Death. Best foot forward.

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All comics have died. Being booed off is actually preferable to total silence and the pindrop arse clench of a bored crowd. All comics have died. Its the only place you learn. When it goes well you enjoy the work you have done. But you learn little, if anything.
Any comic who tells you they have never died, is lying, delusional, or just shit.
Anyone who is good at anything says the same thing. The reason they got good, was that they got it wrong in every way they could find. They didn't get booed off, but I think surgeons and soldiers have a steeper learning curve than comics.
Embrace the bad gigs. The check for a comic is to ask one they haven't met before
"What's the best gig you ever did? "
Usually mumbling and a bit of a response.
" What's the worst gig? "
Then the talk really starts, and the memories start flying....