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Stand Up Comedy First Time Access

| | Reality (First Time) | | :--- | :--- | | Dimly lit club, attentive crowd | Brightly lit back room of a bar, 8 people (mostly other comics) | | Professional microphone & sound | Broken mic stand, feedback from a house speaker | | Supportive audience waiting to laugh | Drunks near the bathroom, people on phones, or total silence |

| | Novice’s Definition | Experienced Comic’s Definition | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Success | Multiple loud laughs, applause breaks | Remembering all material, not freezing, one genuine laugh | | Failure | No laughs, silence | Forgetting material, apologizing to audience, running over time | stand up comedy first time

The Novice’s Gauntlet: An Analysis of the First-Time Stand-Up Comedy Experience | | Reality (First Time) | | :---

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