Chris Gethard had to follow Nikki Glaser and Dan Soder at the Cellar. Here’s how he did it (below). In the caption, he offers advice on how to follow heavy hitters “especially when your energy is different.”
So how do you follow two heavy hitters, in a room where the crowd is thrilled to see them, especially when your energy is different, you tell longer stories, and you aren’t nearly as much a name on the tip of this audience’s collective tongue? You come out with energy to match theirs. You grab their momentum to further it instead of stopping it. You self-deprecate to verbalIze their thoughts before they can fully think them so you are the one controlling the dialogue. While self-deprecating you list a credit they genuinely care about, in my case an appearance on The Office. And before they can ask themselves “wait who was he on the office?”, you make a joke about it while giving them info. Show your confidence in the moment while telling them you’ve done some shit too. Stay a step or two ahead of their judgment. Answer their questions before they can ask them. Embrace the challenge. Wrangle the energy - they are euphoric, don’t fear it. Turn your usual energy level up. Do your thing. And do all of that instinctively in the first 30-40 seconds so you can throw down with your material. Happy to report I crushed this set. (I don’t always 😀 )
Stay a step or two ahead of their judgment. Answer their questions before they can ask them.
A lil’ something from me…
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