Last night I went to Columbia for their open mic at the Eastside Tavern. The Eastside Tavern used to be one of my favorite bars in Columbia (still is, technically). They had a pretty good turnout, but the show literally started 50 minutes late or so (which is cool, I didn't have anywhere to be). I wanted to perform in Columbia because I still have friends from college who live there and haven't seen me perform in years (if ever).
I got to go up first after the emcee, Dan Friesen, and I had a good set. People laughed and after I was off stage they told me I did well. After I was done, I watched the other comics until it was time for the "Make Sal laugh" competition.
Sal is the owner of the bar, he's a long haired pierced tattooed kind of guy and he's awesome. So each comic got 2 minutes to make Sal laugh using whatever comic devices that comic wanted. Each is timed so in case more than one makes Sal win, the quickest is selected as winner. It took me 21 seconds to get Sal to laugh (I did some roast-like jokes (so did some of the other comics)) but unfortunately someone else had already done it in 18 seconds. So I didn't win the 20 dollar bar tab, but I did have a great time. Then I drove home and slept.