Crossing the border

Last night I went over to Fairview to catch John Garrison MC-ing at the Funny Bone in Fairview Heights. He was working with Johhny Kavanaugh and Mike Lukas. The first show was really good, Lukas apparently has a strong improv background, so he fed off of the audience like a Vampire, just grabbing ideas and occupations and making characters on the spot. He had complete control and threw in call backs to jokes he was writing on the spot. I've seen guys act like that at parties in front of 4 or 5 people, but never on stage in front of 150. During the second show, Brett let me do a spotlight, he said five minutes, but my DVR said I did more like 7. I am always scared of running over, but when I apologized he said he didn't notice. I felt really good on stage, especially compared to the Boondocker; I had a really good energy, and though I messed up a joke or two, the audience was really fun. This will sound weird, but I felt kind of like Brett Clawson on stage, only sober, the way I punched a couple of my jokes. I'll have to listen to the audio to see for sure. I split in the middle of the show; which I hate doing, because I don't want to seem disrespectful to the other comedians. All in all it was a fun night, until someone hit my car, messed up my driver side door and didn't even leave a note. What can I say except; Karma, that's what I get for leaving early...