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Bombing and Crushing it at the La Jolla Comedy Store
Thirty-year-old Mike Vinn has only ever wanted to do two things with his life: Serve in the military and be a stand-up comic. The Chicago native first moved to San Diego in 1998, when he was stationed at Camp Pendleton. Four years later, he left the Marine Corps and, after appearing at several open mic nights, got a gig at the La Jolla Comedy Store.
A decade later, Vinn finds himself an in-demand comic booking gigs as far afield as New York and Connecticut. He still hosts the Comedy Store's open mic night every other Monday and also warms up the crowd for visiting comedians. But as the gigs roll in, Vinn's made stand-up comedy his full-time job and wants to one day open his own comedy club and also write for TV and movies.
His jokes still bomb sometimes, he admits, but he also sometimes finds himself walking on air after "crushing it," something he said literally makes his body feel lighter.
We sat down with Vinn in the all-black interior of the La Jolla Comedy Store as workmen delivered beer and a cleaner swept up after the previous night's festivities. We talked about comedy's limits (there are none), brutal amateurs who think they're funny (his open mic night regularly attracts a couple) and got a dose of his not-always-politically-correct humor.
Do you have a pre-performance superstition or routine?
I like to go outside, smoke a cigarette and stand by the window so I can look inside and see when the red light comes on to call the next comic.
Like a moment of calm?
Yeah, get away from all the riff-raff, the friends. Mellow out. Try and think what I feel like saying.
You haven't figured out at that point what you're going to say?
Depends on the crowd. If the crowd likes more happy, friendly type jokes, then I'll do more happy, friendly material.
How do you know what the crowd wants?
I just watch and listen to the other comics, see what's going on, see what they're laughing at. Then, when I get on stage, I've figured out the first thing I want to say and take it from there.
That's the defining moment, when I'm up there. That's when I'm going to start pushing them in different directions and seeing which direction they're more easily going to go in.
Are there any areas that are off limits though? Anything you simply won't joke about?
If I find humor in it, I'm going to talk about it.
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