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This describes me as a comic perfectly:
Q. What differentiates comedians from other people?
A. Everyone experiences pain, of course. But a comedian has the ability to
use their anger and intelligence to refocus and reconstruct their pain into
entertainment. It's so obvious that it almost goes without saying, but
comedians are generally more intelligent and sensitive than the average
person. It's our undeniably superior (almost god-like) intelligence that
made life difficult for us when we were children. We could see through the
hypocracy and illogic of our parents and teachers, but because of our age
and size we couldn't do anything about it. The more we pointed out the
foolishness of our "superiors," the more they kept us down. But just as
pressure and heat transform coal into diamonds, it's that frustration,
social pressure and the heat of anger that transforms us into comedians.
~Taken from this Stand Up Comedy FAQ which is a great for upstart comics.
"Who the fuck likes butterscotch. No one has ever said "Wow, I could really go for a butterscotch hard candy right about now". You go to the ice cream topping section of the grocery store. Theres no chocolate left, no strawberry, but like... 50 or so cases of butterscotch. Yet, if someone OFFERS you butterscotch, you dont object. No one has ever said "You wanna butterscotch candy?" and gotten the response "No". It's usually "Butterscotch candy? They still make that shit?".
Its like the show COPs. No one LIKES the fucking show. Yet its still on the air after all these years. No one goes to work the next day and says "did you catch the new episode of COPs last night". They dont sell Cops on DVD box sets. No one ever uses TiVo on Cops. Yet... if its on "Huh... guess I'm watcin' cops". Why do you think its on on Saturday nights? If you're home on Saturday night. Cops is amusing to you. Its like all those blind date shows. Who the fuck is gonna sit home, alone, and watch OTHER PEOPLE date. Thats like a anorexic watching a show about people eating breakfast. "Oh "This Sausage Is Juicy" is on". And after that "Sure, I'll have another slice of pie"."
.:As Seen In The Complete Idiot's Guide To Jokes:.
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