Last night, Adam, Kevin, Mikey and I hit Springfield IL for their monthly competition. There were 13 contestants in all, we four from St. Louis, three from Chicago (Brie, Ken and Derek, all of whom were very funny) and some other locals and drifters who showed up and had the five bucks to enter. There was actually a crowd, which isn't the norm for the Springfield competition (which is held in the bar, a scant few feet from the "dance floor"). It turns out, one of the comics (a gentleman in overalls and a red baseball cap who started his set with about 30 second of pig calls) brought. Yeah, guess who won. Actually, one of the Chi-town comics, Ken tied for first, which he deserved in its entirety. Derek grabbed 2nd and our very own Mikey Manker scored free tickets to this weekends show.We made decent time on the way home (lets just say if my car had a flux capacitor, we would have gone back to 1955) and ended up taking over the stage at Laughs for an audience of eight. Joe HartMagicBalloons joined us. I was really impressed by everyone's sets (both in Springfield and at the landing). I fely my Springfield set was good, but my Laughs set needed a certain je ne sais pas. Anyway, I got on stage twice in one night, which is a good way to spend an evening. I also got some Arby's, and drank almost an entire pot of coffee in Springfield. The guys made me leave before I got the last cup (4 oz away from a new record. I'll get them next month!).
Laughs is tonight, actually I'll be leaving in a couple minutes because I am typing this at home (work was busy, couldn't blog-tried, just didn't finish). I have to confirm my position at the Comedy Caravan in Louisville next week and then get a promo package together to take with me. I'm super excited about the audition as it should be a good chance to get out and do some networking. Plus I get to miss work (paid vacation is the coolest).
It's got me up and down, I been lost and found, Down in a deep dark hole.