Evan has a problem, he needs a clean set but he's got a dirty mind. Can you relate? The 2 Marks sure can, but we do our best to guide Evan to the higher path of clean comedy. Do we succeed? Listen in!
This is one of the biggest lessons I've learned doing standup. If they don't get the premise, the punchline is meaningless. If they don't get a few premises in a row, they give up on you completely. Some comics (like Tom Papa) say every premise twice. I don't know that you need to go that far, but if you sense that anyone was left behind, you need to clarify before forging ahead.
Marko is right, you can't assume the audience knows
This is one of the biggest lessons I've learned doing standup. If they don't get the premise, the punchline is meaningless. If they don't get a few premises in a row, they give up on you completely. Some comics (like Tom Papa) say every premise twice. I don't know that you need to go that far, but if you sense that anyone was left behind, you need to clarify before forging ahead.
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon or the frequency illusion.
drinking leads to either fucking or fighting