Susan Mazrui: Flirting with Standup.

RantWoman from time to time flirts with the idea of expanding her world presence beyond the infowebs and taking up live standup comedy.

RantWoman started with Her Joke, a joke she first learned in high school Spanish Class. RantWoman has told the joke in several countries in three languages. The Verdict has been fairly consistent: about 10% of listeners find the joke absolutely hilarious. The other 90% suggest RantWoman not quit her day job. It did work better one time for RantWoman to repeat the joke in Spanish after telling it in English. The second time the whole room laughed. Counting on a bilingual audience is probably not a reliable strategy though.

Anyway,  so far, except when RantWoman has told Her Joke,  every time RantWoman has tried standup, much mirth has resulted. RantWoman has not gone so far, though, as to take classes. Here is what happened when someone RantWoman knows DID take a class.

Enjoy.