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Best Audience Ever.
Sep. 19th, 2006 01:37 pmFriday Night, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evildoom_bunny went to see more Comedy at the Cornish Arms in Brunswick.
They place was rather quiet - small crowd, some of whom seemed incapable of laughter. So I dragged us down to the very front table, right next to the stage. Which was unoccupied - most people are scared of that spot, not I!
About half way through the show, just before the break, the MC dude (another comedian, who bares a striking resemblance to a young Kim Beazley) came out and said " and I have had a vote and decided that these two" (points at us) "are the best audience members. So the rest of you, watch them and try and copy what they're doing!"
I yelled back, jokingly, "Do we get a prize?"
It's not clear what made us the best audience members, although we did laugh enthusiastically and there may have been thigh slapping on my part... We didn't get dragged into any routines, which is always a risk while sitting there. Not so lucky was the young punk girl at the next table who went by the unlikely name of "Rin". As Ethel Chop discovered. Now there's a funny comedian - look out for her.
Anyway, after the break, we did get prizes - comedy prizes. The MC chappy came out with:
"I don't live in zone two. In fact, I'm semi living in Sydney. You know how you go to a party in Melbourne and it's not full of c*nts? It's because they're all in Sydney."
Meow!
The Cornish sucked a bit as a comedy venue - too much ambient noise from the other end of the bar who weren't really there to see the show. Many of them had a bored, too cool for this kind of expression on... Or else they were watching the footy or playing pool. I've seen plenty of bands there in the past, and they haven't suffered the same problem - maybe because they turn the sound up. Could also be that it's a new night, and hasn't grown enough of a following yet. So the audience doesn't achieve critical mass.
evildoom_bunny went to see more Comedy at the Cornish Arms in Brunswick.They place was rather quiet - small crowd, some of whom seemed incapable of laughter. So I dragged us down to the very front table, right next to the stage. Which was unoccupied - most people are scared of that spot, not I!
About half way through the show, just before the break, the MC dude (another comedian, who bares a striking resemblance to a young Kim Beazley) came out and said "
I yelled back, jokingly, "Do we get a prize?"
It's not clear what made us the best audience members, although we did laugh enthusiastically and there may have been thigh slapping on my part... We didn't get dragged into any routines, which is always a risk while sitting there. Not so lucky was the young punk girl at the next table who went by the unlikely name of "Rin". As Ethel Chop discovered. Now there's a funny comedian - look out for her.
Anyway, after the break, we did get prizes - comedy prizes. The MC chappy came out with:
- A Chux wipe
- Two scratchy things for previews to the new film "Macbeth". Both of which were winners.
- A postcard plugging a show by Ethel Chop's alter ego
- An expired met ticket signed by Eddie Perfect (scan to follow)
"I don't live in zone two. In fact, I'm semi living in Sydney. You know how you go to a party in Melbourne and it's not full of c*nts? It's because they're all in Sydney."
Meow!
The Cornish sucked a bit as a comedy venue - too much ambient noise from the other end of the bar who weren't really there to see the show. Many of them had a bored, too cool for this kind of expression on... Or else they were watching the footy or playing pool. I've seen plenty of bands there in the past, and they haven't suffered the same problem - maybe because they turn the sound up. Could also be that it's a new night, and hasn't grown enough of a following yet. So the audience doesn't achieve critical mass.
