DAY 67: Rework an old bit you want to work better.
Former:
PHOBIA – Everyone’s gotta a phobia, right? (snobby girl) –“ I hate spiders” (Mikey like’s it) – “I’m scared of heights.” Mine’s a little different. Mine’s the fear of being embarrassed for someone who tells a really shitty joke in front of me and a small crowd of people. I get real nervous for people who suck at telling stories and I gotta be in front of them. I mean why does it have to be me who has to feel obligated to FAKE LAUGH? And then the worst is the whole time I’m fake laughing, I begin analyzing the fake laugh. I’m like “is this a good fake laugh face? Am I showing too much teeth? Better close my lips over my gums a little…uh, oh! They might be catching on, better think of something funny to make u really laugh…quick! Uh….(DO A CALLBACK HERE FROM PREVIOUS JOKE)”
Latter:
PHOBIA – Everyone’s gotta a phobia, right? (snobby girl) –“ I hate spiders” (Mikey like’s it) – “I’m scared of heights.” Mine’s a little different. Mine’s the fear of being embarrassed for someone who tells a really shitty joke in front of me and a small crowd of people. I get real nervous for people who suck at telling stories and I gotta be in front of them. I mean why does it have to be me who has to feel obligated to FAKE LAUGH? And then the worst is the whole time I’m fake laughing, I begin analyzing the fake laugh. I’m like “is this a good fake laugh face? Am I showing too much teeth? Better close my lips over my gums a little…uh, oh! They might be catching on, better think of something funny to make u really laugh…quick! Uh….(DO A CALLBACK HERE FROM PREVIOUS JOKE).” Sometimes you just wanna tell that person “Hey, cut your story now bud, because no one’s listening.” You start feeling like you’ve gotta wait for the chance to bark and tell your story. You just wait for the silence to come over so you can get a crack at it. Hopefully you’ll deliver, so you can look back at the bad storyteller and be like “Classes are on Mondays at 8:00, if you wanna learn how not to be an idiot.” You wonder if these people really have no inkling that they’re just a shithead to talk to. Like is their brain saying “Just keep talking, just keep talking. I’ve got a nugget comin soon enough.” It’s like these people just have conversations all day with their dog and think “Well, Barnaby liked this story, so I’m definitely gonna tell it this weekend.” I mean Christ! Here, here’s a quarter, fucking buy a clue man.
Above is yet another video from the vault. It is a spoof on Michael Vick during his dog fighting days. I initially had dogs as the theme, but it turned into worms when we further discussed the script with the crew. This was my first official big shoot (Hummer Sales video from yesterday was a smaller crew, but technically was my first shoot with outside parties), because it did have many players as well as some crew members in it. I think it’s kinda “eh,” but there are some many moments and inside jokes between my wife and I that make it great for us.
