I went to Louisville, KY last night to the Comedy Caravan. I made a bunch of calls up there this week and was told if I showed up Saturday, they might be able to get me a spotlight. Might being the key word. I am not emphasizing that because I want them to sound jerky or anything, I'm emphasizing that word because I drove 550+ miles yesterday for 'might'.
I made the trip for a bunch of reasons, 1) the St. Louis weather has been bad, and I figured my power'd go out again, so I might as well have A/C in my car... 2) I was at the Caravan a couple months ago for their Tuesday show and due to a number of factors, didn't do as hot as I wanted... 3) Mike Armstrong was headlining.
Mike is one of the nicest guys I've worked with, and I really wanted a chance to share the stage with him again. Anyway, when I got to the club, I met Mike and a bunch of the club staff and was told I could do a set at the late show (11:45). It was like 7:30 or so, so I had four hours to kill. I went to fill up my gas tank, and hung out at the club in the bar until the show. During that time, I got to meet Keith McGill and Bob Batch. Keith and Bob are both headliners, but were filling out an all-Louisville week with Mike so they took turns with emceeing and featuring. Bob was emceeing the late show, so he brought me up. And that crowd was amazing. Since Louisville's bars don't close until 4:00am, these guys weren't already wasted and about to pass out, they likely still had places to go after the show, so it was different from the Westport Midnight show. Anyway, I did just under 7 minutes and had a lot of fun (and the crowd laughed). I forgot to do my Scorpion and motorcycle jokes, which I thought Mike would get a kick out of, but he was complimentary of my set regardless. After the show and some hanging out, I jumped in my car, hit a Waffle House and drove home. I got back at about 5:30 and passed out. After about 6 and a half hours of sleep and 2 hours of myspacing, I think it's time to shower and eat. But my internet's acting up (again) so I might have to save this to a text file and upload it later...