Show # 9

Pepperbelly's, Fairfield, Ca: Tonight was good. I didn't think it was gonna be all day. In fact I really didn't feel like going to the comedy club tonight. I forgot to email Victor on Monday so I thought I'd have to go up really late. I was really tired all day, didn't real feel like telling jokes. But I got there and during role call, nobody was taking the early spots so I went up 4th. I was polishing my masturbation material tonight(teehee) and it really worked tonight. Heather said she thought I was the first comic tonight to warm up the crowd. So yeah, I always feel a certain sense of accomplishment when I know I'm not feeling it, but I still get up and I still get laughs. Makes me feel like a real comic. Then Heather went up 11th and had a really good set, then we were both pretty tired so we peaced-out quick after she got done. So tomorrow night I gotta bring my A game at the Brainwash. I don't know why. Tony said he couldn't tell us last week why we had too, but he definitely said to bring our best stuff. So I will, and we'll see what happens. I'm off to my bed now. Later.

Favorite line of the night: "I wanna see that pizza walk up here again. Then when you grab it, a midget appears." - Steve Danner

Show # 8

Show # 8 - The Purple Onion, San Francisco, CA. What an amazing night! I don't even know where to start. The room itself was maybe the coolest part of the whole thing. The Purple Onion is a pretty historic stage. George Carlin, The Smothers Brothers, Phyllis Diller have all performed there. Richard Pryor recorded his first album there. And now...Tim Wolcott! Also to be in the show with Heather meant a lot. We went up 3rd and 4th and I feel like we both killed! I closed with my Adventism stuff and it was the 1st time I've performed that bit in front of actual Adventists which was pretty cool. Especially since my people made up about 1/4th of the room(and took up the whole front row cause that's the way my people roll) so it was like having a laugh guaruntee. The fact that so many came out for me meant a lot too. I've got some awesome friends. And it was a solid night all round. Griffin Daley and Roman Leo both brought a lot of funny. And, of course, Jabari Davis headlined and everybody loved him too. Plus I got paid, in actual money. Not in food or alcohol. First time that's happened. So yeah, definitely a night I will never forget. Big thanks to everyone that came out to support! I love you all! Later.
Favorite line of the night: Me - "Should we go left or right on Van Ness?" Mackie - "Joel says go west so according to my phone north is right...well that can't be right." - Derek Mackie

Show #'s 6 & 7

Okay, so I know I'm a little behind, but in my defense I've had a hell of a run recently. In the past 11 days I have worked 9 days, got 4 shows under my belt, went and saw 2 more, and went to a wedding, so yeah, its been a little hectic.
Show # 6 - Pepperbelly's, Fairfield, CA. I rode along with Steve Danner on Wednesday. I don't know if you'd call what I did bombing, but it was close. I was working on my Adventist stuff, cause I wanted to do that set at the Purple Onion on Saturday, but I don't think anyone there on Wednesday could relate to it. I saw a lot of awkward smiles, but no laughs. One moment of note, I entered the Bay Area Laugh Off, a comedy competition Pepperbelly's is hosting later this summer. More on that when I know more.
Favorite Line of the night: "Are you a triceratops or a tricerabottom? I'm not a herbavore but I'm a himavore!" - Dave Thomason
Show # 7 - Brainwash, San Francisco, CA. I loved everything about Thursday. I went up really late, like 11:30, and it was really just comics left. I started my set with my Perfect Entrance routine, which is pretty close to my favorite bit to do. It's really high energy, and as long as I'm actually giving it my all, the crowd usually responds, and they did on Thursday too. In fact, on Friday I went to check out the show at the Onion, just to check out the room, and I ran into Chris Duncan, another really funny guy that comes to the Brain, and he'd been there on Thursday and he told me he'd been telling his friends about it. Then I tried out some new stuff that I'd been thinking about for the Onion and it worked pretty well too. Then after the show I talked to Tony Sparks and told him about my D4A! hosting and he told he'd probably use me in a couple of weeks! So I might have some hosting gigs coming. Fingers crossed!
Favorite line of the night: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not gay. But I am a brother that likes to read...in public. While eating a blueberry scone and drinking a chai latte." - Jabari Davis

Show # 5

Nick's Crispy Tacos, San Francisco, CA - Tonight started out rough. Just getting there involved a plan C, I think it was. Once I finally got there, and the show finally started, things got better. The room itself is organized and run by the very funny Travis Curry. And its hosted by Tony Sparks, so winner winner chicken dinner. Inside, the whole place is deep red and it looks like a taco truck crashed into the front of a burlesque bar. I went up 8th or 9th out of around 20. And I got some laughs from a crowd that hadn't really been laughing that much. And I tried a few new jokes that went over pretty well, I think. So that was cool. And a few moments of note on and off stage as well tonight. One, I busted out the horny parakeet for the first time on a comedy stage tonight. And two, just as I was leaving, Tony Sparks asked me if I've ever done any hosting. I told him I'd done a little (once) hosting. He said he wants to see me work a little more but he might have some work for me. So, very interesting indeed. I'm gonna talk to him on Thursday and tell him about my hosting of the D4A! shows as well. Who knows what can happen? Next show: Tomorrow night. I'm either gonna go to Tommy T's in Sac or plan B, go into the city again and see what I can find.
I should thank my friends Chris and Jenn for letting me borrow their car for the week! Yeah! So thanks, Chris and Jenn!
Alright. I'm gonna go to bed now. Later.

Favorite line of the night: "I asked God the difference between him and me. And he said, 'Nobody believes in you.' " - Vladimir Khylil

Mike Birbiglia

Like I said yesterday, I went to one of my heroes last night at the San Jose Improv, and I just wanted to say... Mike Birbiglia is the funniest, realest comic there is right now! There. I said it. Have a good day people!

Show # 4

Last night was a good night. Pepperbelly's is always a good time, though. I'd planned to plug my Purple Onion show at the end the end of my set. I'd brought tickets to sell and everything. But I closed with a joke I didn't really want to hang out on stage after and completely forgot. Fail!
What I love about Pepperbelly's is the amount of really good comics that show up. Last night a bunch of SF comics carpooled out to the show and they all had really good sets. One of them, Roman Leo is going to be in the Purple Onion show with Heather and I. He's a really funny guy and he's got the best terrorist beard I've ever seen. Heather had a really good set too. She did her set about running into an ex-lover at his wedding. She said afterwards she hadn't really been feeling it before hand but that set was one she felt the most comfortable with. And I gotta say, she went up early, 4th to be exact, and she definitely got the crowd warm and laughing.
The other cool thing about last night was David Lew, he's one of the guys that helped start the Pepperbelly's open mic and now he has some sort of official position at the club, not sure exactly what it is, but he sure does it. Anyways, he starting handing out entry forms for a six week comedy competition they are doing this summer. And the winner is gonna get paid, like a grand. Yeah, son!
There weren't any fights or anything this week, just a lot of good comedy, which personally, I prefer. Not sure when show # 5 is gonna be actually. Tonight, Heather and I are skipping Brainwash and heading to San Jose to see Mike Birbiglia, one of my comedy gurus, at the Improv. Then on Sat. my buddy Matt is getting married, so that should be a good night. I might be able to find a show Friday or Sunday night, but maybe not til Monday. Yikes!
Favorite Line of the night: "...and the sheets were all red, and you told the maid it was grape juice, like we'd been having slushy fight." - Heather Isaacs Royce

Show # 3

I don't really know what to say about show # 3. It wasn't a great night but it wasn't a horrible one either. Tommy T's was a new room for me and to be honest I was fully expecting to leave not having enjoyed myself. For two reasons. One: Its a pay to play room. $5 to get on stage. I understand the place has to make money but most comics are pretty broke and after driving the hour and half to Pleasonton the idea of then having to pay to perform doesn't really make my socks roll up and down. Two: Its a competition open mic and the winner can get up to $100 of the door. Sounds great right? Bullshit! In open mic competitions the winner is almost always picked by the audience. Post hoc ergo propter hoc, unless you have the funniest 4 minutes in the history of comedy, or have something that sets you apart (like being an actual kid or being a cute little blond girl that only tells jokes about how much she loves bjs) he or she who brings the people wins. Last night there was a kid who was getting up for the 1st time but he also brought his high school and extended family. So guess who was in the top 5 at the end of the night.
Before I continue, cause I realized I'm sounding a little bitter, overall I was happy with last night. I got a pretty good response from people during my set. Dwight, my roommate, came with and watched. He's been talking about trying to tell jokes for a while now and I think watching 30 comics mechanically crammed into 3 hours, most of whom were either bad, drunk, or first timers, helped him realize that the only things you need to do this are mildly amusing jokes and confidence. And there were other bright spots. The kid, literally, that ended up winning was a regular there. A 13 yr old named Joey Braggs. And he was the funniest there. He had timing, well written jokes, and confidence. So yeah, overall I'll give show #3 a 6 out of 10. Show #4: Pepperbelly's on wed. Later.
Favorite line: "When I was 8, I learned that cock meant penis. Then I heard about cockfighting, and it scared the hell outta me." - Joey Braggs

John Leguizamo...

...is a genius! His hilarity, combined with his natural story telling ability and his honesty and self awareness in his act was quite frankly an education. So yeah, I had a hell of a time last night. And it probably didn't hurt any that I was a little toasty off free tequila by the time the show started. Hey-o! Or that I was with three of the coolest people I know. Mei, Doris and Alex. Then after the show we all went and got hot dogs and frozen yogurt. Mmmm....frozen yogurt! I love frozen yogurt but it seems like every place I've had it, I end up getting about twice as much as I actually want. I think all these yogurt places should get together and standardize their portions or something. Think how much froyo we could save. It'd be good for the environment which means the terrorists would lose. Anyways, got a little rambly there. So big thanks to Doris and Mei and Alex for an amazing night. Later.

Morning!

I forgot to mention last night that the ticket I'm selling for the June 26 show at The Purple Onion came yesterday. They're so pretty. So if anyone wants to meet up with me and get a few let me know. You can also get them online @ www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111895. Let me know if you get some online too, just so I can keep track of and get credit for whoever I get through the door.
On the bus now, heading into work at Cindy's then Johnny Legz tonight. Have a great day everybody.

Show # 2

So I just have to say, this comedy thing is much more fun, and so much easier with a support group. Tonight Heather and I hooked up with Steve Danner, another really funny Napa comic, and Jeremiah Brashears, a funny man from Vacaville, and car pooled into SF to the Brainwash.
Now I gotta take a minute and tell you guys about the Brainwash. It's a cafe/laundrymat on Folsom. And there's live entertainment every night of the week. And it seems like every comic in the bay area goes through there on Thurs. nights. The list is usually between 30 & 40 comics long. But the food is good and the grind aspect of it is quickly forgotten when Tony Sparks takes the mike. I don't know how he does it, but the man, "good people," knows how to keep a room pumped up and excited.
So anyways, we got there and we were 27 - 30 on the list, so we settled in, got some food, some of us fought a little crime. I think I even catnapped in the corner for a minute. Then we all went up and, to be honest, we all did really well I think. I went first and worked on the same material from last night and it got a lot of laughs. Then Heather went up and had the crowd laughing. Then Jeremiah. Jeremiah's got this abortion joke that I think is friggin' hilarious, but it only works if there's not any Raider fans in the audience. Fortunately, any that were there tonight also had a sense of humor cause it killed. Then Steve pretty much killed it too. We hung out the rest of the night and it turned into the SF comedy all stars to wrap it up. Charlie Ballard, Jabari Davis, Big Al Gonzales, Kaseem Bentley. And those are just the names I can remember.
So show #2 - Success! Not planning to get up again til Monday, but I'm gonna go see John Leguizamo tomorrow. Free tequila tasting before the show too. Its going to be an awesome night I think. So that's it for me tonight. Later, peeps!
Show #3 - Tommy T's in Pleasonton. 8pm I think.
Favorite line of the night: "Meg Whitman is so rich she has Faberge ovaries." - Jesse Elias

Show # 1

Pepperbelly's Open Mic - Holy Crap! Tonight was nuts! There was so much good and crazy going on its a little unbelievable. It seemed like every comic there tonight was on their game. People where trying out new material, taking chances. And there was a lot of just audience there, which is always cool to see at an open mic. I went up 6th, whiched turned out to be pretty early since the list was 20 comics long tonight. I tried out some new stuff about guys peeing outside(video soon, btw). I think it worked all right. Just needs some polish is all. Victor, he's the guy who hosts the show, a really good guy, really funny too. He said he doubts that I'll make 100, which just goes to show he don't know Tim Wolcott. And there was a fight! A tussle! A battle if you will! Some drunk Mexican guy was starting shit back by the bar. People got riled up!
I should tell you guys about Heather now. Heather Isaacs Royce. An hilarious comic and the other half of what we like to call Team Jesus. She and her husband, Zach, are really great friends. Heather and I got each others back, we keep each other motivated. Its really awesome. She's been doing standup since Feb. I think, and she's got a long career in front of her if she wants it. Anyways, she had a really good set tonight too. She has this set about getting fired from being missionary that cracks me up everytime. Anyways, its getting late. So yeah, recap: good night, good comics, all good things. Next show: Tomorrow night, Thurs. Brainwash on Folsom in SF. The open mic starts at 7p.

Favorite line of the night: "I am the drunk whisperer." - Steve Danner

Welcome to The Summer of 100 Shows

Hello.  My name is Timothy Wolcott and I'm a comic.  Of the standup variety.  And this summer I am on a mission.  100 Shows or bust.  I don't know how long or where its going to take me, all I know is that I am going to push as hard as I can, going as much as I possibly can, until...no never mind until.  I am never going to stop pushing as hard as I can.  There's to much to take out of this life to stop and take a break between goals.  So keep reading people!  Its going to be awesome!  Some highlights to look forward to: 

Show Number 1 - TOMORROW NIGHT!! 6/9 Pepperbelly's Open Mic, Fairfield, CA 8:15p.

Sat. June 26 8pm  Jabari Davis & Associates Live at the Purple Onion.

More to come!!