www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1xnuB6A-4w

1m56s Great call back to improvised material

5m40s That’s a good line

6m10s Good adjustment to the glass breaking

7m12s I should’ve said, “this is like one of those ink blots”

8m22s That’s funny, I should repeat that

9m25s This is a fun set, I should be like this every time I’m on stage

Part 2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2HSLyVHTY

4m35s An interruption during a list destroys the punch line

5m17s Good job adjusting to that

5m37s Nice save

6m54s Rephrase to “little known fact, if you donate a corpse to science, they’ll pick up the body”

7m26s I can try to take it even further by adding, “can I borrow some lube?”

Part 3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbg5IZy0tA

0m54s This is a 3am only joke

4m13s Funny

5m03s Good job milking this for literally 12 seconds, I should always milk it like this

6m02s And the bartender has started to play with my camera, bad zooms to ensue

8m05s I can start singing the Destiny’s Child “I’m a survivor” song…

Part 4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ayu1LyOWXw

1m08s Good line

4m16s This joke is a lot funnier with a zoom in on my eyes

Overall: I did 35 minutes without any notes and had a lot of fun. Sure I only did like 15 minutes of actual jokes in there, but I was really relaxed and everyone was laughing.  I need to learn how to copy my delivery in this venue to everywhere else I perform.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8-VhZpPYc

3m27s Good improvised line / flirtation

Part 2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyTUd_u-QP8

1m57s Try making this into a one liner that’s delivered like a throw away

3m07s Kill the “hategasm” line and reword the ending of the joke

3m27s Yes that’s too far

4m40s Try to keep a straight face on that line

7m59s Don’t step on the laugh

Part 3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=84DL_TSulSs

0m15s If I stumble on a word, stumble for longer to make it fun

3m23s Throw in another line to keep punching it. After “I’m a pimp, I won’t do that” I can throw in “If someone tried that on me, I’d throw her out the house”

4m01s Add “and I was like” before “Everyone in New York”

Overall: Not great, but I had fun with the tiny crowd and did 25 minutes. I need stop over acknowledging when things aren’t going great. And I also need to keep my internal thought processes to myself instead of explaining the psychology behind jokes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWsyJITNDnY

0m49s Get rid of “all you need is a bed”

2m27s Kill the “hategasm” tag

5m01s Kill the “lottery ticket” tag

Overall: Working out material at a mic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIN1Z3XYj8o

0m29s Hold the “what the hell” look for longer

1m12s Figure out a way to stay in the spotlight while doing the act out

2m45s Sell the modeling poses more

3m17s Change “Elton” back to “Jesus”

4m20s Pause for another half second after “Ugh, mom”

5m38s Rephrase from “drag people off the streets” that’s confusing

6m46s Say “he booked me here tonight” more playfully

7m38s This show asks that everyone performs a Haiku

Overall: Decent but some bits hit a lot harder than others, and I should never write poetry.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omu1C0iCxfQ

1m00s I should do roasts

3m49s Good job being in the moment and realizing what I did and then calling it out

4m45s Go back to the handjob motion for this, maybe wave before doing it first

Overall: Good job the first minute addressing the situation in the room and making fun of what happened earlier. Combining the yelp and Netflix jokes makes sense, but needs to be worded a little better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6VVnw9PH4

0m26s Say “Hey girls” before that line

1m07s Hold the “what the fuck look” for longer

5m17s Remove word “your”

5m54s Drop down lower on the fake donkey

7m11s Do a stronger act out

7m51s Good job going along with the word stumble

8m10s Get rid of the Zeus inc tag

8m49s Good call back

9m33s Great crowd work, as usual good improvised crowd work gets bigger laughs than any material

Part 2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Og1wOF5Is

3m14s Sell the “what the hell” look harder

5m28s No need for “that’s bullshit”

Overall: Respectable set, the crowd work went over really well, I just gotta figure out how to do that consistently.

Ray has been on Lifetime Network, where his performance at Gotham Comedy Club aired on “How Clean is Your House?” That performance led to appearances on the E! Network and Entertainment Tonight. His ‘Laundromat Sketch’ was featured in the New York Times and his ‘The Tudor’s Henry the VIII: The Real Story’ was the featured video on Comedy Central’s sister site Atom.com. He currently has his own web series on AOL’s men’s website Asylum.com. Ray also frequents the Bob and Tom Show, he’s been the featured comedian of the week on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, he’s also a regular guest on the very popular award winning podcast Keith and the Girl, and clips off his first full-length comedy CD entitled “1647 Waterbury” can be heard on SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio.

1. How are you using the internet / social media to promote your career?

I use it a lot, it’s weird because I wasn’t sitting around saying “oh I’m gonna use this internet” it was more that the internet found me and it really has helped me reach an audience that I otherwise would never have tapped into. The ‘Keith and the Girl’ Podcast has been great, they have such a great fan base, that’s tens of thousands know all the details of your life. I was doing shows in Scotland and a fan from the podcast was asking me about baseball cards I bought on Ebay over a year ago, and that really hit me. Here I am on the other side of the planet and some kid was noting a small detail in my life, it was surreal. Wow people pay attention to what I do. They have listeners all over the world. Also, I have a web series on Asylum.com.

2. Have you noticed the payoff yet?

The internet is like a crutch that helps you walk ten times faster and I’m like, “Well walking is my business so sure.” A lot of the media that I’m featured on are internet based and those fans seem to find me via Facebook or they’ll email me or buy tracks of my CD on iTunes. (Ray Devito: 1647 Waterbury) I have a web series which is cool, the internet is a big deal, so I’d be a fool to not let the people who follow me know when my shows were and stuff. You can even follow me on twitter.

3. What do you think about posting videos of your show online?

It’s good and bad. I’m at the level now where I don’t wanna put too much up because I understand a lot of networks want to be the first to expose you to the world.  If you put a comedy video (non-standup) online and it does well, Atom.com or FunnyOrDie they don’t want it from you, cause it’s already out there. However you have to throw some stuff out there for people to know who you are. If it wasn’t for my Laundromat Sketch video, Comedy Central’s Atom.com would never have known about me and then I never would have done the Henry the VIII for them.

4. How do you think digital tools will change comedy?

It’s gonna make it easier to make videos look really professional. With Photoshop, iMovie and Garage Band, anyone can make a video look amazing now. Also I co-produce a show in NYC Sacapuntas Show on the first Monday of every month at Bowery Poetry Club, it sells out every show, and we sell most of our tickets on line through eventbrite.com

5. How much information do you tend to share on the social networks?

I let people know what shows I do but I try to keep it humorous. I gotta start treating fans like fans, I think I’m too laid back. When people think I’m funny after I show, I’ll be like, “Yeah lets hang out.” I’m the only dude I know who’ll hang out with his fan base. And that’s not always the best. I was in Sioux City, Iowa and I did some jokes about smoking weed and afterwards, this guy goes, “You wanna go get high?” and I’m like “Sure.” It turned out he just got out of jail that day. So it’s me, him , his buddy and his buddy’s girlfriend and while we’re back there smoking weed at the Best Western, the guy’s buddy starts giving my ex-con fan a hard time about how he’s a fuckup and isn’t paying his child support, and my fan is trying to impress me, so he pulls out a knife, in my hotel room! I diffused the situation, and then the dude’s girlfriend goes, “He’s right you are a fuck up.” Now there’s a casino boat across the street, so I’m like, let’s go there. And they all go out to do that, and as they start walking, I stop and sprint back to my hotel room and bolt the door.

6. What’s your weirdest online experience involving your comedy career?

Back in the heyday of MySpace, I put up the Laundromat Sketch and it was the MySpace video of the week. There was a lady in Albuquerque who was into it, and I was playing out there. But she wasn’t into my show, she just wanted to show me how interesting she was. She had piercings down her back spine, and this is a G rated video I did, what makes you think I’d be into that? She was weird, cause she had no interest in going to a show, she just wanted to show me how weird and different she was, I was turned off. By the way, please don’t put this on my MySpace page, I mean I haven’t checked it since 2004 but she might still be monitoring it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ru-EfM9Zsc

2m37s Do more poses

3m04s Change “Fabio” to “Jesus”

3m48s Get rid of “your” in the sentence

4m03s Shorten “when did” to “when’d”

5m19s I need a stronger save if this joke doesn’t hit because it is a political joke

Overall: Except for the junkie actor joke I did well, especially considering it was 2.5 hours into the show

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DPA-12h_40

0m43s Fix this tag, there’s potential but it’s not fully clear

2m22s Pause for another half second, they might eventually get it

3m09s “Elton” doesn’t work, go back to “Jesus”

3m51s Change “ask me” to “wonder”

4m22s End the response after “I love that Donkey”

4m43s Good line

5m00s Act out the guy

5m50s At least I cut this joke done from 2:30 to 1:00, but it’s still not working

9m25s This joke is clearer weaker than the other jokes

Part 2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_hrENo2to8

0m32s Be careful to say the same line of “nobody believes me” and not “no one believes me”

Overall: Lost part of the crowd in the middle when checks came out but I got them back towards the end.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTtSCgyfFTw

0m43s Point first, then say the line

1m01s Not a great tag

2m52s Change heroin to alcohol or something more believable

Overall: Decent for working out new material