My 2013 Comedy ‘Accomplishments’
by Andy Boyle.
I did some stuff this year. Here it is, in listicle format or whatever
- Number of times I performed in front of people: At least 151 (My goal was 150 for the year)
- Number of times I’ve bombed so hard it made me want to quit: At least 10
- Number of shows I was happy about how I did: Three
- States I performed in: Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin
- States I ate too much cheese in: Wisconsin
- Magicians performed with: One
- Number of times I went on tour: Two
- Number of times I self-booked those tours: One
- Strangers couches slept on: Four
- Original live talk shows I helped create, produce, write and perform in: One
- Number of people who attended seven productions of that show: 400ish
- Original live talk shows I only wrote for: One (for six months)
- Twitter followers gained: More than 1,000ish (like this really matters)
- Comedy festivals I performed in: One
- Months I ran an open mic: Nine
- Money I raised for charity by getting drunk and making comedy videos: $3400ish
- Writing classes taken: Three
- Number of times I was rejected by McSweeney’s: Five
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My 2014 Comedy Goals
- Perform 200 times in front of people
- Get booked on 20 showcases
- Book two Midwestern tours
- Create some sort of regular audio thing that’s not just comedians interviewing comedians
- Create a new text-based funny online project
- Create a weird monthly comedy show
- Write and shoot eight sketches
- Perform in 10 states
- Be rejected by McSweeney’s 15 times
- Be rejected by The New Yorker five times
- Be rejected by other funny outlets 30 times
- Just pitch funny written things to lots of places on a weekly basis and get used to the rejection
- Find more ways to incorporate humor into my Real Job
- Finally learn how to be funny