LCS Update: Waiting in line at Gotham

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 1st, 2007

An article in the Scranton (PA) paper about a coupla Times-Trib staffers who dabbled in standup and subsequently chased the LCS dream in NYC provides some insight into the process.

Over the next few hours, things started to pick up. The sun emerged. Restaurants and stores around us started to open. We started to see life forms besides comics.

At 9 a.m., after nearly eight hours of waiting, the doors to Gotham Comedy Club swung open and the line started to move — slowly. A few minutes later, we were a half-block from the club but the line in front of us had gotten thicker. Still, with red tickets in hand, we were confident we’d get to audition.

Their gonzo journo adventure has an unhappy ending.

We wonder why someone with fewer than three solid years of experience in at least a secondary market would subject himself to the vagaries of the L.C.S. grinder. If you get through, what do you hope will happen? It’s utterly pointless. In fact, it’s kind of odd, and wildly unimaginative, on the part of the producers to use the timeworn American Idol model to search for talent for this show.

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