Life as a Comic is series of short videos by Rob Paravonian (famous for The Pachelbel Rant) about what it's like to be a working stand-up comic. It has recently started up again after a long break.
Here's the first episode which is about doing gigs at venues which aren't full-time comedy clubs. Direct links to the rest of the episodes, all of which are in quicktime-format, below the cut.
Episode 2, gigs at colleges.
Episode 3, the New York underground comedy scene.
Episode 4, what doing shows at full-time comedy venues is like.
Episode 5, travelling far for a college gig.
Episode 6, doing morning radio shows.*
Episode 7, playing for students in Hoboken at a mandatory attendance show for freshmen.
Episode 8, the video packages comics send out to people and organizations which might hire them.
Episode 9, the life-cycle of topical material.
Episode 10, performing at a pirate-themed book-launch in a boat docked in New York harbor.
Season 2!
Episode 1, what it's like being a musician-comic.
Episode 2, the cars stand-up comics drive.
Episode 3, the conventions artists pay to attend so that they get hired to play colleges.
Episode 4, doing shows at noon in cafeterias in community colleges.
Season 3!
Episode 1, performing at a NASCAR track.
* This particular episode seems to have been removed from the blog, but it's still up on archive.org, where all the other episodes from season 1 are hosted.
posted by Kattullus at 8:30 PM on April 19, 2010 [1 favorite]