James Adomian, Top 10 Finalist Last Comic Standing NBC 2010 Season 7

July 19, 2010 by vongsundara · Leave a Comment 


James Adomian
Los Angeles, CA

http://www.jamesadomian.com/

James Adomian, Last Comic Standing 2010, Season 7, on NBC

James Adomian, Last Comic Standing 2010, Season 7, on NBC

Monday, July 12 Episode: Top 10, Last Comic Standing Season 7

aesop’s fables, always shouting, paul giamatti, characters

I’m not sure how to react to James Adomian’s set, as he had a few strange material choices. Starting off with Aesop’s fables was all right, and I see the point he’s trying to make but it did take a little while to get there without much payoff. The Paul Giamatti impression, though, seem kind of off the wall. There weren’t any punchlines built it; it was a straight-up impression that went on far too long considering few people will know who Paul Giamatti is unless they’ve seen Lady in the Water. I would really liked to have seen what James could do, but since he spent so much time (more than half) on an impression of someone few people know, it’s kind of tough. I also think the audience may get a bit turned off with the shouting. There was no momentum in the set as the entire performance was high-energy shouting, so it was tough to gauge the rhythm for the audience.

Nice, nice outfit choice. The jeans with the shirt and tie all complemented each other well. I’m not so sure about the hat, but it makes him stand out so it’s not so bad I suppose. The sweaty armpits weren’t so great, though.

Monday, July 19 Episode: Top 7, Last Comic Standing Season 7

I’m not too surprised that James Adomian left this week, though it is too bad as I would have liked to have seen more from him. What a terrible choice in material last week, though.

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Deciding which set will work best on video is more difficult than I thought

March 22, 2009 by vongsundara · 2 Comments 

My spring and summer comedy schedule is starting to get really full, which is a great thing and not something I could have said about my comedy life last year. I end each of April, May and June off with a relatively big show and I have a bunch of off-stage projects on the go, the biggest of which is my comedy video production starting this week.

I have studio time booked with my video producer for this Thursday. The final video will consist of me performing one of my stand-up sets that will then be enhanced with animation and sound effects. It’s difficult to describe, but I’m excited that the project is moving forward.

The biggest difficulty for me is deciding which set will work best in a video format accompanied by graphics and sound effects. Some of my sets definitely lend themselves more to a visual format but may not be the best for a debut video, as I’d like the first video to skew more mainstream (otherwise I’d start the first video off on a skit about the SuperPowerBottoms volleyball team).

I think I’m down to two choices: the set about my sister Anne, which has never yet been performed, and the set about my time as an obituary writer, which has never been filmed or uploaded online. Both sets of their merit for sure.

The set about my sister Anne would probably be the clear choice in terms of what would work for this project, but it is in an unfinished state and hasn’t really been tested for kinks. The obituary skit works well too but isn’t as representative of my comedy style as a whole.

I’ll think about it some more tonight, and I’ll have to make up my mind by Tuesday, as I’ll need all of Wednesday to rehearse and memorise.

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