ANYTIME YOU REGRETTED TALKING TO SOMEONE IN THE CROWD?

Initially yes. But in today’s world of social media, even those regrets turn into moments of gold. For example, there are clearly times when I ask a question and the person does not hear me correctly or understand the question, which leads to an incoherent response. Those are funny moments but clearly not the intent of the question asked. Of course, thats a win too because the audience loves it. Last weekend, I spoke to someone who was from another country and English was his second language so his answer was unresponsive to my question. It turned into a great moment and we all laughed.

Another time, someone gave me a long winded response to a yes or no question and that ended up being funny clip as well. A few times I spoke to someone about their tattoos and they represented someone who had passed away and rather than make it awkward, I leaned into it by including them on the fun and they appreciated it, even though the crowd thought I really stepped in it. I didn’t. I am an expert and am ready for anything.  One time, I asked someone a benign question and he got upset because he thought I was making fun of him and it turned into a genuine unfunny and scary moment as he had to be escorted out of the club. I talked about that heckle moment before and will one day have the clip from it online!

So in hindsight, even those I initially regretted turned into silver linings. #comedy #comedian #crowdwork