OK, so it's Wednesday night, and I STILL didn't put down anything about Friday's shows (where I hosted at the Westport Funnybone for my birthday). First of all, my dad, brother Darin, sister Cheryl, her husband Doug, my Aunt Millie and her husband (my Uncle) E.J. all came out. Also, my buddies Leroy and Christina came to watch the show; and they picked a good one. I didn't necessarily drive home the parts where I brought Joe Marlotti, Jeremy Essig or Dan Grueter to the stage, but my jokes felt good and were well recieved by the audience. My family seemed to have fun, but most of them haven't seen me in a long long time, so the progress I've made is probably more noticable to them. My sister had actually never seen me perform before, so that was cool. My family didn't stick for the second show, which is understandable, but that one went well too, I feel.
Monday night I was late to the show at Lloyd and Harry's because I was in a car accident on the bridge going into St. Charles. Some guy rear-ended my Corolla while I was sitting behind an SUV in the right most lane of the highway. My car's been totalled out, which sucks, and we didn't have a show that night because there wasn't an audience. As soon as the accident happened (I'm alright, by the way), I called Clayton to tell him I might not make it. 911? No. Family? No. Who'd I call? The guy running the show that night. There's a lesson there, but I'm too dizzy to figure it out.
Tuesday's show at the Bone was less stellar than Friday's. We had little to no audience, which happens, so Matt had all the comics sit "closer". None of them were really that close, but the Bull Pen was empty. My set was alright, though a couple of the guys really stepped up and did well for such a small audience. I tried a couple new jokes and tried something about the car-totalling experience. Needless to say, it probably won't make the cut.
Tonight I did a special show at the Landing. Myself, Janine Brito, Josh Arnold, Adam Lough and Mikey Manker did about 8 to 10 each for an in-town group of business peoples. I got to host, which was cool, and I tried my best to "connect" with the audience. I talked more personably than usual, and tried to make my jokes seem relatable. I wanted the audience to trust me, and trust that I was going to bring them a good show with good comedians. So everytime they saw me come back on stage, I wanted them to go, "Oh, it's Marcus, I like him, what's he have for me now..." or something like that. I did a little over 10 minutes but did about 7 minutes worth of jokes, the rest of it all was me catering to the crowd. There weren't a lot of people in the audience, but I think I made them feel like that was ok. In any case, everyone had a good set, and the people stuck around for the improv troupe that was scheduled behind us. I have a rental car now, so I picked up Janine and Lauren and we rode to and from the Landing together. Anyway, I have to myspace a bit and watch some tv before turn into a pumpkin (it's late).
Hopefully I can start blogging at work again; I've been so busy there, I haven't had time to goof off more...
Thanks for reading..