((PKG)) UNIVERSITY COMEDY CLUB
((Banner: Learning Comedy))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Martin Secrest))
((Map: Baltimore, Maryland))
((NATS))
((Alex Hecksher Gomes, Member - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
I'm kind of awkward all the time. Like even like just standing
around feels like I'm not supposed to be there. So, a lot of
people would be like, ‘Are you new here?’ And I’m just like,
‘No, I’m just uncomfortable.’
((Nicholas Scandura, President - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
So, it started five years ago. A guy named Brandon Block
was talking to his friend and he’s like, ‘We should have a
standup comedy club.’ And they actually started having
shows. It attracts a lot of different people because I think a
lot of people want to do this as a hobby. Members go up
and then they deliver their about seven-minute standup sets.
((NATS))
((Alex Hecksher Gomes, Member - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
And like, even back home, it just looks like I'm lost. People
will be like, ‘So when did you move here?’ And I’m like, ‘I
don’t know when I was born.’
((Nicholas Scandura, President - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
The general rule in the club is that you're allowed to do
whatever you want. But we just strongly advise against
certain controversial topics that are, just because you’ll
offend people but they also, you know, they won't play well
on stage. You know, if you go up and say something that
people are going to hate for you saying, why are you up
there saying it, you know.
((NATS))
((Ariella Shua, Member - Comedy Club, Johns Hopkins
University))
And when we do our writing, we do it similar to a writing
class style. So, everyone brings in their own material and
then, when we're in a standup meeting, we ‘workshop’
it. So, we go through it. It's very different than any other
type of writing I'm doing in my classes. It's just completely
different. It's like an outlet for all of my other thoughts and
feelings that like can't go into my classes.
((NATS))
((Alex Hecksher Gomes, Member - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
I was always like, you know, joking around with my friends
back in high school. But I think once you start writing, it's
always important some things that I said were funny and
then look back and like where I got to with the joke was a lot
funnier than where I started. Feel free to take input as well
but also, you know, everyone has their different style. So,
like if something to like maybe don't always go with your first
idea. I've like definitely thought doesn't feel natural with you
saying it, then like, you know, don't be afraid to not do it.
((NATS))
((Jeff, Member - Comedy Club, Johns Hopkins
University))
I don't really like do storytelling in my standup. So, I feel like
this would, yeah, I should maybe venture into it a little bit.
((NATS))
((Jeff, Member - Comedy Club, Johns Hopkins
University))
There are these people who think that the earth is flat, which
is funny because it’s not true. Factually incorrect. A thing
called gravity!
((NATS))
((Nicholas Scandura, President - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
When we have the Tomato Show at the end of the year, we
supply these foam tomatoes and people get to like throw
them at us during the set. It's really fun.
((NATS))
I'm a bit out of practice but I'd like to think that I'm somewhat
decent at performing magic tricks. And yet, despite every
trick that I've mastered, there's one that always eludes me.
No matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to make my
virginity disappear.
((NATS))
((Banner: Learning Comedy))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Martin Secrest))
((Map: Baltimore, Maryland))
((NATS))
((Alex Hecksher Gomes, Member - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
I'm kind of awkward all the time. Like even like just standing
around feels like I'm not supposed to be there. So, a lot of
people would be like, ‘Are you new here?’ And I’m just like,
‘No, I’m just uncomfortable.’
((Nicholas Scandura, President - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
So, it started five years ago. A guy named Brandon Block
was talking to his friend and he’s like, ‘We should have a
standup comedy club.’ And they actually started having
shows. It attracts a lot of different people because I think a
lot of people want to do this as a hobby. Members go up
and then they deliver their about seven-minute standup sets.
((NATS))
((Alex Hecksher Gomes, Member - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
And like, even back home, it just looks like I'm lost. People
will be like, ‘So when did you move here?’ And I’m like, ‘I
don’t know when I was born.’
((Nicholas Scandura, President - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
The general rule in the club is that you're allowed to do
whatever you want. But we just strongly advise against
certain controversial topics that are, just because you’ll
offend people but they also, you know, they won't play well
on stage. You know, if you go up and say something that
people are going to hate for you saying, why are you up
there saying it, you know.
((NATS))
((Ariella Shua, Member - Comedy Club, Johns Hopkins
University))
And when we do our writing, we do it similar to a writing
class style. So, everyone brings in their own material and
then, when we're in a standup meeting, we ‘workshop’
it. So, we go through it. It's very different than any other
type of writing I'm doing in my classes. It's just completely
different. It's like an outlet for all of my other thoughts and
feelings that like can't go into my classes.
((NATS))
((Alex Hecksher Gomes, Member - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
I was always like, you know, joking around with my friends
back in high school. But I think once you start writing, it's
always important some things that I said were funny and
then look back and like where I got to with the joke was a lot
funnier than where I started. Feel free to take input as well
but also, you know, everyone has their different style. So,
like if something to like maybe don't always go with your first
idea. I've like definitely thought doesn't feel natural with you
saying it, then like, you know, don't be afraid to not do it.
((NATS))
((Jeff, Member - Comedy Club, Johns Hopkins
University))
I don't really like do storytelling in my standup. So, I feel like
this would, yeah, I should maybe venture into it a little bit.
((NATS))
((Jeff, Member - Comedy Club, Johns Hopkins
University))
There are these people who think that the earth is flat, which
is funny because it’s not true. Factually incorrect. A thing
called gravity!
((NATS))
((Nicholas Scandura, President - Comedy Club, Johns
Hopkins University))
When we have the Tomato Show at the end of the year, we
supply these foam tomatoes and people get to like throw
them at us during the set. It's really fun.
((NATS))
I'm a bit out of practice but I'd like to think that I'm somewhat
decent at performing magic tricks. And yet, despite every
trick that I've mastered, there's one that always eludes me.
No matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to make my
virginity disappear.
((NATS))
