Tonight I went to the BS Bar and Grill, Scott couldn't be there until after the show started, so he asked me to pick an emcee and get things started. When I got there, only Brian Dowell was there, and after a bit, Clayton Champagne showed up. I was somewhat alright with that, because I knew the two of them could handle the rougher more-interested-in-darts crowd of 15 or 20 that was in the basement. My only hang-up was that I didn't want to emcee since those types of crowds aren't my forte (specialty, if you will). I knew Clayton and Brian could carry a lot of time and make a decent show if they wanted, but I didn't want one of them to go up, do like 15 and them me do 5 and bail. I wanted to pull my weight. Eventually Mike Howington showed up; and I texted Scott and he told me to cancel the show. Then Jeff Wesselschmidt and Michael Shawkee showed up and an audience member "demanded" a show.
Clayton emceed and did well, then I went up and did well for the 9 minutes and 14 seconds I was on stage. I spoke loudly and was slightly more animated than normal. I also did my "dirtier" material, meaning my porn jokes and a drinking joke or two. I did my Math/Advice joke which I like (cause of the innuendo) and found a neat (and logical) way to describe the one-legged skier that showed me up... "He had half as many legs as i did, and was going twice as fast. Mathematically that makes him four times better than me." Howington liked it. All in all, I had fun, but missed out on most everyone else's sets because I got a phone call. I felt bad, but no one complained that I had to step out for a bit. It's 10:30 now, and I am super exhausted, so i'm going to bed. Laughs tomorrow, Friday and Saturday (the weekend shows are with Bill and Dan. I can't wait.
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