Kind of like performing in someone's basement. The audience is mostly comics, but most open mics are. Possible to get feedback on your material if anyone happens to be paying attention. Great place to start if you have no experience.
We don't know if Hannah is making an accusation. She had an experience has shared it and seems to have dealt with it and moved on. She gets to decide if it is inapporpriate or not.
This was my second open mic and my first time at Martys. There were just as many women as men. Didn't get a innapropriate vibe... good place for working on your material.
It is a great place! Marty is very funny. There are several funny comedians but no one really responds or laughs at any jokes. Many people are not paying attention anyway. Its a good place to get comfortable on stage and try new stuff.
I have performed at Marty's almost every day for the last few weeks. If you can get most of the room to laugh even two or three times you can call it "killing."
There are also people whose faces are buried in a phone from the moment you get on the stage to the moment you step off of it-- people whose acts I can recite because I actually listen to them. When I began this game I could brush it off easily, but after more than a year it's actually getting harder to handle this sight. I want to buy a baseball... so I can throw it at his/her head.
It was a cool place, but its hard performing something only you know you made up, and a bunch of people who could say they made it up. Not saying anyone was.
Hey folks, I've just got a quick question that I'd be very appreciative if anyone could answer: My buddy and I have been trying to go to open mics around town but we've got jobs that don't end until after 5, and we live a ways out of town. If we get to this mic after 6 will we still get up? I figure it's worth a shot since it's long and they've got 3 stages, but we don't want to head out if it's likely we won't get up. Thanks in advance!
I went a couple of weeks ago on a Monday night. First of all there was no one there, just Marty and a couple other guys, he kept telling me it would get pretty busy by 7 or 8. That was fine though, since we're all just trying to get up and get some stage time, right? I suppose this is a decent place to try material and have some fun and what not. Personally, I just felt the environment wasn't really to my liking but maybe that would change if I went on a different day or more people were there. To answer the above person's question, when I went up at 6 there were still only about 5 people there, so you should definitely get up at least once if you're there before the supposed rush between 7-8.
Great place to just work on new material and work on the way you say it.
If you're looking to get laughs, you probably wont find it here. The room is going to be mostly empty. But use it to your advantage and get some mic-in-hand stage practice.
this place is the worst open mic in la, disrespectful owner who is incrediably greedy about money who even charges audience members to be there, once and last time there
Yo dude who can't get comedians' attention... people can look at their phones if they want. If you weren't a totally shit performer, maybe they'd pay attention. Get the fuck over it baby.
dont come to martys if ur weak, youll get ate up and end up quiting comedy all together, ill watch a big screen right in the back by the coffee if some dude or chick sucks, which most of them do
There is one good thing about Marty..he has certainly found a clever way to make a living by charging $5 for each comedian to get up. Apart from that, he's not funny and his jokes are insulting. The vibe is no good
I have not heard any racism and see lots of veriety of people there. Yes people will say bad stuff about Obama if that's your idea of racist. I see everyone there being apriciated and liked. All kinds of comedy critters. It can be a tuff crowd but if you want to be a comic get used to it.
During my time in LA, I visited Marty's open mic establishment as a means of honing and fine tuning the wonderful mystifying enigma of humor. Mr Marty's quite a peculiar individual.
Our conversation passively erupted in a passionate fraternity on the fundamental construction and methodologies behind humor formation. From a subjective and objective standpoint there was a dichotomy in our viewpoints, i found his theory of experience being the rudimentary source of creativity to be somewhat vague and ambiguous, in terms of its inability to demystify and theoretically dissect jokes.
On the contrary, experience is an inevitable subconscious inventory sitting latent as an abstract comedic toolkit, But it doesn't suffice any equation that is conducive to comedic unambiguousness, Ironically two comics can personify complete distinctive contradictive ideas about humor yet derive to the exact same punchline consequential's, and this is what i call a paradoxical dichotomy thats really ambiguous.
This can simply mean, both contradicting ideas are completely irrelevant, and there's a completely peculiar common denominator we intuitively share that we as comedians are completely oblivious to. It was quite an interesting conversation, especially discussing humor with someone who has over 20 years experience in the business.
Marty's venue offers multiple options, The main room primarily, 'self explanatory' With multiple stage time you can perpetuate into midnight continuity.
His second room is smaller but offers a private more personalized environment that comics can engulf themselves into humor extinction. Also an outdoor seating area that frolics a disport from humor fatigue, you'll indeed be exhausted from performance time and stage luxury.
Marty's establishment is undeniably the all encompassing quintessential of open mic's, it exist in an unrivaled pool of adversaries, 'unsurpassable' Simply because of its multifaceted combined incongruity and its intriguing dichotomy, all juxtaposed in a single conceptual element that defines his medium as far more than just an open mic, but a place a comedian can call home...!
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I've been to Marty's a few times and have seen many negative things happen there. Marty often does comedy sets filled with disgusting, degrading, homosexual jokes. That being said, sometimes doing comedy at Marty's is better than not doing comedy at all.
It's all a matter of taste. If you don't like gay or racist jokes, that's you. Just leave or ignore it by playing with your iPhone. But please don't try and censor just because YOUR sensibilies were offended. Don be like kat williams or spike Lee who hate the idea of THEM being censored, with their controversial material, but then they turn around and try and tell Quentin tarrentino what to write because of his contextual use of the word nigger. This unfortunately is typical of so called black artists double standards when it comes to their sensitivities but it's ok for them to makewhite jokes or baf taco jokes about Mexicans.
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atelston fitzgerald holder 1st was in flappers tonight complaining about not getting booked, I guess he was being serious but it was hilarious, weird and little crazy, the bookers ended up trashing him on the show, apparently they didn't find it funny. But on a serious note, this dude has mental issues
Marty is a sweet guy, but that place is a disaster. It's like doing a set in the commissary of a mental institution, and I don't mean that in a funny/endearing way. It's like a magnet that sucks in all the worst of the worst open mic-ers; the mentally unstable or people that just want attention. The fact that they let these fucking idiots ramble on & scream for 7+ minutes is just unbelievable. You're better off walking into a laundrymat somewhere and doing your set.
And to the "Guatamalan" that was "molested," "takes two buses," and are a "2nd degree blackbelt" who railed against the Comedy Store for 4 minutes straight, then showed up to the open mic there 45 minutes later? You're a fucking cockroach.
Best mic in town. The comic's mic, most time for your buck. in fact, don't come, more time for me.
ReplyDeleteI did Marty's open mic once and found him to act and touch women inappropriately so I will not go back.
ReplyDeletehahaha you just a lil hoe
DeletePLEASE be respectful to Hannah ... we are all here to gets laughs in the comedy clubs and she shouldn't get called names.
DeleteKind of like performing in someone's basement. The audience is mostly comics, but most open mics are. Possible to get feedback on your material if anyone happens to be paying attention. Great place to start if you have no experience.
ReplyDeletehannah, dont make false accusatons.
ReplyDeleteWe don't know if Hannah is making an accusation. She had an experience has shared it and seems to have dealt with it and moved on. She gets to decide if it is inapporpriate or not.
ReplyDeletethere is a reason why girls dont like it there and it cause of marty.
ReplyDeleteThis was my second open mic and my first time at Martys. There were just as many women as men. Didn't get a innapropriate vibe... good place for working on your material.
ReplyDeleteDoes any one know of any open mics in San Bernardino County
ReplyDeleteIt is a great place! Marty is very funny. There are several funny comedians but no one really responds or laughs at any jokes. Many people are not paying attention anyway. Its a good place to get comfortable on stage and try new stuff.
ReplyDeleteRe: "no one laughs/ pays attention"
ReplyDeleteI have performed at Marty's almost every day for the last few weeks. If you can get most of the room to laugh even two or three times you can call it "killing."
There are also people whose faces are buried in a phone from the moment you get on the stage to the moment you step off of it-- people whose acts I can recite because I actually listen to them. When I began this game I could brush it off easily, but after more than a year it's actually getting harder to handle this sight.
I want to buy a baseball... so I can throw it at his/her head.
It was a cool place, but its hard performing something only you know you made up, and a bunch of people who could say they made it up. Not saying anyone was.
ReplyDeleteHey folks, I've just got a quick question that I'd be very appreciative if anyone could answer:
ReplyDeleteMy buddy and I have been trying to go to open mics around town but we've got jobs that don't end until after 5, and we live a ways out of town. If we get to this mic after 6 will we still get up? I figure it's worth a shot since it's long and they've got 3 stages, but we don't want to head out if it's likely we won't get up.
Thanks in advance!
I went a couple of weeks ago on a Monday night.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all there was no one there, just Marty and a couple other guys, he kept telling me it would get pretty busy by 7 or 8. That was fine though, since we're all just trying to get up and get some stage time, right?
I suppose this is a decent place to try material and have some fun and what not. Personally, I just felt the environment wasn't really to my liking but maybe that would change if I went on a different day or more people were there.
To answer the above person's question, when I went up at 6 there were still only about 5 people there, so you should definitely get up at least once if you're there before the supposed rush between 7-8.
Great place to just work on new material and work on the way you say it.
ReplyDeleteIf you're looking to get laughs, you probably wont find it here. The room is going to be mostly empty. But use it to your advantage and get some mic-in-hand stage practice.
Marty is a really cool and funny dude.
Anyone who goes too Marty's in 2012 expecting anything else than losing all pride and dignity probably thinks by doing Potluck Tommy will pass you.
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"all pride and dignity"
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to include "affinity for fellow comics."
Racist white guys making dick jokes for other racist white guys who make dick jokes. I'll pass.
ReplyDeletethis place is the worst open mic in la, disrespectful owner who is incrediably greedy about money who even charges audience members to be there, once and last time there
ReplyDeleteYo dude who can't get comedians' attention... people can look at their phones if they want. If you weren't a totally shit performer, maybe they'd pay attention. Get the fuck over it baby.
ReplyDeleteWow. Welcome to comedy, moron. It happens to everyone. Get the fuck over YOURSELF.
Deletedont come to martys if ur weak, youll get ate up and end up quiting comedy all together, ill watch a big screen right in the back by the coffee if some dude or chick sucks, which most of them do
ReplyDeleteMarty often insults comedians their sets. . . not cool. .
ReplyDeleteThere is one good thing about Marty..he has certainly found a clever way to make a living by charging $5 for each comedian to get up. Apart from that, he's not funny and his jokes are insulting. The vibe is no good
ReplyDeleteA great place to relax, let you balls hang out of your shorts....scratch your ass...feel at home.
ReplyDeleteRacist enviornment
ReplyDeleteI have not heard any racism and see lots of veriety of people there. Yes people will say bad stuff about Obama if that's your idea of racist. I see everyone there being apriciated and liked. All kinds of comedy critters. It can be a tuff crowd but if you want to be a comic get used to it.
ReplyDeleteDuring my time in LA, I visited Marty's open mic establishment as a means of honing and fine tuning the wonderful mystifying enigma of humor. Mr Marty's quite a peculiar individual.
ReplyDeleteOur conversation passively erupted in a passionate fraternity on the fundamental construction and methodologies behind humor formation. From a subjective and objective standpoint there was a dichotomy in our viewpoints, i found his theory of experience being the rudimentary source of creativity to be somewhat vague and ambiguous, in terms of its inability to demystify and theoretically dissect jokes.
On the contrary, experience is an inevitable subconscious inventory sitting latent as an abstract comedic toolkit, But it doesn't suffice any equation that is conducive to comedic unambiguousness, Ironically two comics can personify complete distinctive contradictive ideas about humor yet derive to the exact same punchline consequential's, and this is what i call a paradoxical dichotomy thats really ambiguous.
This can simply mean, both contradicting ideas are completely irrelevant, and there's a completely peculiar common denominator we intuitively share that we as comedians are completely oblivious to. It was quite an interesting conversation, especially discussing humor with someone who has over 20 years experience in the business.
Marty's venue offers multiple options, The main room primarily, 'self explanatory' With multiple stage time you can perpetuate into midnight continuity.
His second room is smaller but offers a private more personalized environment that comics can engulf themselves into humor extinction. Also an outdoor seating area that frolics a disport from humor fatigue, you'll indeed be exhausted from performance time and stage luxury.
Marty's establishment is undeniably the all encompassing quintessential of open mic's, it exist in an unrivaled pool of adversaries, 'unsurpassable' Simply because of its multifaceted combined incongruity and its intriguing dichotomy, all juxtaposed in a single conceptual element that defines his medium as far more than just an open mic, but a place a comedian can call home...!
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I've been to Marty's a few times and have seen many negative things happen there. Marty often does comedy sets filled with disgusting, degrading, homosexual jokes. That being said, sometimes doing comedy at Marty's is better than not doing comedy at all.
ReplyDeleteIt's all a matter of taste. If you don't like gay or racist jokes, that's you. Just leave or ignore it by playing with your iPhone. But please don't try and censor just because YOUR sensibilies were offended.
ReplyDeleteDon be like kat williams or spike Lee who hate the idea of THEM being censored, with their controversial material, but then they turn around and try and tell Quentin tarrentino what to write because of his contextual use of the word nigger.
This unfortunately is typical of so called black artists double standards when it comes to their sensitivities but it's ok for them to makewhite jokes or baf taco jokes about Mexicans.
Yeah, which is why I say that Marty's IS a racist place-- the blacks all walk out on most white comics.
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ReplyDeleteatelston fitzgerald holder 1st was in flappers tonight complaining about not getting booked, I guess he was being serious but it was hilarious, weird and little crazy, the bookers ended up trashing him on the show, apparently they didn't find it funny. But on a serious note, this dude has mental issues
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ReplyDeleteMarty is a sweet guy, but that place is a disaster. It's like doing a set in the commissary of a mental institution, and I don't mean that in a funny/endearing way. It's like a magnet that sucks in all the worst of the worst open mic-ers; the mentally unstable or people that just want attention. The fact that they let these fucking idiots ramble on & scream for 7+ minutes is just unbelievable. You're better off walking into a laundrymat somewhere and doing your set.
ReplyDeleteAnd to the "Guatamalan" that was "molested," "takes two buses," and are a "2nd degree blackbelt" who railed against the Comedy Store for 4 minutes straight, then showed up to the open mic there 45 minutes later? You're a fucking cockroach.