In your experience, what are some good places in New York to do an open mic night?
It changes with time. I haven’t done too many in the last two years. I do small book shows. I’ve stopped doing the clubs. I’ll do a club date every now and then, but I’m really not interested in doing clubs. The room that I love in New York is RiFiFi. The shows called Invite Them Up. My friends love that room and the audience is always excellent. How did that first night go? Pretty well. My goal was to get one real laugh. If I got one laugh, just one genuine laugh, I thought that it would be a sign to continue even though, in retrospect, it’s silly to be so empirical about something like that. You have to just do it a lot and see if you’re enjoying it. I was hoping for one real laugh and I got six. About half my stuff worked. I was exhilarated. I thought, “Yes! I found it. I’m a comedian.” The next night, the very next night, I went up and bombed. I did the same stuff, I was more confidant, and tanked. It was a good reality check. I thought, “I see how this works.” How has your materia
