Joe Klocek

When you come to a comedy club you are coming to my house. That means my rules and my rules mean I get to talk about any subject in anyway I care to as long as I make a majority of the club laugh. If I go to your event I have to play by your rules. That means, clean, corporate friendly jokes or lose super blue stuff for a bachelor party, you tell me and I will deliver. What I will give you is a solid professional show. I will arrive early. I will make sure that all standards we have agreed upon will be met or exceeded. I will handle hecklers, power outages and delays calmly and efficiently. I will give you a fun memory at a good price.

Stand-up comedy does not require a brick wall. It does, however, have a few very simply technical requirements that always make the show better. The audience should never be eating during the show. The audience should all have chairs. (Yup. Some private gigs have not provided chairs or I wouldn't add it here.) The sound system should be powerful and handled by a pro. The audience should be sat close. Please, no dance floor between them and us. Some of this might seem common sense but I wouldn't stress it if it hasn't happened far too many times. Allow the comic to participate with the producer of the event to make recommendations on how to make the event better for the comic and audience.