"...I worked as a writer for a show called The Search for America's Funniest REDACTED. ..."
The Latest, March 27th, 2007
Rome was great, I'm sorry both the empire and the series ended.
I'm recovering from stress acne. After all I've been through this year, it was finally the new job that broke this forehead's back. The new job is a type of comedy writing I haven't done before. Snarky, sarcastic political commentary, and if I'm off by just a hair, I'm either too mean or too lame.
My MacBook just came back from its 3rd warranty repair. Since its birth in July, 5 components have malfunctioned. Last week it was my hard drive, and I lost everything, including original baby pictures. I have a lemon machine and I would like to dismantle it and shove each piece down Steve Job's throat.
I did Last Comic Standing. I made the evening NYC finals, but did not get picked to move on. I honestly had not heard of several of the comics who did. LCS is a contest and the winner gets a deal for a sitcom. So, they are looking for a sitcom star, not a comedian. Not that you cant be both, but standup isn't their top priority.
This isn't speculation, I worked as a writer for a show called The Search for America's Funniest
REDACTED. It was the same set up- comedians competing and the winner gets a deal. After every show, a few producers and I would argue for various funny comics, and the network heads would step in and pick an open micer. Most network sitcoms aren't funny, because network heads don't know comedy. They are followers, not leaders. They follow the crowd, and they can't tell an open micer who killed because she flew
dozens of family members out to the finale from a comedian who killed on material. (True fucking story, I saw it with my own eyes.)
So, comics, when you do LCS- and you must, the jackpot is huge- just understand that you're part of reality show theater. Being judged, and being picked or not picked is part of the narrative. The show is not about standup, although often, many good comedians do get picked. They're casting for a sitcom, and you know how those usually turn out.
