This place is cool. It's a recreation of an actual club, minus the booze. Basically, it's standup practice school. 2 stages, and when it isn't busy you can go on more than once. And check this out - the mic actually works! $5 cover to keep the place going. Marty the owner is a kind hearted soul.
This is a great work out room, professional sound system, real stage and supportive crowd. Marty treats everyone with respect and pays attention to see things are being run fairly. Perfect place to work out new material or start stand up.
Okay, where to begin... Marty's is a room you need to "get" to perform here. It's just off of Sunset Blvd around the corner in the plaza. It's run almost like a real club. There's a small "greeting room" where a guy at a laptop takes your mandatory $5 to perform. You sign the list, and now the fun begins. Behind the curtain is an office space that has been gutted. Three other rooms that are blocked off are still in use for whatever business is normally done during the day. At the end is a raised stage and a decent sound system. A big painted "Marty's" in comic sans font is on the wall, and some kind of fancy vintage wooden throne. In front of the stage are fold out chairs, old ripped couches, falling apart wicker seats, and rickety bar stools. The place place has the smell of a really old building but that could be from the dusty, old furniture. All over the walls are pictures of ,literally, every single comic who has ever stepped foot onstage here. Marty himself takes the pictures. He's a really nice old fella and is clearly a big fan of comedy. There will always be at least 3-7 comics there. You do your 5 minutes and if you want you can wait around for the rest of the comics to go and you can perform AGAIN. You can wait for the next rotation of new comics that trinkle in and then go AGAIN. Seriously, you could do an hour and a half of time here if you wanted. Depending on the mood of the comics that are currently there will depend on the response to your material, but Marty will always laugh. It's a very, very strange environment but you can tell Marty is trying awfully hard to make something real out of it. For that, I support this room. My face is proudly on the wall, but like I said you have to "get it" to enjoy it. - Brett Gilbert
I LOVE Marty as he really does seem to be a fan of comedy and although I've only done the room 1-2 times I liken it to paying $5 to do Potluck Sunday night at The Store. I've popped in a few times to watch and it's ALL comics and never any audience but if you are JONESING to do it I guess it's ok. Marty is AWESOME but I myself just have a horribly hard time paying to perform to comics only.
I'm with Earl...this place is awesome; however, sometimes it's tough to justify paying to perform only to comics. Gotta hand it to Marty for running a great operation. Nice guy, does a good job with his business, etc.
As a male comic, I have only one problem with this place: you must pay just to sit and be supportive of the other comics (not perform). wtf? Sometimes after one of two sets at other clubs I just want to relax there. ... But I must PAY just to sit there... Uh, no.
I wrote "as a male comic" because I don't doubt the women's claims abou this place. I've also noticed that some of the guys get into a real woman-hating fest sometime-- until they enter the room. It makes me uncomfortable, which is hilarious because I'm by no means a male feminist or whatever, and I have my own issues with and jokes about them. So when it makes ME feel uncomfortable you guys are crossing a line BIG-time.
Really bad club. The 5$ is stupid because the audience is only comics. If you're going to do that then it might as well be free. Marty takes too long in between comics. So if you're four up, it's more like five. Waste of money people, don't go!
You're going to have a one drink minimum--at least--at any other club; it sound's like Marty's doing a service for comics. And how many open-mic hosts actually laugh at everyone and remain supportive through the night? This sounds awesome!
Probably one of the worst places I've performed. I actually paid money to get on stage and perform for four people in the audience. One had his headphones in because he was listening to music, one was texting the entire time, one was on the computer in the back of the room and the only other person there was Marty himself. I'll give credit to him though. At least he listened. If I'm going to go and work shit out and pay to do it, it would be nice if there was any chance that people were listening. Comics would literally go on stage and then leave the room afterwards. No one cared to sit and support or listen to anyone else. Avoid this at all costs and do your set for a group of cats. They'll at least be more attentive and won't demand five bucks from you.
That's the big problem everywhere; comics forget to network and not be an asshole. It pays to not be an asshole and if they want to have opportunities like I have had, they need to know the rules.
Marty's is a fantastic place to go and workout your material. Sure, you pay. But Comedy is an investment. Marty is great and there is alot of talent that goes through there. Highly recommend it.
It' great that there's another place other than Ha Ha that gives comics a chance to go up 7 days a week. The host/s need to do a better job of facilitating an audience. Should be a rule that you must sit up front and no cell phones in the main room. At Ha Ha most people are paying attention. This place everybody who's not on stage is working on their set or playing with their phone. Dude, if you don't have your set down 2 min before going up, it's not going to get better in that 2 min. Want an audience, be an audience. HOSTS, TAKE CONTROL OF THIS ROOM, AND MAKE IT GREAT! Another idea, let musicians do the open mike too, it will create a bigger crowd and more of a real audience and more revenue for the operation.
I have performed at Marty's more than any other open mic, and I couldn't agree more with your suggestions- especially the "allow musicians to do it" part.
This room isn't for insecure comics, if you are a new comic and want other comics attention then you will have to earn it!, if you are use to a hostage crowd politely laughing at your less then clever material, you will lose your mind here! Comics will listen but if comics aren't paying attention to you then thats your barometer of how you stack up! If you are looking for confirmation of your talent to justify you choosing comedy as a career path then you will never get it here fulfill your insecurities at all the crappy bringer shows you do! As you get better comics will start to acknowledge you, until then just come in and work on your weakness or refining your set or finding your voice!
i see people complain about paying $5 where else can you get multiple sets for one charge?? Even if you drove around to all the free open mics in town, it would still cost you more then $5 in gas!
With 3 stages and being open from 5-11 there is a new wave of people every 15-20 minutes! Where else could you get the harshest of every demographic in one day? Marty's turns into The Comedy Union, The Comedy Store, The Improv and The Laugh Factory throughout the day come from 5-11 and you could literally do all those rooms in that time! That is if you are willing to work for your laughs! Please dont come and bring your inflated bringer show ego into a room full of professionals!
Alot of people have a problem paying to go up in front of comedians but all of us were fans of comedy before we ever started comedy and if nobody knows your set then when they sit and watch they become just another fan who happens to be knowledgeable on the very thing you are doing, so if its not clever or original they are not going to laugh its that simple! Stop trying to find a reason why its not your fault that people aren't laughing!
I host every wednesday and SOME of you guys are so bad you dont deserve a crowd! Come here and work hard so that when you get a crowd they applaud and stand up when you are finished! Marty's is like resistance training with a parachute! So when you take the resistance off in front of a real crowd you will be stronger, faster and smarter! No one shows up to the beach shirtless and ripped up without spending the other 364 days in an ugly sweaty gym!
Thank you, Demar. It never ceases to amaze me how many comics browbeat the audience when they don't laugh. Where's that going to get you? It's like beating up your girlfriend because she doesn't want to have sex. Where's that going?
Demar is a great guy and usually fairly attentive at this mic. ALL of the hosts at Marty's are good peeps and usually attentive- and I don't even expect such things from a host because I know that he/she is there for a long time. Marty himself is hilarious. THAT BEING SAID, as Demar implied ("the harshest of every demographic") this place attracts some of the biggest assholes around. You can't expect Demar or any of the other hosts to say, "stop being douchebags and pay attenton!" You're dealing with grown-ass people here. If they want to be idiots, let them be idiots. But they shouldn't expect to receive attention when THEY are onstage. I have outgrown it. Last night was my last performance here. There was a hot girl who performed before me, and they were eating her every word. When I got onstage I told them that if they paid 20% of the attention/energy to other comics as they did to that girl then Marty's would be a much cooler place-- as 3 of the 6 people who were in the room listened to me.
Even professional, working comics have asked on their podcasts how L.A. open micers can possibly test material and grow as artists in this sort of atmosphere. It's very difficult. The incident that has capsulized my "career" was the time I killed as Sal's (RIP) in front of a group of maybe 25 people (with some non-comics) then the next night performed mostly the same material to a group of 5 comics who were staring in silence at their phones the whole time.
I refuse to pay to perform now. It's not worth the $5 for a veteran open micer (or whatever the hell I am now) such as myself. BUT if you are new to the game then I suggest that you should start here and work for months or however long it takes you to feel comfortable on a stage. In the end, it's what Marty's is designed for: just feeling comfortable on a stage. Don't expect anything more.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO MARTYS FOR 7 MONTHS NOW. I AM 10 FOLD FUNNIER THAN I USED TO BE. I GET ABOUT AN HOUR OF STAGE TIME THERE EVERY NITE!!!! YOU CAN GO UP AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT. IVE NETWORKED AND BEEN SEEN AND BOOKED FOR OVER 6 SHOWS FROM HANGING OUT AT MARTYS. THERE ARE COMEDY STORE REGULARS, IMPROV REGULARS, NATIONAL HEADLINERS THAT COME THERE TO WORK ON MATERIAL. SO BEING AROUND GREAT COMICS ALL THE TIME MAKES YOU A BETTER COMIC. IF PAYING $5 IS A BIG DEAL, THAN COMEDY IS NOT FOR YOU. IT A CRAPPY BUSINESS ANYWHERE YOU GO. MARTYS IS A VERY UNIQUE PLACE AND I WILL KEEP GOING THERE TO IMPROVE MY COMEDY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!
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...!
My Favorite Los Angeles OPEN MIC Mega Magnificent Place....!
Common atelston common now, what's with the pretentious bullshit? You acting like Noam Chomsky now, dude you're black who you trying to fool copying and pasting shit on badslava. Or did you pay a profesional to write that shit?
atelston Fitzgerald holder is a genius, you fucktards ever talked to the man? The mans a crazy genius, very very weird experience talking to him, he's like super intelligent yet fucking dumb at the same time, in a single conversation dude, it's like, wtf this dudes retarded yet at the same time he says the most rprofound things, not supporting the nutjob I'm just saying dont he's fucking weird in a strange good way
Bowtie and dreads don't match. No matter how hard you try ADELSON or the fuck Eva ur name is you will never be a genius you're just a regular pretentous nigga. I spoke to him once and. Bunch of big words this brotha got issues
I've skimmed through many of his reviews. He often uses "words" such as "contradictive" when he intended to write "contradictory" (an ACTUAL word). Sometimes he just doesn't even know the meaning of a word that he is using. In the Marty's review, "This can simply mean, both contradicting ideas are completely irrelevant" doesn't make any damn sense in any context that he used.
Atelstons pretentious, spoke to him once and half the shit he was sayin wasn't making sense, I think he tries to hard to sound like a genius, also every comic I've ever talked to said this brotha is on some serious weird shit, yesterday in flappers in Burbank he got on stage and was complaining bout not getting booked, it was funny but weird, the bookers ended up trashing the nutjob on stage. I guess that took it personal, this brotha needs to be checked into a mental institute..infact I don't think he's actually pretentious because pretentious people re normal, this brotha is a mental nutjob
My first open mic experience! Definitely a good training ground for...just about everything. I've never heard heckling here, but I kind of wish people would.
I like Marty, it's a great mix of people, and you'll get plenty of stage time, so have a lot of material to try out! I haven't been back in a month or so, just because the atmosphere can be a little depressing. It reminds me of a youth center, where you occasionally watch a drunk teenager take his anger out on the room- minus the funny. With that said, I've seen hilarious/professional people too, that have crazy inspired me. It's obvious who's serious and not just hanging out. You see people work out their material over and over. Marty is supportive and the 5 bucks is actually a good deal, since you can get a lot of time in. It really is a fantastic mix of people. Just beware if you're a woman, because I've never heard so many rape jokes in my life.
Don't expect to get any respect from this audience. People are talking loudly outside and no one seems to be paying attention...except Marty. You will quickly develop a thicker skin here. This place made me instantly not care about bombing, haha. So if you're scared of getting up on stage, Marty's is a PERFECT place to start. You never know, you might get someone to look up and laugh. That feels good.
black people with accents always pretend to be smart.... im sure he wants us to comment.... i dont think you are a moron.... just not as brilliant as you think... most of the words you use are not being used properly....effort is cool..... you are just not funny... trainwreck maybe, but not funny... take your enthusiasm to a city job, you might be one of the funnier guys there... good luck
This place is cool. It's a recreation of an actual club, minus the booze. Basically, it's standup practice school. 2 stages, and when it isn't busy you can go on more than once. And check this out - the mic actually works! $5 cover to keep the place going. Marty the owner is a kind hearted soul.
ReplyDeletea good place to practice new material but don't expect much from the audience. not the best quality of material being performed.
ReplyDeleteGreat place to workout!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great work out room, professional sound system, real stage and supportive crowd. Marty treats everyone with respect and pays attention to see things are being run fairly. Perfect place to work out new material or start stand up.
ReplyDeleteCan you come by at anytime or do you have to be there by 5?
ReplyDeleteAn answer to a question above: you can come anytime between a posted time period.
ReplyDeleteOkay, where to begin... Marty's is a room you need to "get" to perform here. It's just off of Sunset Blvd around the corner in the plaza. It's run almost like a real club. There's a small "greeting room" where a guy at a laptop takes your mandatory $5 to perform. You sign the list, and now the fun begins. Behind the curtain is an office space that has been gutted. Three other rooms that are blocked off are still in use for whatever business is normally done during the day. At the end is a raised stage and a decent sound system. A big painted "Marty's" in comic sans font is on the wall, and some kind of fancy vintage wooden throne. In front of the stage are fold out chairs, old ripped couches, falling apart wicker seats, and rickety bar stools. The place place has the smell of a really old building but that could be from the dusty, old furniture. All over the walls are pictures of ,literally, every single comic who has ever stepped foot onstage here. Marty himself takes the pictures. He's a really nice old fella and is clearly a big fan of comedy. There will always be at least 3-7 comics there. You do your 5 minutes and if you want you can wait around for the rest of the comics to go and you can perform AGAIN. You can wait for the next rotation of new comics that trinkle in and then go AGAIN. Seriously, you could do an hour and a half of time here if you wanted. Depending on the mood of the comics that are currently there will depend on the response to your material, but Marty will always laugh. It's a very, very strange environment but you can tell Marty is trying awfully hard to make something real out of it. For that, I support this room. My face is proudly on the wall, but like I said you have to "get it" to enjoy it. - Brett Gilbert
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Marty as he really does seem to be a fan of comedy and although I've only done the room 1-2 times I liken it to paying $5 to do Potluck Sunday night at The Store. I've popped in a few times to watch and it's ALL comics and never any audience but if you are JONESING to do it I guess it's ok. Marty is AWESOME but I myself just have a horribly hard time paying to perform to comics only.
ReplyDeleteEarl
I'm with Earl...this place is awesome; however, sometimes it's tough to justify paying to perform only to comics. Gotta hand it to Marty for running a great operation. Nice guy, does a good job with his business, etc.
ReplyDeleteAs a male comic, I have only one problem with this place: you must pay just to sit and be supportive of the other comics (not perform). wtf? Sometimes after one of two sets at other clubs I just want to relax there. ... But I must PAY just to sit there... Uh, no.
ReplyDeleteI wrote "as a male comic" because I don't doubt the women's claims abou this place. I've also noticed that some of the guys get into a real woman-hating fest sometime-- until they enter the room. It makes me uncomfortable, which is hilarious because I'm by no means a male feminist or whatever, and I have my own issues with and jokes about them. So when it makes ME feel uncomfortable you guys are crossing a line BIG-time.
Really bad club. The 5$ is stupid because the audience is only comics. If you're going to do that then it might as well be free. Marty takes too long in between comics. So if you're four up, it's more like five. Waste of money people, don't go!
ReplyDeleteSupport the club and pay the $5. Those places that don't charge don't last long. Don't be a dink and besides...
Deleteare you ready...
ALL open Mics have only comics for an audience. Deal with it.
You're going to have a one drink minimum--at least--at any other club; it sound's like Marty's doing a service for comics. And how many open-mic hosts actually laugh at everyone and remain supportive through the night? This sounds awesome!
DeleteProbably one of the worst places I've performed. I actually paid money to get on stage and perform for four people in the audience. One had his headphones in because he was listening to music, one was texting the entire time, one was on the computer in the back of the room and the only other person there was Marty himself. I'll give credit to him though. At least he listened. If I'm going to go and work shit out and pay to do it, it would be nice if there was any chance that people were listening. Comics would literally go on stage and then leave the room afterwards. No one cared to sit and support or listen to anyone else. Avoid this at all costs and do your set for a group of cats. They'll at least be more attentive and won't demand five bucks from you.
ReplyDeleteThat's the big problem everywhere; comics forget to network and not be an asshole. It pays to not be an asshole and if they want to have opportunities like I have had, they need to know the rules.
DeleteMarty's is a fantastic place to go and workout your material. Sure, you pay. But Comedy is an investment. Marty is great and there is alot of talent that goes through there. Highly recommend it.
ReplyDeleteIt' great that there's another place other than Ha Ha that gives comics a chance to go up 7 days a week. The host/s need to do a better job of facilitating an audience. Should be a rule that you must sit up front and no cell phones in the main room. At Ha Ha most people are paying attention. This place everybody who's not on stage is working on their set or playing with their phone. Dude, if you don't have your set down 2 min before going up, it's not going to get better in that 2 min. Want an audience, be an audience. HOSTS, TAKE CONTROL OF THIS ROOM, AND MAKE IT GREAT! Another idea, let musicians do the open mike too, it will create a bigger crowd and more of a real audience and more revenue for the operation.
ReplyDeleteI have performed at Marty's more than any other open mic, and I couldn't agree more with your suggestions- especially the "allow musicians to do it" part.
ReplyDeleteThis room isn't for insecure comics, if you are a new comic and want other comics attention then you will have to earn it!, if you are use to a hostage crowd politely laughing at your less then clever material, you will lose your mind here! Comics will listen but if comics aren't paying attention to you then thats your barometer of how you stack up! If you are looking for confirmation of your talent to justify you choosing comedy as a career path then you will never get it here fulfill your insecurities at all the crappy bringer shows you do! As you get better comics will start to acknowledge you, until then just come in and work on your weakness or refining your set or finding your voice!
ReplyDeletei see people complain about paying $5 where else can you get multiple sets for one charge?? Even if you drove around to all the free open mics in town, it would still cost you more then $5 in gas!
With 3 stages and being open from 5-11 there is a new wave of people every 15-20 minutes! Where else could you get the harshest of every demographic in one day? Marty's turns into The Comedy Union, The Comedy Store, The Improv and The Laugh Factory throughout the day come from 5-11 and you could literally do all those rooms in that time! That is if you are willing to work for your laughs! Please dont come and bring your inflated bringer show ego into a room full of professionals!
Alot of people have a problem paying to go up in front of comedians but all of us were fans of comedy before we ever started comedy and if nobody knows your set then when they sit and watch they become just another fan who happens to be knowledgeable on the very thing you are doing, so if its not clever or original they are not going to laugh its that simple! Stop trying to find a reason why its not your fault that people aren't laughing!
I host every wednesday and SOME of you guys are so bad you dont deserve a crowd! Come here and work hard so that when you get a crowd they applaud and stand up when you are finished! Marty's is like resistance training with a parachute! So when you take the resistance off in front of a real crowd you will be stronger, faster and smarter! No one shows up to the beach shirtless and ripped up without spending the other 364 days in an ugly sweaty gym!
Your Friend, Demar Randy
About time someone tells it like it is.
DeleteThank you, Demar. It never ceases to amaze me how many comics browbeat the audience when they don't laugh. Where's that going to get you? It's like beating up your girlfriend because she doesn't want to have sex. Where's that going?
DeleteThis is super true
DeleteBrilliant post.
DeleteHey, Demar, imagine how much further your career would be if you put all the energy into the improv as you do this one.
ReplyDeleteDemar is a great guy and usually fairly attentive at this mic. ALL of the hosts at Marty's are good peeps and usually attentive- and I don't even expect such things from a host because I know that he/she is there for a long time. Marty himself is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteTHAT BEING SAID, as Demar implied ("the harshest of every demographic") this place attracts some of the biggest assholes around. You can't expect Demar or any of the other hosts to say, "stop being douchebags and pay attenton!" You're dealing with grown-ass people here.
If they want to be idiots, let them be idiots. But they shouldn't expect to receive attention when THEY are onstage.
I have outgrown it. Last night was my last performance here. There was a hot girl who performed before me, and they were eating her every word. When I got onstage I told them that if they paid 20% of the attention/energy to other comics as they did to that girl then Marty's would be a much cooler place-- as 3 of the 6 people who were in the room listened to me.
Even professional, working comics have asked on their podcasts how L.A. open micers can possibly test material and grow as artists in this sort of atmosphere. It's very difficult. The incident that has capsulized my "career" was the time I killed as Sal's (RIP) in front of a group of maybe 25 people (with some non-comics) then the next night performed mostly the same material to a group of 5 comics who were staring in silence at their phones the whole time.
I refuse to pay to perform now. It's not worth the $5 for a veteran open micer (or whatever the hell I am now) such as myself.
BUT if you are new to the game then I suggest that you should start here and work for months or however long it takes you to feel comfortable on a stage. In the end, it's what Marty's is designed for: just feeling comfortable on a stage.
Don't expect anything more.
-Michael Gowdy.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO MARTYS FOR 7 MONTHS NOW. I AM 10 FOLD FUNNIER THAN I USED TO BE. I GET ABOUT AN HOUR OF STAGE TIME THERE EVERY NITE!!!! YOU CAN GO UP AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT. IVE NETWORKED AND BEEN SEEN AND BOOKED FOR OVER 6 SHOWS FROM HANGING OUT AT MARTYS. THERE ARE COMEDY STORE REGULARS, IMPROV REGULARS, NATIONAL HEADLINERS THAT COME THERE TO WORK ON MATERIAL. SO BEING AROUND GREAT COMICS ALL THE TIME MAKES YOU A BETTER COMIC. IF PAYING $5 IS A BIG DEAL, THAN COMEDY IS NOT FOR YOU. IT A CRAPPY BUSINESS ANYWHERE YOU GO. MARTYS IS A VERY UNIQUE PLACE AND I WILL KEEP GOING THERE TO IMPROVE MY COMEDY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!
ReplyDeleteyet another open micer who thinks that he can determine if comedy is "for" someone
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
Also... it seems perfectly sane and smart in all caps.
am I the only asshole who drove around for an eternity cause I couldn't find this place? It's not on Sunset, it's on Martel. you're welcome.
ReplyDeletesomeone tell demare to shut the fuck up and make some coffee
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...!
My Favorite Los Angeles OPEN MIC
Mega Magnificent Place....!
Atelston Fitzgerald Holder 1st
Mr Pregnant.....!
www.mrpregnant.com
www.youtube.com/mrpregnant
www.youtube.com/mrpregnantmusic
could you have tried any harder to sound like a genius in that essay you just wrote? get the fuck out of here you smarmy prick
DeleteWhat the hell did that guy say?
Deletehehehe.. He said smarmy..
DeleteCommon atelston common now, what's with the pretentious bullshit? You acting like Noam Chomsky now, dude you're black who you trying to fool copying and pasting shit on badslava. Or did you pay a profesional to write that shit?
ReplyDeleteIS THAT EVEN STANDARD ENGLISH?
ReplyDeleteatelston Fitzgerald holder is a genius, you fucktards ever talked to the man? The mans a crazy genius, very very weird experience talking to him, he's like super intelligent yet fucking dumb at the same time, in a single conversation dude, it's like, wtf this dudes retarded yet at the same time he says the most rprofound things, not supporting the nutjob I'm just saying dont he's fucking weird in a strange good way
ReplyDeleteBowtie and dreads don't match. No matter how hard you try ADELSON or the fuck Eva ur name is you will never be a genius you're just a regular pretentous nigga. I spoke to him once and. Bunch of big words this brotha got issues
ReplyDeleteDid Marty pay you to say that atelston?
ReplyDeleteI've skimmed through many of his reviews.
ReplyDeleteHe often uses "words" such as "contradictive" when he intended to write "contradictory" (an ACTUAL word).
Sometimes he just doesn't even know the meaning of a word that he is using.
In the Marty's review, "This can simply mean, both contradicting ideas are completely irrelevant" doesn't make any damn sense in any context that he used.
Poseur.
Atelstons pretentious, spoke to him once and half the shit he was sayin wasn't making sense, I think he tries to hard to sound like a genius, also every comic I've ever talked to said this brotha is on some serious weird shit, yesterday in flappers in Burbank he got on stage and was complaining bout not getting booked, it was funny but weird, the bookers ended up trashing the nutjob on stage. I guess that took it personal, this brotha needs to be checked into a mental institute..infact I don't think he's actually pretentious because pretentious people re normal, this brotha is a mental nutjob
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ReplyDeleteMy first open mic experience! Definitely a good training ground for...just about everything. I've never heard heckling here, but I kind of wish people would.
I like Marty, it's a great mix of people, and you'll get plenty of stage time, so have a lot of material to try out! I haven't been back in a month or so, just because the atmosphere can be a little depressing. It reminds me of a youth center, where you occasionally watch a drunk teenager take his anger out on the room- minus the funny. With that said, I've seen hilarious/professional people too, that have crazy inspired me. It's obvious who's serious and not just hanging out. You see people work out their material over and over. Marty is supportive and the 5 bucks is actually a good deal, since you can get a lot of time in. It really is a fantastic mix of people. Just beware if you're a woman, because I've never heard so many rape jokes in my life.
Don't expect to get any respect from this audience. People are talking loudly outside and no one seems to be paying attention...except Marty. You will quickly develop a thicker skin here. This place made me instantly not care about bombing, haha. So if you're scared of getting up on stage, Marty's is a PERFECT place to start. You never know, you might get someone to look up and laugh. That feels good.
black people with accents always pretend to be smart.... im sure he wants us to comment.... i dont think you are a moron.... just not as brilliant as you think... most of the words you use are not being used properly....effort is cool..... you are just not funny... trainwreck maybe, but not funny... take your enthusiasm to a city job, you might be one of the funnier guys there... good luck
ReplyDeleteATELSTON IS A GENIUS GO TO HIS WEBSITE YOU OPEN MIC FUCKTARDS
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