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Moon Tower Comedy Festival and the Crowd Mic Gig
from Soak It Up · #93
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2 minTim recaps doing Moon Tower Comedy Festival, defends his short six-minute set against a critical tweet, and describes working the audience mic on Big Jay's crowd-work show alongside Bonnie McFarlane.
- 11:09Tim attended Moon Tower Comedy Festival and got complaints on Twitter about his set being too short.
- 11:20The festival format forced comics into tight six-minute slots with ten to fifteen performers per show.
- 11:34Tim riffed about food trucks for three minutes before getting the light and not caring about the cutoff.
- 11:51The best show was a crowdwork format where Tim worked the audience mic while a comic on stage directed him to different people.
- 12:13Tim dreaded the role because it felt like being a maitre d', managing the crowd instead of performing.
- 12:27The crowd mic position is crucial because the person has to banter with the comic and bail them out if they start flatlining.