Open Mic at Stand Up NY

Two things:

1. You might notice some audio irregularities when I say "Tropic Thunder." That's because for some reason, I got it in my head that the name of the movie was "Tropic of Thunder" and that annoyed me so much that I attempted to edit out the "of."

2. Another interesting thing is that at this open mic I also tried out my "Coinstar" joke. That's a joke lots of people tend to like, but this time it bombed. The joke goes something like, "I was on my way to a coinstar machine with a clear cup filled with change, and I was worried about what I'd do if a homeless person asked me for change. But then I figured, I'd just pretend like I was the greatest homeless person ever." This time I replaced "greatest homeless person ever" with "most succesful beggar ever." Being the obsessively literal person that I am, it simply seemed more accurate, but it just plays way worse and I think it kind of makes sense. Even though "greatest homeless person" doesn't make complete sense separate and apart from the rest of the joke, I think it does make sense in context and most importantly it is almost oxymoronical because one would rarely consider any homeless person to be "great," yet technically a beggar could be succesful.