new jokes and new faces

To understand what happened with my stage time Tuesday, one has to know about the crowd. And all you need to know is they were pretty unenergetic. There was a bachelorette party (on a Tuesday?) which are usually known for being crazy and drunk and rowdy. But not these ladies, they had other plans (and tranquilizers, probably). Anyway, I can't say that the other comics did badly (because it's not like I brought down the house, you know?); I didn't see a bunch of the show because I was trying to talk shop in the bar. I do remember Scott Avery coming out and asking last week's feature (Stewart Huff) from Fairview Heights to do some time and "save" the show. Near the end of the show, there was a first timer who did about 3 minutes of characters from around where he lives (Southern IL or something like that), and finished by basically doing a PG-rated strip routine and contorting his leg behind his back and over his shoulder. And I got to follow that. Anyway, my set went as well as I could have hoped in the circumstances and I tried out a new bit with actually features a clean bestiality joke. I like the joke, and I think it can be built up a bit and hopefully turned into a longer, more developed subject. The Springfield competition is tonight, so it's road trip time.