Test, test, 1, 2
Last night I tested out some new material in front of these awesome people:

It went well.
When I try out new stuff I like to do it in front of a few people who have never heard of me because when there are less people in the room, there is less energy and it's tougher to make people laugh.
So if you actually do make them laugh, you know the material you have written is a keeper.
At least that's my theory...