crowd work tho

I go to every mic with the idea that I’m practicing for the next one

"edgy comedians never make it very far".....dave chapelle? Kevin Hart? Jeff Dunham? Literally eveey major name in comedy is edgy and uses dark and controversial humor

More like hack comedian

I think you were grouping all why humor as shock humor and that's not the case

Are sure you have the right definition of edgy? Because Bill Burr and Jeselnik i think are consisted edgy and they're funny AF

Good edgy has other material in it

Thank you Matt!! Great listening to your experience. Peace and Gratitude.

Greetings Matt! I truly appreciate your video, very informative and encouraging. I recently reentered to comedy world with my one of a kind Blind Dog comedy act! With the finally being my dog stands on my head while i play a 12 String guitar and sing a song about people misgendering him. I’ve been booked as a musician for 20+ years and now to share our comedy. It’s truly one of a kind, so naturally the next step is how to get regular comedy bookings. Peace and much gratitude🙏

Rule #1: if you aren't funny, then try and make people think you are Rule #2: don't work the crowd. Everyone is expecting you to do it, so don't do it.

I just did my first ever open mic set. I think it went well. I was nervous until they called my name. Once i got up, all that went away. Im addicted to it now. I watched your video and definitely did so things wrong. But i was totally comfortable. Please check me out for a critique. Id love your opinion. AJ Chavez Comedy.

Edgy comedians don’t make it? Ari Shaffir, Jimmy Carr,

all the mics in my area are in bars. it's absolute death.

6:00 so you can be edgy, but mix actual humor in with it. A laugh is a laugh, just dont over do it. Dont get attached to your style if it doesn't get laughs

11 years here’s my tips. Be yourself. Talk to the crowd. Point out the obvious. Have a beginning middle and end to your set. In between work with the crowd to the next part of your time. Open mic night is a pissing contest. Performing for comedians is tough cuz they don’t usually work with people they like to hog the glory and they’ll make you know it. No gross out humor. Shows your inexperience.embrace silence and use it if you can. Point out how unfunny something is and people will tend to agree with you and in return that’s funny. Every gig/open mic is a different experience. No two mics are the same. There’s good times and bad. Even for the professionals. So no one is above a bad performance. Just take the slap on the wrist and try again. Don’t be afraid to fail. You’re gonna fail more than you’ll succeed at first so you might as well get used to it. Lastly practice. Hope all this helps.

How about being moderately drunk? Like not wasted, but solidly buzzed?

To state the obvious... every rule here can be broken if you're good enough. Don't insult the audience? Bill Burr Philly. Don't get too drunk? Ron White. Might be better considered as: "if you failed, and you did one of these, maybe dial it back, *OR PUSH IT HARDER*". I have never heard of Matt Hoss (no disrespect, just a fact). You probably haven't either. Don't take his advice :D

Rowan Atwood comedy*

at first I thought you were the matt hoss that sued h3h3 a few years ago lmao

Just wanted to say thank you for posting this video, lots of very useful and advice😊😊

I needed this video before last Thursday. I walked off stage crying 😂 I had nerve’s every and thought “I had it in the bag!‼️ I had a tall coke and Jack strong😂 smoked half a blunt O Lord ! Why! I am definitely going to follow all these tips. Maybe all the reactions to Family like being shocked about me doing it 😂 My Dads reaction was priceless. I went out thinking, I owned the crowd the first time. Very Unprepared thinking, I could wing it! I appreciate these tips so much 🌹

How do you treat friends who are supposed to come support your performance with their laughs rather come to judge your sense of humor thus refusing to even laugh when they are supposed to?

Where your over promised underdeveloped ratio you promised to wickedwiz buddy?

When I listen to Comedians I immediately stop listening when they start sex jokes

Some excellent advice here. Good tips. I instinctively knew to record my first standup set, unfortunately I could only get audio. Have been getting video since then. And I had been practicing that first five minute set for three years before I finally got to my first Open Mic. so I think my confidence was pretty good for a first time. A few of the other comics told me they were surprised that it was my first Open Mic. I’ve been doing a different five minute set each month, but I know I need to get to more venues, And do the same set more times to really get an idea of which jokes are number ones, which are number twos, and which ones really aren’t working. I’ll probably be re-watching this video again in another week or two as a refresher. Thanks again.

Thanks so much. Great stuff!

I cannot sit and concentrate on an english accent explain comedy to me. I just imagine this guy stuffi g his face with crumpets fig newton's and tea.

There’s some great wisdom here, but you should redo this with limited description and put the tip on screen so I know which ones were on if I skip around

Is it unethical to tell your audience about a funny story that didn’t actually happen

i chuckled at your expensive joke.

Great tips mate!!❤