09/07/08
A Rather Sketchy Outlook -
Categories: So just mere weeks to go to el big Eddo, and I'm very pleased to say that finally our sketch show is finally a show. Our last preview went well and people said they liked it which was lovely. There is still heaps of work to do and thats why this is my first blog in two weeks, because every ounce of time is being spent on Edinburgh prep for Tea and Cake II. And I mean every ounce of time. If there was a weighing scale of time, it would be massively overbalanced on one side and strangely some flour on the other side. No one knows why. Which is where the problem lies, because I am also doing a 30 minute stand-up show, which has become somewhat neglected. Its just sitting there high up getting all floury.
Its not a conscious thing neglecting the stand-up show, but it has happened as a by product of several things. 1) I am only doing a 30 minute set as part of a double header with an act who lives nowhere near me. This means we cant really do previews as such, unless you count me doing 30 min sets at normal stand-up nights as previews. 2) Normal stand-up gigs disappear in July, and are replaced with preview nights, meaning that I haven't had many gigs. 3) The few gigs I've had have been MCing, which means I haven't really been giving my 30 minute sets any kind of airing. 4) I've had to cancel many of the few gigs I have had in order to rehearse to make our sketch show some sort of show.
So all the solo stuff has taken a back seat, which isn't ideal. In an ideal world I would have a car that flies, a tiger that walks on two feet and wears a suit and the ability to shot flames from my eyes whenever I want. But none of those things are realistic. So in an ideal realistic world I would be spending 50% of my time on the sketch show and 50% on the stand-up. While somehow also having 50% for life and boring things like budgeting and random writing jobs and MCing normal gigs and 50% for for seeing my friends and drinking because the weather has been nice apart from yesterday and today which have sucked. Those with any maths knowledge will realise that that equals 200% which is not remotely a percentage and therefore isn't realistic or attainable either. Maybe I should go back to hoping for the car that flies.
I am going to have to spend the next three weeks only working on the stand-up with a good amount of time spent of sketches. My girlfriend, friends, family and bank will hate me, and I will be creating social suicide. But alas it is what's needed in the name of comedy and I am a true warrior of mirth.
Ahem, I should say though that before anyone plays any tiny violins, - although that is a sight I love much like watching big people play ukuleles, and midgets play the double bass - I would like to point out that earlier I missed number 5). Number 5) is the most important one. It goes like this:
5) In the last few weeks I have been to see several live music gigs, enjoyed the sunny weather, slept in loads, got a new wii game, and persuaded myself I already have 45 minutes of material, which I do. Only it doesn't all work. And instantly in those last two sentences all the sympathy I spent so long garnering from you was shattered. Hence the torturous few weeks ahead are self inflicted. Here's to Edinburgh and comedy and now off to lock the door, close the curtains, and tell everyone I'm a little bit dead for a while...
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