1528: Social Contract

[albi]

I remember going by myself to a comedy club when I was travelling solo around the uk. And being young and naive, I eagerly sat up front. Well, a young lady sitting up front by herself and nursing a wine apparently attracts attention because each act singled me out for participation. The main act was the only one who ‘picked on’ me, asking if I was alright being there by myself, was I librarian?, etc etc. Too bad I turned out to be a librarian years later but that’s not the point!

I just wanted a fun night out. This experience took away a lot of that fun (although I did make friends because after getting singled out three times in a row, a group took pity on me and I joined their table) and now I’m wary about sitting too close to any stages...

[poingjam]

Keith said tender underside.

[lalalemon]

Not that it matters, but just to clarify my blow job comments:

I was 16-17, still a virgin, dumber than I am now, and blow jobs just got the job done so much faster. I was never in a relationship with any of those guys, and I knew I didn't want to have my first time with them. It was more for the the practice and the fact that I needed to share SOME for of sexual expression with another person.

Blow jobs were a good way to end the "session" with out me having to do more or say no to more. 90% of the time after I started sucking, I was basically bored during the first 5 minutes. It was easier to just keep going and make it end. I only swallowed because it's more lady like and requires less clean up, aduhh. And I didn't want to be known as that girl who teases and then freezes up.

I was also really idealizing and wanting to experience being sexually submissive at the time and just kind of did what they said...ughhhhhhh wishing I could take some of those back right about now.

[Keith]

Just so there's no confusion, I'm 100% on your side.

[Boricua67]

"Pussy should be brushed and mouth should be douched" hahahahahaha.......

Chemda,
From what I heard, it sounds like you walk on egg shells when your mother is around. That sucks. That really bummed me out.
So you didn't do what your mother wanted. So what. Your more successful than probably most of the people you know. Keep doing what you do. I think you and Keith are great. Keep doing you. It makes you happy. Don't change for anyone. I know I speak for all the listeners, we love you just the way you are.
Mike Lawrence, you're awesome!

[Enunciated Piffle]

Originally Posted by Boricua67

"Pussy should be brushed and mouth should be douched" hahahahahaha.......

Chemda,
From what I heard, it sounds like you walk on egg shells when your mother is around. That sucks. That really bummed me out.
So you didn't do what your mother wanted. So what. Your more successful than probably most of the people you know. Keep doing what you do. I think you and Keith are great. Keep doing you. It makes you happy. Don't change for anyone. I know I speak for all the listeners, we love you just the way you are.

Amen and Well Said! My mother is a southern baptist and I totally understand 'the old way of thinking ' especially when you throw archaic religious texts into the mix...but at some point you have to just accept that your parents...are conditioned and programmed a certain way. Also, I really , really really hope their isn't a KatG episode where we have to hear how devasted Lauren is because you made her ask your father for your hand in marriage. It's understandable you love your folks and God bless you for it, but wake the fuck up if you think they can go beyond their moldy old , old-old perception of a relationship. You do not have to distance yourself from them nor make them be something other than what they are. I believe it was the great Paul McCartney who said, (long before his 82nd marriage) Let It Be !

[zappbrannigan]

As someone who's had to look at reference photos to draw you, Chemda, let me just say that you're a fine weight!

I don't want to get into your personal affairs with your mother, but don't let any of her comments make you even remotely modest, you look great!

[JessiC]

Originally Posted by Enunciated Piffle

Also, I really , really really hope their isn't a KatG episode where we have to hear how devasted Lauren is because you made her ask your father for your hand in marriage. It's understandable you love your folks and God bless you for it, but wake the fuck up if you think they can go beyond their moldy old , old-old perception of a relationship.

This is exactly what I was thinking when I heard Chemda say she wanted Lauren to ask her Dad. My face was sad/shocked and I said out loud, "no, no, oh no!" In a perfect world, your parents would be proud and your Dad would walk you down the aisle to Lauren with a tear in his eye, but that's not gonna happen. It makes me feel so sad that sometimes family cannot see past their ways of thinking and just see that their child is glowing with happiness. Hugs to Chemda and Lauren.

[Me_aint_ignant]

Am I the only one who found Mike Lawrence's laugh extremely sexy? haha

[sklXbns]

Two chicks are sitting side-by-side in the front row at a comedy special. They're both all dolled up. The comedian makes a point to pause, stare, and drink in both girls for a moment.

After enough time passes and enough tension builds, the comedian says, "Look. At. This. Stereo pussy. I love it."

The comedian? Andrew "Dice" Clay.

Was "Dice" doing crowd work, just being "Dice", breaking the comedian/audience barrier first, or what?

Clay saying something like this isn't the same as the tired bit of, "Where ya from?" or "Wadda ya do for a living?", but it's all still crowd work. And so is commenting on not hearing an audience member's distinctive laugh like Hedberg did on one of his albums. (Something similar happened to me at a show once.)

I don't think there's a black and white solution to this. If an audience member is being a prick, then it's fair game to humiliate him/her as the comic sees fit. But, if a comic actually has good material to start and wants to riff a little with the crowd during the set, what's the harm? Riffing doesn't have to be degrading someone else. I would imagine that comics sometimes feel in a groove and can really ad lib some good jokes in the spur of the moment. I just don't see this as an all or nothing type of solution.