Show HN: Live Stand-Up Comedy from Home

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Post by karamazov » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:11 PM UTC

Show HN: Live Stand-Up Comedy from Home
comedyfromhome.com

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Post by GurnB » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:47 PM UTC

I haven't been to a comedy club in 15 years but in my opinion a large part of the fun is actually being at the club. (And the over priced, 2 drink minimums)

I do applaud these performers trying to find a alternative in these trying times.

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Post by anticsapp » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:47 PM UTC

This is cool. I might try one, even at the $10 price point. Although, that's the price of one drink at a real comedy club, so it is kind of a bargain. I would love to see something like this on Oculus.

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

I hate to be the complainer for the Show HN projects, but all I can see is white screen regardless of what browser I use. Why can't websites fail gracefully?

edit: It worked on browser with no extensions installed so I guess one of the extension in other browsers broke it. I like the idea since it seems timely. People do need real entertainment now and it might fit that niche nicely.

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Post by redlollipop » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 5:23 PM UTC

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #4

I hate to be the complainer for the Show HN projects, but all I can see is white screen regardless of what browser I use. Why can't websites fail gracefully? edit: It worked on browser with no extensions installed so I guess one of the extension in other browsers broke it. I like the idea since it seems timely. People do need real entertainment now and it might fit that niche nicely.

Loads for me, try again?

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Post by lpolovets » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 5:28 PM UTC

I love stand-up and this is a great idea. One feature that I'd love is to have 1-2 embedded "highlight" clips on each performer's ticket page. Otherwise it's hard to know what kind of comedy they do.

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Post by jedberg » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 5:29 PM UTC

I just sent this to my friend who is a professional comedian. She’s been doing a weekly “pay what you want” show the last few Saturdays.

I’d love to see this take off because I don’t want stand up comedy to go away.

Thanks for making this!

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Post by zavulon » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

Good idea.

Maybe put a Youtube video of the comedian's performance on the detail page, so we get a little preview?

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Post by karamazov » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 5:36 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #7

I just sent this to my friend who is a professional comedian. She’s been doing a weekly “pay what you want” show the last few Saturdays. I’d love to see this take off because I don’t want stand up comedy to go away. Thanks for making this!

Thank you for sharing!

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Post by gexla » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

Let's be honest, this isn't even close to stand-up. If there isn't a live crowd, it's not stand-up. You need that feedback and the regular drilling to find your voice. Stand-up comedians find their "voice" by doing the same set, same jokes as often as they can get up on stage. If you're serious about this as a career, you're getting up on stage multiple times a day if you can figure out a way to do it. You're constantly working and re-working your set to a different crowd.

There's no way you're going to get high-end comedians on this platform, which means you're going to get people who are relatively new. Doug Stanhope (greatest comedian alive today IMHO) said that you don't want to be putting videos of your earliest crap performances on the web. You also don't want to be putting video of your best jokes on the internet because you get more exposure for people stealing them with little return.

Stand-up comedians have already had an alternative for getting up on stage for a long time. It's called podcasting, and many of the greatest comedians do podcasts.