Stolen material is one of the most frequent headaches in the comedy industry, right up there with prop comics, celebrity impersonations, and the fact that a lot of clubs haven't adjusted their comics' pay since the Reagan administration.
Open mic nights are where every comic gets their start, and we're not gonna sugarcoat it, it does have the capacity to completely crush your ego if you let it. Here's how to avoid that.
Action movies love that loud CH-CH sound guns make, but in the real world, you definitely don't want a firearm to sound like an Altoids tin full of nickels.