Last night at Laughs was the debut of One Handsome Man, a sketch comedy show that Warren Arnold, Sam Martin, Janine Brito and I are putting together. We had a combination of about eight or nine sketches and bumps (very small sketches, sometimes without actors). It was pretty cool and we’re already working on ways to expand and use more of the resources we have available (like a giant TV). The show was a lot of fun, though I don’t feel like I contributed a lot to the writing; but I’m planning on helping out a lot more and actually writing some sketches of my own.
At nine, as per usual, was the Cocktail Hour Open Mic. I wasn’t completely prepared and I admittedly haven’t been writing a whole lot lately. The internet is really distracting when I am at home and I have little will power when it comes to MySpace and Puzzle Pirates. I did try out a new joke about the seminary; it combines both the reason why I am not good with women and clergy molestation. That probably deserves an explanation at the very least. I lived in a seminary for all 4 years of my high school career, and in May of 2002 it closed. There were allegations of “misconduct”, which made the papers. Though this did not happen directly to me, it happened in part of my world. And I feel I have as much (if not more) right to bring up that topic than another comedian (unless they were directly involved in said misconduct). It’s tough, though, doing it in a clean manner, and a non-graphic (hopefully) non-offensive one. But last night I got my joke out, and it worked. I didn’t see that coming.
Gabe Kea and Nikki Glaser both had great things to say about my stage presence last night; with a small(er) crowd, they were really impressed that I was so conversational. Nikki said I should find whatever I did last night and bottle it.