Nerdy stand-up

direnerd

Hey guys, y'all should watch this:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2038179463

Can you see me fulfilling my dream of having Gabe and Tycho fly me out to do a set at PAX? That would be so awesome! I hope you agree.

Sorry if this is incredibly lame and I should have posted in another forum! Whee! I just loves me the Penny Arcade and the nerdery.

PotU

You should just write an e-mail to them.

hamburger helper

Wow, that was pretty awesome; the super mario 2 bit killed me.

Get yer ass on the horn with the PAX crew. I'd love to see your standup live.

Doc

Yeah, that was great. I was thinking that stand-up was one thing that could be added to PAX.

TychoCelchuuu

I think you'd need new material, though. That was funny but it was definitely geared to non-geeks. You could push it a lot farther, or at least in different directions, without having to say "Who's heard of World of Warcraft?" and stuff like that. Think of it as the difference between Foxtrot and Penny Arcade or XKCD.

direnerd

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

I think you'd need new material, though. That was funny but it was definitely geared to non-geeks. You could push it a lot farther, or at least in different directions, without having to say "Who's heard of World of Warcraft?" and stuff like that. Think of it as the difference between Foxtrot and Penny Arcade or XKCD.

Oh man buddy, you have no idea. That's the whole reason I want to do PAX! Ten times the material. I'm well aware!

jay427

I thought it was amazing. I would definitely see you if you were able to play at PAX

futility

you're not bad, but you need to stop using fuck'n, it's the alt culture's "um"

Officer

By the gods... you are the new nerdier David Cross!

Awesome!

direnerd

futility wrote: »

you're not bad, but you need to stop using fuck'n, it's the alt culture's "um"

Sadly, that is my true weakness. I like to say fuck'n. I promise I've done all ages shows though, were the swearing itself an issue. ;-)

futility

just trying to give you some constructive feedback. I've listened to many a comic hopefull

hooray for los angeles

smes

Hahaha, that was awesome. Your a great standup, keep up the good work!

Thello

I enjoyed some of your bits, particularly the Super Mario Bros. 2 one, but a lot of your jokes really go on for far too long. I'm watching your Jurassic Park material again and your funniest line was a minute ago, but you're still talking about the same thing! Bust out the scissors and chop that sucker down.

And just a note: you use the word "premises" when you're talking about the plot of Battlestar Galactica. Premises refers to property. The word you're looking for is "premise."

HotSake

Wow, that was awesome! If you can't do a set at PAX, you should at least come to Sealab and hang out with the rest of the cool kids.

Premises refers to property. The word you're looking for is "premise."

FAIL

He was talking about two shows. What's the plural of "premise" now?

TNTrooper

HotSake wrote: »

Wow, that was awesome! If you can't do a set at PAX, you should at least come to Sealab and hang out with the rest of the cool kids.

You can probably do an act unofficially at the line before PAX opens. Enforcers probably won't mind that much unless you are blocking the way.

Thello

HotSake wrote: »

He was talking about two shows. What's the plural of "premise" now?

I didn't hear the mention of Lost, but he says "it's like the best premises," which is still incorrect and hence my confusion.

Thanks for the large, obnoxious letters though.

direnerd

It's an incomplete sentence. I'm musing that "It's like the best premises..." and there is an implied "on television" at the end of the sentence, because I'm talking about the general state of television and not any one show yet. You had me scared for a second, I thought in your first post that you meant the plural for premise was premise like "moose" or something, and I nearly looked it up. I am indeed using the plural, I have a Liberal Arts degree and know the difference between situational logic and real estate. Holy shit, I guess I can't forget there will be PA readers who take Mr. Period really seriously. Surprise- it's not 100% scripted. Man... hilarious.

I also said "archeologicalicic", you forgot to call me out on that one.

Thanks for watching it regardless!

BrokenAngel

I really enjoyed your act ^.^ keep up the good work!

HotSake

direnerd wrote: »

I also said "archeologicalicic", you forgot to call me out on that one.

I thought that was intentional. :P

Thanks for the large, obnoxious letters though.

YOU'RE WELCOME! INTERNET HERO...AWAY!

Doc

Thello wrote: »

HotSake wrote: »

He was talking about two shows. What's the plural of "premise" now?

I didn't hear the mention of Lost, but he says "it's like the best premises," which is still incorrect and hence my confusion.

Thanks for the large, obnoxious letters though.

It's standup comedy, not a grammar bee.

If anything, people relate to the whole "can't find the right word mid-rant," thing and find it funny.

BrokenAngel

HotSake wrote: »

Thanks for the large, obnoxious letters though.

YOU'RE WELCOME! INTERNET HERO...AWAY!

INTERNET HERO, YOU ARE MY HERO! ::SWOON::

slacktron

Awesome! I love how you just get up and run with the nerdiest of premises.

If Gabe and Tycho don't fund your plane trip, I'll throw in $20 and buy you free drinks at the hotel bar.

You still have to do your standup, though.

hamburger helper

slacktron wrote: »

Awesome! I love how you just get up and run with the nerdiest of premises.

If Gabe and Tycho don't fund your plane trip, I'll throw in $20 and buy you free drinks at the hotel bar.

You still have to do your standup, though.

I'd buy you at least one drink

jay427

ditto on the drink

Shade

I like it a lot!

direnerd

Thanks to the couple of you who subscribed to my videos! And thanks to everyone for the awesome response. I'll definitely email them eventually, and I'll link this thread!

ElectricTurtle

I'm impressed, maybe next year we can find some way to get you out here to at least play the Pre-PAX Dinner or something.

TheProphetElijah

Good stuff man.

TrainwreckX

direnerd wrote: »

Thanks to the couple of you who subscribed to my videos! And thanks to everyone for the awesome response. I'll definitely email them eventually, and I'll link this thread!

Eventually? You'll want to act extremely soon. PAX is less than a month away now.

Tonkka

Finally watched, love the tirades!

direnerd

TrainwreckX wrote: »

direnerd wrote: »

Thanks to the couple of you who subscribed to my videos! And thanks to everyone for the awesome response. I'll definitely email them eventually, and I'll link this thread!

Eventually? You'll want to act extremely soon. PAX is less than a month away now.

For sure man, but I intend to aim for next year!

I have enough respect for the planning that goes into PAX that I don't expect they could literally schedule me in and fly me in now. It's too late, I'm sure!

BigRed

direnerd wrote: »

TrainwreckX wrote: »

direnerd wrote: »

Thanks to the couple of you who subscribed to my videos! And thanks to everyone for the awesome response. I'll definitely email them eventually, and I'll link this thread!

Eventually? You'll want to act extremely soon. PAX is less than a month away now.

For sure man, but intend to aim for next year!

I have enough respect for the planning that goes into PAX that I don't expect they could literally schedule me in and fly me in now. It's too late, I'm sure!

Hey, someone who actually understands the way things are :P

direnerd

Thanks so much guys. I seriously didn't expect such an overwhelmingly positive response. Even if nothing comes of it, I'm really glad I linked my stuff to your guys. If you haven't already come be my Myspace friend-

http://myspace.com/telferdan

-and then when I post new videos of nerdery you'll see it right away.

I went ahead and sent G&T an email for next year, wish me luck.

TrainwreckX

I think you should come to PAX anyway. Do it for the lolz. Try your hardest to get enough money to come

ElectricTurtle

TrainwreckX wrote: »

I think you should come to PAX anyway. Do it for the lolz. Try your hardest to get enough money to come

Seconded. Having gone every year, I can say with confidence that it is worth the price from anywhere in the world.

direnerd

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

TrainwreckX wrote: »

I think you should come to PAX anyway. Do it for the lolz. Try your hardest to get enough money to come

Seconded. Having gone every year, I can say with confidence that it is worth the price from anywhere in the world.

Oh good lord, how I want to. My 360 got the red ring of death a couple weeks ago and I'm still waiting for Microsoft to ship me the box to return it in... I'm in such insane withdrawl right now, I would love to prance about in a nerd's paradise. WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO PLAY BLUE DRAGON AT PAX?!?! Erf. If Mr. Budget says it's possible, trust me, I will magically appear.

Steel Fire

Good stuff all around.

Oh, and just to make a little more glue from this dead horse... I agree with everyone that grammar policing isn't needed for stuff like this... but, just as a point, Thello was right. Have fun with that.

TrainwreckX

direnerd wrote: »

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

TrainwreckX wrote: »

I think you should come to PAX anyway. Do it for the lolz. Try your hardest to get enough money to come

Seconded. Having gone every year, I can say with confidence that it is worth the price from anywhere in the world.

Oh good lord, how I want to. My 360 got the red ring of death a couple weeks ago and I'm still waiting for Microsoft to ship me the box to return it in... I'm in such insane withdrawl right now, I would love to prance about in a nerd's paradise. WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO PLAY BLUE DRAGON AT PAX?!?! Erf. If Mr. Budget says it's possible, trust me, I will magically appear.

The full version? I suppose somebody might know, but I say its a 50/50 chance, and we won't probably publically know until the conference. I don't think Square has a booth, but it could definitely show up in Microsoft's, since it is a big game there.

But now that I think about it, doesn't Blue Dragon ship to retail BEFORE PAX? I think it does, which makes me think there is probably little chance it will be there, since everyone will pwn it already

I know you don't have your Xbox right now, but there is a pretty lengthy demo available of the game up on Live since E3 week. You may wanna try to hit up a friend's house and play that bitch.

Edit: Saw the video, and I really liked it. The only nit-picky thing is that the pink thing that spits it's children in Super Mario 2 is "Birdo" not "Bird". Fun video though!

direnerd

Hahaha... I know her NAME is Birdo! But, it's still "a bird with its vagina in its face". The little jumpy guy isn't literally named "the scary masked kid from Twin Peaks" but I still call him that like that's what he actually is. It's a nerd joke translated for the masses, y'all!

Oh you guys... the word policing response is so hilarious to me, because I love Mr. Period. I feel like his lieutenants are on my ass.

TrainwreckX

direnerd wrote: »

Hahaha... I know her NAME is Birdo! But, it's still "a bird with its vagina in its face". The little jumpy guy isn't literally named "the scary masked kid from Twin Peaks" but I still call him that like that's what he actually is. It's a nerd joke translated for the masses, y'all!

Oh you guys... the word policing response is so hilarious to me, because I love Mr. Period. I feel like his lieutenants are on my ass.

Oh, then I just heard it wrong. I thought you actually said his name was bird, my bad.

And yeah, remember: With exclamation points it's one or none!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I love Mr. Period as well, see my Xbox Live gamer pic)

Bloodywednesday

Dude I watched your routine and loved it. Really funny, best part was the dinosaur part in my opinion. I write anything I find funny down because I think I might want to be a stand up comedian when I finish High school but I don't know if I'm cut out for it. You think I could bounce some ideas off you (If that sentence even makes sense...) sometime about what you think is funny? I'm sure your probably really busy and all so I understand if you just ignore this. Anyway great stuff.
Yves