misconstrueage

Last night I was on at the Funny Bone. I was hoping to have a better set that the last time I was there. My set Monday at the Forum was pretty good, and I wanted to work out some of the new jokes I've written lately. Anyway, I know the jokes are good, I'm confident in them. So I was able to be confident on stage. Sadly, the audience wasn't with me. I did one joke that I consider to be smart/clever (and funny) and they didn't get it, so I said "I did that joke in St Peters last night, and they got it..." A couple minutes and a few smart-jokes-that-went-unappreciated later I ended my set and said "that's it, I'm going back to St Peters" meaning, I'm going to where the crowd appreciates my material. Anyway, Dan the box-office guy thought I was bashing the Funny Bone, and I had to explain that I wasn't. I was bashing the audience. For being dumb. I recognize that sometimes the comic isn't delivering the jokes right (or he isn't delivering the right jokes) but last night was simply the audience. Or it was something I did to make God angry.