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**Title:** Stand-up Comedy Disaster at a City Council Meeting
**Summary:**
* The author praises stand-up comedians as big risk-takers, citing the embarrassment of bombing on stage.
* A Canadian comedian, Uriah, attempted to perform stand-up comedy at a Santa Barbara city council meeting.
* The set fell flat, with Uriah's jokes met with silence and awkwardness from the council members.
* The author analyzes the cringe-worthy video, highlighting Uriah's struggles to find laughter and his eventual defeat.
* Despite the failure, the author admires Uriah's confidence and suggests that better material could have worked.
* The video ends with Uriah abruptly concluding with a cryptic statement, earning some backhanded praise from the author.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, keeping each fact as a short sentence and numbered for reference:
1. The speaker discusses stand-up comedians as risk-takers, citing the embarrassment of a "bombed set" as a significant risk.
2. A comedian named Uriah performed stand-up comedy at a city council meeting.
3. Uriah is from Canada, as mentioned during his set.
4. He posted the video of his performance himself.
5. The city council meeting took place in Santa Barbara.
6. Uriah's set received mostly silence and no significant laughter from the audience.
7. One person in the audience, sitting behind Uriah, was seen smiling occasionally.
8. Uriah made jokes about various topics, including parking, the sun, being from Canada, and riding the Greyhound.
9. He clarified that a joke about committing voter fraud was indeed a joke, addressing a police officer in the back.
10. Uriah concluded his set by saying "Thank you, Mr. Westman, that's my time."
11. The speaker reflects that, despite the poor reception, the outcome could have been worse (e.g., arrest, a meteor hitting).