One down, one to go.

Last night's show went pretty good. We had quite a few volunteers, and the one's who got hypnotized were great. We are expecting a bigger crowd tonight and the show should be even better. :-)

Upon reflecting on last night's performance, there really are quite a few differences to my Vegas style performance from my regular corporate style. Other than the obvious differences, there are others.

I find that my pacing is a lot slower. I also find that my personality comes out a lot more too. I think that the unwritten rule of a Vegas show having to be 1hr and 20min makes me jam routines together and spend less time developing the volunteers personalities on stage. I also feel that my choice of routines are very different. I tend to rely on routines that also allow more talking from the volunteers where my Vegas show demands actions. Because of the international audiences in Vegas, I try to keep the show more visual, and less talking. For example, last night I threw in an old routine that I do into the show. The routine requires the volunteers to think an animal that they will call during the animal calling championships. Obviously, it is very funny but works extremely well when the audience all know each other. When you know the person onstage, seeing them talk and individually act out situations proves to be extra funny.

Tonight, I will be pulling out some more material that I have not done in a while. Should be fun. One show down, one to go. Then... back to Vegas on Sunday.

Marc