parents watching you perform

Eric Appel

Eric Appel

Always Be Closing
#21
#21
benorbeen said:
I'm picturing your mom I'm picturing your mom.

And I'm hiding I'm hiding.
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Ben, you had been gone so long we had almost completely forgotten about you. Please stop trying to regain your position as "the dude on the IRC that everybody hates." Or keep feverishly posting 900 more times so you can disappear into song-writing hiatus again. Or come see my show on Friday at 8. The choice is yours.
 
EpicZero

EpicZero

Unregistered User
#22
#22
My mom came and saw one of my shows at some bar one time. Its more funny (for you) if you dont censor yourself what-so-ever.

Then you can say "THIS IS WHAT I DO WHEN YOUR NOT AROUND! ARE YOU PROUD OF ME NOW MOM!!!"
 
rroach1115

rroach1115

Active Member
#23
#23
Ben, I think the obvious solution to this here is that, you get laid by Eric's mom on Friday night. Who knows she might even turn out to be a hottie.
 
Eric Appel

Eric Appel

Always Be Closing
#26
#26
now you see...this plug for my show has over twice the views that the actual plug in the plugs section. mission accomplished.

Oh, and...

RRRRRRROACH'D
 
G

Gregor

Shogun Hot-Dogs
#28
#28
an interesting thing i learned about parents is that they most definitely DO NOT get your humor. i put up a sketch comedy show a couple summers ago with some friends and we did a couple shows at like 10:30, all to good crowds of friends and people we'd promoted to. Then we did an earlier Sunday at 7:30 show for parents to see. With a crowd of about 30 or more parents/ relatives we BOMBED. at a certain point you reach a critical mass, where there are too many "adults" in the audience, and they're no longer able to just follow along in the laughter of others. now, the other's sheepishly hide thier laughter from the judgement of "adults." jokes that had nailed all week, went silent. fake vomit prompted horror, instead of delight. all in all; terrifying.

so go ahead, invite your parents.... but dont invite too many. in the words of my inimitable best friend/ actor, will smith, "parents just don't understand."
 
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youngcat

Math Rules!
#30
#30
A former Director of mine, who I respect very much, once told me: If you're doing a piece that you are unsure of whether or not you want to invite your family and friends to, you should think about re-evaluating your friends and family, or think about reev aluating the piece itself.
 
Holmes

Holmes

of the Rare Bird Show
#31
#31
That's a very good point. If you're not doing something that you're proud of/comfortable with enough to do it in front of your parents and/or friends, then maybe it's not something you really want to be doing. [I'm talking about something that's meant to be performance]
 
benorbeen

benorbeen

intelligentlemaniac
#32
#32
But how are you really going to figure that out if you don't do it first. Get her to the show, let her judge whether she likes it. Then cut her out of your life if she doesn't like it. And let me hit on your mom so I can judge whether we have a future together. Of course, that's an exaggeration. I'll let you guess which I mean.
 
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Alison

Ali, Baby
#33
#33
My parents have only seen one UCB show I was in, but did come to Assscat once to watch me seat people. Berrebbi thought my dad was Christopher Lloyd. Or somebody equally not impressive yet still famous. Oh, maybe it was Billy Joel? I think I'd rather have Billy Joel there than Christopher Lloyd. Or my Dad. I don't get to see Billy Joel at Christmas.

Have a good show!
 
Jeremiah77

Jeremiah77

New Member
#39
#39
Better to have your parents see your show than the children you didn't know you had come see your show.

The prospect of my parents coming to see a show makes me nervous as well. But I don't know why, it's not like they're going to get up and leave durng the middle or stop the show if it gets too dirty. My dad's a clergyman. i wonder if he gets nervous about being too sanctimonious when he knows I'm going to listen to one of his sermon's.
 
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