The show tonight at the Loony Bin in Little Rock was really good. It was open mic night and since Pat Godwin wasn't performing tonight they had 9 locals go up and then I did about 12 and Paul Strickland closed out the show with 25.
Some of the open micers did really well, and a couple did not. The audience hung in there, though. My set was really fun, I had a couple people heckle early on, but I shut them up by being quick (read I snapped at them) and a little vulgar. But not real vulgar. My math jokes got some serious laughs tonight, which shocked the heck out of me (cause it's Little Rock and they NEVER laugh at the math jokes). I had a couple of weird reactions from the crowd (they laughed at treasure map, but not booty), and they really laughed at the Abraham Lincoln punchline but not the hat/sneak/beard tags.
Paul Strickland is very funny; he has some lines that are just beautiful and he's got a really good stage persona. Offstage he's pretty easy to get along with and he's already helped me in the writing of some jokes.
I'm very excited about the rest of the week.