This reminds me of what Steve Martin did in his early career. He played the same comedy clubs over and over again, keeping the routines that worked and ruthless

This reminds me of what Steve Martin did in his early career. He played the same comedy clubs over and over again, keeping the routines that worked and ruthlessly dropping the ones that didn't, until he became the most famous comedian in the world. As he put it: "I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were spent in wild success." P.S. Born Standing Up, his memoir, is deservedly praised.