a lot of catching up to do...

So on December 11th, Johnny Kavanaugh and I did a corporate one-nighter in Martinsburg, MO. We were the entertainment for a group called the Silver Savers (the senior citizen types with a certain amount of money). I learned a lot that night, about corporate work, about one nighters and about doing shows where it's entirely possibly no one can hear you even though you're 10 feet away from them. My set was rough to say the least, but I have a much better idea of what I'm working with when I think about corporate work.
Monday I pulled a two-for, which I haven't done in quite a while. Even though I was late for the Comedy Forum's open mic (and even though they didn't have much of an audience) I got on stage there and ate it. I maybe had a joke or two that worked, but the set as a whole was pretty much a stinker, so that sucks. However, I totally redeemed myself at Lloyd and Harry's just an hour later. Since Clayton's starting to do open mic there again, I went over that way and worked on a new joke and had a decent set.
Last night at the Funny Bone there was a really annoying table in the front that everyone talked to. It was like every comic thought they would have the zinger to shut these people up. I didn't talk to them, but I did try some new material (which did not work the way I wanted (which would have been to get laughs (from the audience))). I closed strong, though and only went over by 30 or 40 seconds.

The best news of the evening, though came when I got a call from a new agency and got booked for a one nighter in March. I've been trying to get work from different agencies for a while, and I'm hoping I start featuring some one nighters this year.