There's a lot to be learned from poor performances.

Anyway, we're still running on generator power right now, but at least the internet connection is solid again. I'm going to hurry through this so I can make sure it sends before I run out of gas!

Now that I know two people are watching, I'm back to my weekly uploads here on 3Speak.

This is an older video now, and I believe it's the only one where I actually had a FRIEND (yeah, I have one or two!) with me to record... which is why there are about 30 seconds missing in the middle of it! 😂

My friend is an iPhone user, you see, and when I suggested he use my cheap Motorola phone to record with, he immediately dismissed it.

"My iPhone will take way better video." he said.

Well, his iPhone died about halfway through the set, and he had to switch to my crappy Motorola phone anyway.

You didn't miss much, just a joke about how God wants us all to watch porn.

The audience of comedians was feisty that night, so you can really hear some laughter in this one.

This was my first ever fully written and rehearsed set, though it didn't go exactly as planned, because waiting for people to finish laughing took up a bit more time than expected. We call that a beautiful problem!

Sorry about skipping last weekend, I honestly didn't think anyone was paying attention, until @hurtlocker and @forkyishere dropped some comments. This post is for you!

Firehouse Saloon also has comedy battles on Sunday nights, which I'm hoping to participate in soon.

Tonight, I'll be competing at a comedy battle in Ithaca, telling my best jokes for 5 minutes, hoping to win a $100 prize. If you're anywhere near Ithaca, NY, come out tonight and seem me at Kitchen Theater. Show starts at 7:00.

I'd like to do a better write-up for this video, but I'm still busy working on my 5 minutes for tonight, so I guess this is it.

Thanks for watching!!

Another older video for your viewing pleasure. Someone came and sat in front of the camera early into this one, but I move arounb enough that you can still catch a glimpse of me on the stage.

Very early forms of some jokes on this video. Just an okay night, all in all. Most nights, Kelly's is more like a workshop than a performance.

If you're reading this from my Facebook, then please buy tickets to come see me at The Kitchen Theater in Ithaca this Friday at 7:00, where I'll be competing in the $100 Laugh-Off! The audience votes for the winner, so I'm really hoping to rig the vote!

For the rest of you, I'm not sure if they'll let me film that performance, but I'll likely be testing my 5 minutes at the open mics leading up to Friday, so you'll still get a chance to see.

I'll probably be posting these in The Comedy Club Community for a while, Comedy Open Mic has gotten pretty dead again. I shouldn't be able to dominate the feed when I'm only posting once a week!

As always, thanks for watching!

I couldn't say for sure, I'm too much of a hurry to watch it right now.

Maybe I'll update this later.

Maybe I'll just leave it like this.

Either way, thanks for watching!

This was the set I performed to open my friend's musical performance at the venue where I'm currently hosting my open mic. It's a bit longer than normal, though if you've seen all my other videos, you've probably seen me perform all of these jokes before.

If it seems like it went poorly on the video, that's because it did. There were only handful of people there when I started, and less than half of them were there to watch comedy. I didn't mind, though. It was nice to have the extra time to practice, even if nobody was paying attention.

I'm posting this one on Friday night, to see if it gets more natural eyeballs from my Facebook friends. The Saturday posts don't seem to get their attention for a few days.

I was actually a good little comedian, and went through all of the videos I had from last year, and got them ready for posting. So, there is no excuse for me to miss a weekend. If you think I'm too late getting a new video up, feel free to complain to me, loudly.

That's all for now, gang. Keep an eye on The Comedy Club Community for some written humor, and updates about how life is going.

Did anyone notice that I didn't drop a video last week? Certainly, nobody noticed enough to complain about it. What kind of rabid fans are you guys? I mean, if you guys aren't going to hold me accountable, who will? You all need to up your game, or I'm just going to have to find myself a NEW audience!

Just kidding, you know I love you apathetic slackers, and I'm happy to present you with another video!

Now, before we start, let's all take a brief moment of silence for the end of one of my favorite venues, The Downstairs in Ithaca, NY. That little cellar bar was a comedy home for me, a place where I learned and grew, and laughed. My grief is only tempered by the knowledge that although The Downstairs may be closed, the comedy open mic will live on!

One of the things that I liked about The Downstairs was that the audio on my recordings there always came out FANTASTIC, as I'm sure you'll note, because you're all so observant (not because any of you read all this extra). Usually, the video is pretty good, too, but for this last open mic, they were having some lighting problems. I adjusted it well enough that you can see who's talking, but it was a low-effort effort, and you can see that. I make no apologies. Show me your comedy videos, if you're so much better at it!

Geez, I seem a bit saucy this morning. Maybe I should put on a mood ring, and see if I'm in a mood. Maybe I should rewrite this. Nah, we've already established that nobody reads these anyway. Forging ahead... Yukon Ho!

That last (almost) sentence was a Calvin and Hobbes reference.

Anyway...

My set went fairly well. I think you guys have seen most of it elsewhere, already, if you've been watching. I always get a pretty good crowd response in this space, and this night was no different. So, if you want to hear people actually laughing at me (with me, occassionally!) this is the video you want to see!

Thanks for your views, your votes, and your comments! I spent the wee hours of yesterday morning getting all of my comedy clips edited for posting, so if I miss another weekend release, don't be afraid to YELL at me about it!

I think most of this material is in one or another of the other videos I've posted, but I'm really not sure. I didn't even watch this one again before posting it.

As always, I hope you enjoy it!

This is one of my more recent open mics, as I'm sure (most of) you can tell by the date. Honestly, I'm starting to lose track of whether or not the jokes are new to you video watchers. Perhaps I'll watch through these, and make a database of which jokes are in which videos, so I don't inundate you with repeats every week.

Perhaps, but I think we all know I won't.

There aren't a lot of open mics happening between now and next year, so I won't have a lot of new videos for everyone, but I have plenty of old ones, so we'll just continue with some of them as we enter the open mic drought season.

As always, I appreciate your praise and rage in the comments.

Hope you have a laugh!

This was the last open mic I did before the Subaru needed some major repairs, which left me parked at home for most of the summer. I was feeling terrible all day long, but had a pretty good set, and a very good night.

Some of it you've heard before, some of it you haven't. Some of it kinda requires context from the other comedian's sets.

I really enjoyed recording at this venue, because I could set my camera right in front of the speaker, so you can hear all the comics very clearly. Next Tuesday will unfortunately be the very last comedy open mic there, because the venue is closing at the end of the year. I have a device now that I can set up to record audio in front of the speaker no matter where the camera is, so hopefully all of my newer recording will be easier to here.

I know my Facebook friends have been watching these, though I don't if they (or anyone) is actually reading the accompanying literature.

I encourage all critiques, complaints, heckling, praise, applause, encouragement, discouragement, and other interesting reactions in the comments.

I already have a handful of other videos recorded, so hopefully I'll be motivated enough to keep posting weekly through the new year.

Hope you enjoy!

As promised, I've been doing a LOT of open mics lately. Contrary to my promise, I haven't been getting many of them filmed, but I finally have one ready to share!

There wasn't much of an audience, and you can't hear them at all in the video, but the set went really well. I wish I had recorded this same set the previous night at The Downstairs, which is a much smaller room, and the audience nearly drowned me out.

This will be mostly new material to most of you, so I hope you enjoy!

I've been working new stuff each week, so now that I'm getting into a routine, I'll hopefully have some more regular releases.

I enjoy your criticism! Did you hate it? Let me know in the comments. Did you love it? Let me know in the comments. Did you laugh so hard, you're pregnant now? Definitely, let me know in the comments!

Until next time...

I've not seen Dane out a lot at the open mics, so let's show him some love, to let him know he should be doing more of this!

I have one more video (so far) that I have permission to post from that evening.

New material from myself at The Downstairs in Ithaca, NY coming soon!

Thank you all for watching!

This was one of the funniest sets about childhood trauma that I've ever seen.

Give her your full attention, you will not be disappointed!

Just a litlle.

I felt like this was my best performance yet. I've definitely been getting a good response from the other local comedians.

Unfortunately, unless I can get something figured out with my shitty vehicles, I may not be able to keep making weekly runs up there.

Posting the video to The Comedy Club, since Comedy Open Mic seems to have become a home for spam.