answer:This sounds interesting. I was half-drunk in a bar one night some thirty-odd years ago (okay, maybe more than “half”) and I was easily persuaded to get up on stage for an open-mic thing. I had nothing prepared. I didn’t have a “schtick” or any kind of routine. I was not “a comedian”, but I had been telling some stories at the bar that my friends of the time thought humorous, so… I started telling them into the mic. I guess it went okay; after all, I’m still here. I didn’t even wet myself, and I’m not so great with stage fright, either. My recommendation is to do it sober. It won’t kill you. It won’t even hurt, even if you get some hecklers (I think I did). You probably won’t even notice them. Most of the audience is on your side just from watching you come out on stage; they want to like you. If you don’t hurt them, they won’t hurt you.