This was a great post and I enjoyed everything you had to say. I wonder if comedy newbs would handle their rejections as newcomers differently than old pros or even novices, or whether they would benefit from the same advice. (That was a question, believe it or not.) Thanks for sharing all this stuff with us!
Also that letter. Man. I'm so torn between feeling vicariously insulted and impressed with their candidness and how their honesty was kinda compassionate, as it freed you from pursuing them.
thank you for sharing all of this. i really appreciate it. that email must have been hard to receive! i just wanted to let you know that you MORE than pass MY personal funny test. you ace it. with flying colors. people don't often hear about acing a test with flying colors, because it's redundant and sounds weird, but that's what you do!
i think this is also a very wise point: "I was talking with a young comic who had long complained about us judgmental older comics gatekeeping. He told me the scene was more welcoming now than when he started. I said 'Well, maybe its because you've gotten better, and all along we were just trying to book the best shows we could.'"
that reminds me of something i think about when people ask me how standup comedy has changed in the two decades i've been doing it, and i often say "audiences laugh a lot more at me now." it's impossible for the same comedian to step in the same comedy audience river twice, they say.
this is also beautiful and inspiring to hear: "Twice I’ve managed to reply politely and cheerfully to rejection letters and it magically turned them into bookings."
this helps ME to remember as well: "It helps me to remember, The Beatles got rejection letters"
thank you for sharing all of this, and for receiving this acceptance letter from me. i love you!
The first time you reached out to me to compliment jokes I was sharing on reddit meant so much to me. It was encouragement from someone I looked up to and it came at a time when I really needed it.
This was a great post and I enjoyed everything you had to say. I wonder if comedy newbs would handle their rejections as newcomers differently than old pros or even novices, or whether they would benefit from the same advice. (That was a question, believe it or not.) Thanks for sharing all this stuff with us!
Also that letter. Man. I'm so torn between feeling vicariously insulted and impressed with their candidness and how their honesty was kinda compassionate, as it freed you from pursuing them.
Yeah, I feel the same.
dear keith,
thank you for sharing all of this. i really appreciate it. that email must have been hard to receive! i just wanted to let you know that you MORE than pass MY personal funny test. you ace it. with flying colors. people don't often hear about acing a test with flying colors, because it's redundant and sounds weird, but that's what you do!
i think this is also a very wise point: "I was talking with a young comic who had long complained about us judgmental older comics gatekeeping. He told me the scene was more welcoming now than when he started. I said 'Well, maybe its because you've gotten better, and all along we were just trying to book the best shows we could.'"
that reminds me of something i think about when people ask me how standup comedy has changed in the two decades i've been doing it, and i often say "audiences laugh a lot more at me now." it's impossible for the same comedian to step in the same comedy audience river twice, they say.
this is also beautiful and inspiring to hear: "Twice I’ve managed to reply politely and cheerfully to rejection letters and it magically turned them into bookings."
this helps ME to remember as well: "It helps me to remember, The Beatles got rejection letters"
thank you for sharing all of this, and for receiving this acceptance letter from me. i love you!
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myq
Thanks Myq,
The first time you reached out to me to compliment jokes I was sharing on reddit meant so much to me. It was encouragement from someone I looked up to and it came at a time when I really needed it.
I’m so glad! Thank you for sharing this! And all!