OK, I know I was going to start blogging at the end of the day so that I could type what I was feeling, but seriously, after my show at Hard Times, this blog wouldn't have made sense. (If you're reading this outload, that last part would be said "this blog wouldn't of made sense. English major, moving on...)
Thursday was a fantastic night, if you were a weatherman. The temperature was warm, with a slight breeze, a huge thunderstorm was on it's way, so there was that nice calm beforehand. It was absolutely tranquil. If you're a weatherman. If you're a comedian, though, Thursday sucked because everyone was probably spending a little time outdoors. Montgomery city is a farm town, and it's harvest season (I didn't know it was harvest season when I booked the show). Anyway when Janine, Bill and I arrived, there were maybe 10 people in the bar. Last time(s) there were maybe 20 or 30 already there when I arrived. Anyway, apparently the owners of the bar also own a steakhouse, which was being relocated the very week of my comedy show. Since the steak house wasn't open, they weren't spreading word of mouth or selling tickets from there. Uh, problem. So when showtime came at 8:10ish, we decided to push it back a bit. We ended up starting at about quarted to nine with a crowd of 18 people, I think. I MC'd and my order was crazy-all-over-the-place. I've never told my jokes in any kind of order like that before, it was very on-the-fly. I kind of liked it because it was new. Janine got up, and I forget which joke it was, but she got an applause break. From 18 people. Yeah, I'm jealous. Bill Davis did well, though the audience seemed to be in and out, I don't know why. There's something immediately interesting about a 68 year old man talking about being sexually active. JImmy Rice headlined and did about 45 minutes, he played with the crowd a lot, which I appreciated because I know it couldn't have been easy.
In anycase, the show wasn't horrible, but I can't help but think about the first one, and how it was so successful. I just wanted to have some sort of unblemished "I hosted another good show" type of thing and that's definately not possible now.
I did learn some stuff about booking and talking with Jimmy before I learned about what it's like to quit the day job and go for it. THe drive home was ridiculous thanks for the aforementioned thunderstorm. But I made it home around midnight and wasn't too terribly late to work the next day. For those of you that are curious, Futurama was not on, but I wouldn't have caught it if it was.