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So I quickly looked up all the other open mics
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Out of the Loop

So I quickly looked upall the other open mics in the Chicago Reader,and I found one

So I quickly looked up
all the other open mics in the Chicago Reader,
and I found one

Full Transcript

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So I quickly looked up all the other open mics
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in the Chicago Reader, and I found one.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:14
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Chicago comics talk about the trials and tribulations of developing their acts in the Windy City.
All you do is get on the Red Line - Out of the Loop 00:05
All you do is get on the Red Line
And I'm like, "Wow, this is-- - Out of the Loop 00:12
And I'm like, "Wow, this is--
My first open mic, I bomb in front of the bartender - Out of the Loop 00:07
My first open mic, I bomb in front of the bartender
All right, going to the bathroom, - Out of the Loop 00:08
All right, going to the bathroom,
Finally go, "Okay, I'm ready." - Out of the Loop 00:07
Finally go, "Okay, I'm ready."
It was full to the-- There must have been 400 people there. - Out of the Loop 00:06
It was full to the-- There must have been 400 people there.
-Shut up. -I am still the only - Out of the Loop 00:06
-Shut up. -I am still the only
Now, the Cotton Club was a room full of gangsters - Out of the Loop 00:07
Now, the Cotton Club was a room full of gangsters
You had pimps, you had drug dealers. - Out of the Loop 00:06
You had pimps, you had drug dealers.
It comes my time to get up on stage. - Out of the Loop 00:05
It comes my time to get up on stage.
And, uh, Big Sugar, - Out of the Loop 00:07
And, uh, Big Sugar,
And, uh, so he was so nice, 'cause I went up to him, - Out of the Loop 00:22
And, uh, so he was so nice, 'cause I went up to him,
It was amazing, and I got on stage, - Out of the Loop 00:07
It was amazing, and I got on stage,
You had to really, really be able to make them laugh - Out of the Loop 00:08
You had to really, really be able to make them laugh
"Hey, uh, thank you guys all for comin' out to see me tonight. - Out of the Loop 00:05
"Hey, uh, thank you guys all for comin' out to see...
But a huge laugh. In my mind, I'm like, - Out of the Loop 00:06
But a huge laugh. In my mind, I'm like,
It's that easy! Let's do it!" - Out of the Loop 00:11
It's that easy! Let's do it!"
I grew up making white people laugh with the shit - Out of the Loop 00:07
I grew up making white people laugh with the shit
And I'm not saying Black. I'm saying they straight niggas - Out of the Loop 00:07
And I'm not saying Black. I'm saying they straight...
Like, in my head, I always thought that, like, - Out of the Loop 00:10
Like, in my head, I always thought that, like,