(I'm the old guy on the right side of the photo)This was an *almost* new experience for me.
This neighborhood coffee house is in very-ethnic Union City. Other than the comics, I think I saw 2 Caucasians there, but everybody else appeared to be 18-year old Asians (mostly Southeast Asians, I believe).
The event was hosted by my friend Molly Sokhom, who is Cambodian, and all the other comics were (as usual) young people.
Pretty-much none of my material worked with that particular audience, until my "white hose" closer -- which always kills.
I said "*almost* new experience" because I once made a sales presentation to the Computer Operations department at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on the day after St. Patrick's day. "Paddy's Day" in San Francisco is like a holiday. Everybody goes out and gets drunk. The following day is when everybody has a hangover.
The particular presentation I gave contained a lot of humor -- I was emulating the style of the author of the product, who was very entertaining when he talked about it.
Oh, did I forget to mention that *100%* of the audience was Chinese? *They* weren't hung-over (nor was I) and *they* all sat there, *not* laughing for a solid hour. Talk about a "rough room."
I had the District Manager and a new Sales Rep with me, both of whom were there to observe my presentation and learn about the product from me. Unlike the Chinese audience, my 2 co-workers *were* hung-over and hugely amused at my plight.
Seriously, one hour with no audience response AT ALL.
The good news: I will never be crushed by having an act die on stage again.
I made a composite group photo of the comics in Photoshop from 2 photos my friend Tim shot.
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