Last night was the second show at Harry's Hard Times in Montgomery City. Before the show, I went to my brother Jason's and had a steak dinner. I got to Hard Times at about 7:20; where I found Andi and Brett. They had arrived early because they didn't know how lost they might get. I do the same thing, when possible. Anyway, eventually Joe showed up, and a crowd formed. Due to considerable procrastination on my part, the headshots did not arrive to Miller Light every early. And so, the posters that weer made arrived Wednesday. That and maybe a couple other factors caused our crowd to be about 55 people. Same as last time, I started the show, making a couple announcements and then going into my set. I think I was on stage for about 10 minutes, I forgot to do my skiing jokes (I ended up doing them later) and a couple other bits... I would have liked to get them all in one set so I could see how much time I have (maybe in May). I did some new/recent jokes and a couple brand-spanking-new jokes. I also did all the old work jokes, my prom bit from high school. Let me tell you, Montgomery City can't get enough of my tetris bit. I brought Joe up, who was pretty drunk, he did his time and got good responce. After the show, people said he was better than last time, which is always good to hear. Andi Smith either won or lost a paper/rock/scissors game with Brett so she went next.
I honestly don't think Montgomery City knew what hit them; I announced Andi as the funniest female comedienne I've ever seen (and I wasn't lying) and she delivered. People in the crowd said they were amazed at the level of talant I bring to their city. Andy did about 40 minutes, and even included some jokes I'd never heard before (I've mainly only caught her set at open mics, so her time there is usually limited).
Brett told me he could have gotten a full week in Cincinatti, but he had agreed to do my show first, so he only got a weekend there. Brett seemed to have the crowd in control; they didn't talk or get disruptive throughout any of the show, really, but he threw a lot of pauses in (either to make it look like he wa drunk, or because he really was drunk, different audience members later offered their opinions). I tried lighting Brett around 9:45, but he said he wanted to keep going, and Harry the owner, was loving the show, so I let him run. He finished, I closed the show out and we hung around for maybe an hour. All of the comics got posters from the show, but strangely enough, none of us had pens that would work, so we couldn't sign them...
I had an absolute blast last night, and am really happy with the comics I picked. The next show is in May, and I'm hoping to Have Jimmy Rice headline and Tommy Johnagin feature. It's now about 10:06 and I need more coffee...