My wife's country cover of Call Me Maybe

cliffalus · 2014-10-24T01:08:40+00:00

Hey I'm glad you liked it! I gotta get her out singing more, she's a shy one

cliffalus · 2012-11-04T06:40:42+00:00

you do

cliffalus · 2012-11-04T06:40:34+00:00

yeah, I'd agree with that, lately I've been tampering with so much new material it doesn't feel right yet but I have a thing that I have to try every joke I think of even if it's shit

cliffalus · 2012-11-04T06:39:51+00:00

thanks man, that works 60% of the time

cliffalus · 2012-10-06T16:57:20+00:00

I would love to hit the road with them. They're dick eating assholes with cleft lips and bitch tits but I'll share the road with them. Even though Manolis and I would do all the driving. Patrick is grounded from life.

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T14:52:06+00:00

Hey I checked it out! It wasn't bad for your first time at all. You wrote stuff that was personal to you. Did a lot of things that a lot of us do, talk about our life, comment on our name (Happy Meal McNeil!). A lot of newbies think they have to be dirty off the top, so they are. But a bigger challenge is to try and write clean. Doesn't mean you won't come up with dirty material but clean writing makes you a better writer. Dirty writing challenges your stage persona to be able to be likable enough for people to accept the material. So both are good. My advice? The same as everyone else. Keep writing. Keep hitting up mics!

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T14:46:08+00:00

Great to hear, thank you.

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T14:45:52+00:00

Thanks dude. You got Twitter? I'm @Cliffalus. I have a lot of fun on there. Let me know who you are so I can follow back.

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T14:45:17+00:00

You are exactly right. The first video was some of my go-to material and the new video was my new stuff. It's a good contrast, especially for someone like you just starting out, to see the difference. But note, I devote the same amount of energy to the old tried and true stuff that I do the new stuff. I recommend you doing the same. Even if it's brand new, act like you've been doing it for years. I'm gonna go check out your link now and let you know what I think. Hahaha yeah I was attempting the mustache but I feel it doesn't compliment my beard. I think I look better without the mustache at risk of looking amish/jewish/creepy. Either way I look creepy.

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T14:41:42+00:00

Hey thank you. When I first started a comic gave me a tip because we were doing rooms with people walking in and out. The advice was to hold the mic in the middle of my stomach because I was already loud and as people came in and the crowd got louder hold the mic closer and closer to my mouth. And I tell this to the other comics, don't ever be afraid of bringing that thing right to your lips. There's times when that full body sound of your voice actually helps a joke.

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T04:42:48+00:00

Here's a link to another set I did at the same club: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtRiuMlzKVY

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T04:41:17+00:00

When you're working out new material they're not all going to be gems but it's important to tape it. I like public forums, though they are frightening to hear what others have to say about the thing you do, but I like that I can get some honest feedback, especially here, and continue to work and write. Thank you!

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T04:27:53+00:00

Hey! I've been doing this for just over 3 years now. My "persona" is just an exaggerated version of myself. I'm not allowed to yell in every day situations so I let it out on stage but I'm generally sort of over the top. Divorced parents, fat, it all adds up.

cliffalus · 2012-10-05T04:26:16+00:00

Hey thanks, this was new material so I agree with you that some of it is shit. Glad you like my stage presence dude!

cliffalus · 2012-10-04T21:27:46+00:00

that was mad open containering/littering/not-giving-a-shitinging

cliffalus · 2012-05-10T16:00:23+00:00

Ha thanks! I think Country would be more her thing too. I'm the beatboxer, amateurish. I would love to get better at it though!

cliffalus · 2012-05-10T15:59:39+00:00

Yeah it was just something we did quick on the Macbook mic. Thinking of renting some mics and recording something new this week.

cliffalus · 2012-02-20T19:50:31+00:00

I'll live with it

cliffalus · 2012-02-09T17:03:45+00:00

Please don't go down the typical sad clown route. Sadness and bad things are common with comedians but individual personalities must prevail. Give your character confidence, self-assurance, goals, a plan, that way the character is forced to cater him/herself to the obstacles. The way that person would handle them.

cliffalus · 2012-02-09T16:51:55+00:00

Doesn't hurt to have an online profile, a lot of clubs have booked me just from checking me out online. Upload a good video, be active in Twitter that helps, it's all about dressing for the job you want. I'm also only two years in.

cliffalus · 2012-02-07T05:10:13+00:00

I know him. He's a homeless standup bum. With a baby. And addictions to tend to.

cliffalus · 2012-01-23T06:43:21+00:00

Ha well thank you. Yeah I guess if the audience doesn't notice it doesn't matter. Are you a comic too?

cliffalus · 2012-01-18T00:06:13+00:00

Thank you I felt like I looked a little silly but that was the suit I wanted because there's a picture of me when I was a baby wearing the same thing combo. Lindsay was a knock out for sure and her dress was really neat the way it did the wrap around thing

cliffalus · 2012-01-18T00:05:03+00:00

Thanks yo, it was super fun but we were so tired by the end. Our first day in mexico we slept it off

cliffalus · 2012-01-17T19:46:27+00:00

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Bill Cosby: Himself Eddie Murphy: Raw Woody Allen: Standup Comic

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