re: Crowd work has ruined standup comedy

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I used to go to NYC during the summers and just hang around the comedy clubs getting wasted.

One thing I learned is anything goes after 10 in the sense you'll get the polished stuff for the 7 or 9 shows.

The "working it out" stuff happens at the later shows for the semi known people. Not gonna lie. It was dang near 50/50 whether they was gonna get booed by some drunks. Seen some mediocre sets come through there even by Attell at 1AM.

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Rogan has brought this back, and even Redban's club. They allow zero recording by anyone. Maybe they allow the comedian to record their set, but no phones or cameras are allowed. This day and age in comedy everything you say can and will be used against you. Working things out on stage got damn near impossible. It seems clubs are finally protecting acts again now.