Last night Kevin Patterson was MC-ing, as I asked Scott Avery if I could keep time; he said yeah. The showroom was absolutely packed (especially for an open mic), the audience was pretty good; there was some table-talk, but overall they were generous with the laughs. I was slated 10th or 11th to go up, and my first joke or comment was about how the guy before me looked like me, only with a buzz cut. I can't say it worked; but I'm still learning to make up stuff on the fly like that. As for the rest of my set, I had a T-total blast. The crowd seemed to have fun, and I felt pretty energetic (which was a miracle considering this cold I have). Anyway, after the show, several people told me that was the best set they've seen me do. And after I was done helping Pam and Patti clean up, Matt Behrens asked if I was free tonight to do a spotlight. I of course said yeah. He gave Dwayne Ingram one for Thursday (gratz, Dwayne). That means I'll probably end up skipping Laughs this week, because if I can get some stage time, watch a pro-show and get to bed at a reasonable hour, that's pretty much a no-brainer for me. This cold wouldn't be so bad if I could just get a decent joke about it, but I said the same thing about some drunk hitting my car in the Westport parking lot last summer. So far, nothing's been real funny about that either...
One blade for breaking my heart
One blade for tearing me apart
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