Thoughts on my comedy 'image'

DailyGeek · 23 Sep 2009 at 19:58

Evening folks.

Just considering how I should style myself for stage going forward. I pretty much live in jeans and t-shirts and wondered if I should aim to have something a little more memorable or striking about my appearance on stage.

What would be a decent look or help attract interest do you think? Or stay as I am. I'm a pretty big bloke so I have trouble finding stuff that fits and looks good as it is, I don't want to look like a phallus either!

I don't really want to wear the traditional 'suit' as it sets a precedent I don't want to spend my life wearing a tie!

What do you find interesting, do certain comedian's style choices put you off (Russell Brand/Eddie Izzard are extreme examples I guess)

I appreciate this is a very egocentric thread and may get ignored on the whole - but if you have any thoughts I'd be happy to hear them.

kenshinu · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:01

Nipple tassels.

/Thread.

Dinomania · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:02

Jeans and T shirt works for Russell Howard !

Go with what makes you comfortable tbh

Participant · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:03

Well the funniest man alive is Frankie Boyle, so you should dye your hair ginger for a start.

Dark_Angel · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:03

Go as a nun!

That will make people remember you!

Sorry no help but

deusexlumina · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:05

as long as you're not like lee evans you'll be fine

MowyTone · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:06

hockey mask + chainsaw....run (aggressively) on stage and right up to the first row...."ah I have your attension I see!"

DailyGeek · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:27

All perfectly valid suggestions

Van Hellseek · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:28

Thread dissapoints. Was expecting funny jpg.

DailyGeek · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:37

seek said:
Thread dissapoints. Was expecting funny jpg.

There's already a million page thread full of those

MowyTone · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:41

Get many fake beards and keep changing them for different nights, as the days go by keep getting bigger and more wild until you end up with a windmill beard!

Andr3w · 23 Sep 2009 at 20:52

As long as you are comfy it shouldn't matter

semi-pro waster · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:35

I don't think it matters all that much, it might help you get noticed a bit more but really if your material is good enough it shouldn't matter. The only commonality between comedians I like is that I find them funny, what they wear doesn't enter into it although some of the people I find funniest never wear/wore anything more outlandish than jeans and a t-shirt.

kaiowas · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:38

DailyGeek said:
I don't want to look like a phallus either!

I dunno, it could work. Would certainly get people talking.

AGD · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:49

It depends what your performance style is. If you are a blokey, cheeky chappie then dress with jeans and t-shirt accordingly. If you are going more highbrow intellectual then maybe a shirt/suit/tie. You've got to make your stage character/presence coherent.

CliffyBiro · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:54

The coolest man in comedy

"andy" · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:59

^^ looks like an idiot. not cool

Stag · 23 Sep 2009 at 22:00

He just looks like a younger more emo Bill Bailey.

Feek · 23 Sep 2009 at 22:06

skippi90 said:
The coolest man in comedy

Tim Minchin can be funny, but I certainly wouldn't call him the coolest man in comedy.

jp_bl_68 · 23 Sep 2009 at 22:08

Wear what you normally wear, whatever you feel comfortable in. Dressing up or trying to look whacky might get you noticed but it might also put people off.