
This is where the sex comes in. Getting up on stage is like having sex. Yes, I know what I’m saying sounds creepy and cliché but stay with me for another paragraph or two. Getting up on stage and having fun is what I call the “comedy erection”. Simply because performing without having fun is like having sex with a half-or-completely-flaccid poliwagger.

So in comedy, you’ve gotta think of it as “I’m doing stand up at this place in front of these people” as opposed to thinking of it as “I’m doing stand up”. That’s one of the many reasons to hit open mics. When you find a place that you love doing stand up at – even on a bad night – you can appreciate the place enough to have fun with it. And when you make more and more friends, you find yourself recognizing more and more people in the audience, making the audience more enjoyable to perform in front of. Also if you’re performing new material, you get to enjoy the excitement of spending the night with a new joke.
So even when you’re performing in front of a dead crowd - or trying to get it on in the back seat of a car and have so little room that you’re feet are pressed up against the door and how am I supposed to move around like this? I like to switch between top and bottom constantly and my dad needs me to get him at 10:30 so can we keep the car looking nice? – you’ve got to remember that you’re not just doing it. You’re doing it for a reason. That reason is to satisfy you’re comedy erection. (Yes I realize that women will have trouble relating to this article. All I can say to that is … Sorry?)
Contributing Writer
Mark Glatt