Comedy Debut Quotes

Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!

I've actually never done standup before.

The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

I was writing stand up comedy for TV for around 5 years and just wanted to attempt it myself. Vir Das started an amateur comedians' night in Bombay in 2009 and I went for the very first one. It was a competition and I won the first prize.

Most comics' first gig is either brilliant or horrific.

The first joke I ever told on stage was a golf joke.

It's only fitting that a Jewish comic makes his Just for Laughs anglo debut in a church, right?

I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run of it in this job. So, I went downtown in Chicago, and I went up on a stand-up stage and did an open mic. It went well, so I'm like, 'Alright, I'll give it another try.'

Fukrey' was my first attempt at comedy.

'Fresh Meat' is the first comedy thing I've ever done.

The first place I ever performed was at CU Boulder. I went there my freshman year and discovered stand-up after my friends talked me into signing up for a showcase on campus.