Last night I headed over to Fairview Heights to see Tommy Johnagin and Andy Woodhull. Brian O'Neille (sp -5), who recently started doing comedy at the Funny Bone was there also, and eventually Nikki Glaser showed up. After the show we all went over to Laughs on the Landing; where Craig Mayhem was hosting for an out of town Adam Lough. I got the five of us (Andy, Brian, Nikki and Tommy and I) on the list and we hung out for the show. There were a ton of comics on the list last night, at least 20 or so; and a lot of them seemed to be first timers (I'm not saying they were bad, I just didn't recognize many of them). Anyway, Tommy, Andy and Nikki all got on stage and each had some material I had never seen before (which was very cool). Also each cracked a joke on Craig's tight-tight t-shirt. I think they all did a pizza joke as well. And it goes without saying that they did well. Those three crack me up. Andy told me I had to do a pizza joke so I said I liked my pizza like I like my women, "big, round, and all sliced up". Not surprisingly, I didn't get many laughs. Probably not the best opener I've ever had. At Tommy's request I also made a jab at Craig's shirt, though I don't think he heard it, as I got to the microphone, all I said was "that's the last time I lend you a shirt, Craig, you can just keep it" or something like that. Anyway, I did a bunch of my 'new' material (stuff I've written since Tommy and Andy saw me on stage) and Tommy tagged one of my jokes when I got off stage. Or, more precisely, he gave me a punch line that works.
I was in China a couple years ago, and I went into a porn shop, they're everywhere there. They had straight porn, gay porn, bestiality porn, and a section with animals having sex with animals. That was my setup… Tommy added... I don't know what was more disturbing, the Nature Porn, or the 10 dollar late fee..
That was probably the highlight of my set, which I pretty much did for a crowd of less than 10 non-comics (whom I couldn't see because of the bright lights). Brian went up second to last and had some very funny bits despite the lateness and lack of a crowd. We stuck around for the end of the show and I didn't get home until a whopping 1:00 am. I feel absolutely horrible today, I think I'm getting sick, but I got a joke (punch line) out of it. And that kind of makes it all worthwhile.
So tell me how do you do?
Finally I meet you, you don't know what I've been through
I had a dream my trip would end up at you,
and now I know paradise.