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Back to Earth

And now he’s grounded.

I did Dale’s night at the queens head - I hadn’t brought anyone so I was entered into the slam - all the acts get 3 minutes and then the winner of the laugh off gets to finish. My new even more offensive than usual opening went down really well - especially as there was an asian comic who’d done the stereotypical accent earlier so I could play on that. For some reason I massively miscalculated the length of my material so I ended up partway through a routine.

Anyway, I and another comic were joint winners so I got to go back up to finish my set. Now, after I’d done my bit I realised that the timing of my set was wrong & I was stressing about what I was going to do if I won. So when they were having the vote I was voting for the other guy. Anyway, I went back on, tried to resurrect the routine I was in the middle of and that didn’t work at all. Switched to something else that didn’t worth either and then I just freaked and walked off without finishing - which I think is the first time I’ve done that.

Dale was very nice after the gig and said he should have realised that I didn’t want to go back on. But darlings, the show must go on.

No but seriously, it was a useful experience and I’ve had enough good gigs to realise that that was a one-off and that I am funny although I still have a long way to go.