first I'd like to thank Cbreez, Vee, Gareth, GP and everyone that showed up to Mo' Better Monday's.
Monday night at the improv is a tough crowd, and most of you have seen how quickly a crowd can turn on you. Jennifer made a great observation, on how the comics on the line up have no content. And a lot of you wonder why I have great advice and I'm not famous yet. Well, just as Jennifer said, that most of the comics are hip hop comics, and sayin' Nigga, and talkin about women and weed is suposed to be funny. I had to compete with comics from the Def Jam hayday. And that killed black comedy, the crowd is ghettofyed. This is what they like now because this is the culture that is glorified.
Having decent material and subject matter, Charaters, stories are gone, all that is left is filler. I perform every other week on Monday because I try out new material each time. As I said in my first posts to Richard and Jennifer, my style is more like Redd Foxx, short little chop stories and quick jugular jokes. Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory; they took you on a journey and you loved to hear stories of there point of view on life. No one does that anymore, they just want the quick laughs. I'm glad that when I talk people listen, so I hit them with a shorter ride to the same destination.
The Comics seen last night most are good and work the road, but aren't preparing there set's for the mainstream. Comedy has changed a lot in the past 10 years and twice as much in the last 5 years after Def Comedy Jam. Because of the era of the Hip-Hop Comic...Chris Tucker, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughely, and others. Since 1990 there have been....The Comic Strip Live, the Sunday Comics, Comedy on the Road(which I did) BET's Comicview, Def Jam, Loco Slam, The laugh Stop; all shows that were brodcast monday-thursday and 4 times on sunday. The market was over saturated, and any sperm with a wig said " hey I can tell a joke an be on T.V." and they did. People stopped going out to clubs to see the real deal. Plus all the joke thieves would go to clubs and steal material and go and do it on T.V. We have no more comedy legends, performing to show these comics how to do it. Because once they do get on stage and perform, the audience want to hear...Dick,Pussy,Weaves, Weed and baby mamma jokes.! You will find a few diamonds in the rough, like Corey Holcolm, and Derick Ellis, but other than that Hip-Hop comics. There are other rooms where you can do time here in L.A., but you have to choose wisely. The Improv on Monday is good to test your skills on how to work a tough crowd, I used them to polish myself when I performed in Detroit, and NY. But I do material in other rooms so I can ready myself to showcase...Do youself some justice if you have questions..ask me if your unceartain and you want to watch, come see me on monday and get a feel, then see me at other clubs around town to work your chops. I've been at this along time and I'll die doing it, this is all I know and I love it; not for the rush or the sex but for the art. Robbie Rules:
1. Always be nice to people even if there Dickheads.
2. Always respect the light when you perform.
3. Always be on time to the gig.
4. Never bring a bunch of people with you when you go to perform.
5. You a comic first! not a promoter, so let the club advertise for your gig not you.
6. Use your own material.
7. Never gossip or talk about others, keep your opinon to yourself ALWAYS...it pays off.
8. If you smoke weed or drink heavily, do it at home and not at the club where you work.
9. When your booked be reasonalble. Don't ask for a bunch of perks.
10. Write, Write, write. and go on stage ready to have fun, wheather you bomb or rock you did your best and you had fun.
Robbie Peron
Love jen
