A comedian friend in LA said something like this is an institution there.
You spend months/years hitting these clubs to test and refine a bit, while developing all the skills. Some audience make a sport of the heckling, especially some of the other aspiring comedians.
(She said the worst hecklers were the drunk fratbros who imagined themselves comedians, and their own bits were the kind that only their friends would think were funny, but they sure would be demanding of others.)
It was good practice, but brutal, especially if you're weary from living poor, and hanging in there while trying to make it in LA.
You spend months/years hitting these clubs to test and refine a bit, while developing all the skills. Some audience make a sport of the heckling, especially some of the other aspiring comedians.
(She said the worst hecklers were the drunk fratbros who imagined themselves comedians, and their own bits were the kind that only their friends would think were funny, but they sure would be demanding of others.)
It was good practice, but brutal, especially if you're weary from living poor, and hanging in there while trying to make it in LA.
Lots of parallels with grad school.