I had a show last Saturday as a fund raiser for college students. I’ve done these several times before and they are quite interesting. First off, forget any references to jobs or working. When a busy day involves three one hour classes, you’re not jumping on board with real world humor. As a side note, God I miss college. One semester my hardest class was library research methods.
Other problems include most of the kids are not local, so toss that out. In fact, Saturday I am pretty sure about five or six of the forty audience members didn’t speak English. The most pervasive though, is the “I’m too young and cool to laugh” attitude. Thankfully, I am hilarious, so that’s not a problem for me. At least the younger kids love to be lectured about how bad life is going to suck in five years! Oh wait, they hate that. Which is why I love it.