We cut giant talk bubbles and thought balloons out of white foam core. Then we covered them with clear acetate (transparency material). We duct taped them to some long black plastic poles and we were ready to go. We grabbed our pack of dry erase markers, some cleaning solution, a rag, and we were out the door.
It was pretty tough to catch pictures on the sly in dark lighting without them being really blurry (we have plenty of those). Hence, just a few for you to see, but the night was really fun.
Every outing teaches us something and this one taught us a vital lesson in hobby street performing: be open. Our biggest success came at the end of the night when, after we took a picture, he asked the two people if they wanted to view the picture on the camera screen. They had no idea what was going on until they saw the picture, at which point they laughed and said they loved it. Lesson: don’t be a stranger, show ‘em the picture, then tell them to check out the website for other funny stuff.
This was the maiden voyage of Street Smart Comedy. We first learned that we need to find ways to engage people and not just be the weirdos on the street (we all know LA is full of them).
I got into the street comedy business to make people think.
Nah, that’s not true. I got into this business because I’m funny and weird and I don’t have inhibitions about approaching strangers with ridiculous requests. In fact I prefer them to normal requests.