Last night I performed at the Grizzley Bear for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with
Scott Deranger and hosted by Thom West from 105.7 The Point. Scott wasn't feeling very well, and when I asked how long I could do (I was hoping to 10 to 15 or more) he said if I could do 15 that could be cool, and if I felt comfortable, I could go longer. We only had a crowd of 20 to 30 people, but they laughed very vocally so that made them
seem like a bigger crowd. And I felt pretty comfortable, and ended up doing over twenty minutes on stage. I remember looking at my watch and seeing I was at 15 minutes and thinking, "I still have my [phonesex], [pharmacy], [med studies], and [tetris] jokes left!" The crowd got a little cold for a couple minutes, but that at the end of the middle of my set (does that make sense?). I was maybe about 60-65% of the way done (so about 13 minutes in?) Anyway, they were a little cold but I got them back, and that was an amazing feeling. There were about three or four "distinct andience groups", and I they all seemed to have their favorite jokes, but everyone loved my Sam's club Tetris joke, I got laughs between the first three stanzas and laughs all through the last two. But they groaned my "bloody mess" closer. And not being able to close on a groan, I did the blackest thing about me, though I changed up how I'm doing it. It didn't matter though, they groaned that too. So (and I'm somewhat proud of this) I retold a one-line joke that Thom told before he brought me up. "So a baby seal walks into a club"...
I had a blast last night. They're doing a show tonight as well, and my buddy
Dwayne Ingram will be opening for Scott. Special Thanks to
Jenny and
Christina for putting together the show and letting me perform. Click on their names to learn more about
Team in Training, the fundraising program sponsoring the comedy events and participating in the St. Anthony’s Triathlon in St. Petersburg, FL on April 30, 2006.
