Bloomington
It's late and I've been procrastinating with my blogging. In my last entry, I promised my four incredibly bored readers I'd talk more about the "big deal" which will occur later this summer. Sadly this is not it. More on that later. This entry is to talk about the past couple of weeks, in particular last Thursday which was a very important milestone in my brief and insignificant comedy career.
First, before I get into what happened on Thursday, I performed at the Westport FunnyBone for their last two open mic nights. Both sets were real solid. I tried some new stuff out and there are a couple of jokes which have promise. After last Tuesday's set, Greg Warren, a very talented comic out of Saint Louis came up to me and called one of my premises "F___kin' brillaint." He told me I need to explore the premise more and there's a lot more there. I totally agree and it was really nice of him to give me the advice. He didn't have to and that meant a lot.
Now about Thursday. That night I featured at the Bloomington, IL. Funny Bone. It was the first time I'd ever featured in a real comedy club. Mark Morfey helped me get the gig. Mark's been great to me. He's helped me get a lot of work over the last couple of years and hopefully there'll be a day when I can return the favor. I met up with him in Collinsville and we headed to Bloomington. When we got there, we were both suprised to see our names on the marquee outside the club. Not only that, but there were posters and flyers all over the club with our pictures on them. I learned later that our pictures were on the Bloomington website.
Before the show, I met the two owners. Both were very nice. It was "College and Industry" night, so we ended up having over two hundred drunk college students. At first I was worried my act wouldn't go over too well because I talk alot about being married, etc. I wasn't sure how the audience would react. However once I got on stage, my fear quickly died down. My set went great. I even did some new stuff and it got a good response. Mark told me later that my "bike bit" got a ten second applause break. After my set, the owners came up and congratulated me. They told me they defintely want me to come back. I also had several audience members come up and tell me how much they enjoyed my set. When several attractive college women came up to me and told me how much they enjoyed my set, I couldn't help but think about what Elsa said one night in Irvine after an attractive girl came up and told me how much she liked my set. Elsa said "Ah you have groupies, how cute." Yes she has a way of keeping everything in perspective. The whole night was a blast. Mark absolutely killed, so did Greg Larson who opened the show. Before we left, Mark and I grabbed some posters and flyers. The show was professionally videotaped, so I should have a good tape to send out after this. We'll see.
Well that's it for me. I'm too tired to write anything clever. That's what happens when you spend thirteen hours painting a f___n' basement to get ready for the "big deal" which will happen later this summer. See that's how you do it, you end this entry with a reference to a future blog entry, thus creating a cliffhanger effect and getting the reader to want read more and...
Oh who am I kidding, nobody gives a rat's ass about what I'm doing.
Happy Fourth of July everyone.
First, before I get into what happened on Thursday, I performed at the Westport FunnyBone for their last two open mic nights. Both sets were real solid. I tried some new stuff out and there are a couple of jokes which have promise. After last Tuesday's set, Greg Warren, a very talented comic out of Saint Louis came up to me and called one of my premises "F___kin' brillaint." He told me I need to explore the premise more and there's a lot more there. I totally agree and it was really nice of him to give me the advice. He didn't have to and that meant a lot.
Now about Thursday. That night I featured at the Bloomington, IL. Funny Bone. It was the first time I'd ever featured in a real comedy club. Mark Morfey helped me get the gig. Mark's been great to me. He's helped me get a lot of work over the last couple of years and hopefully there'll be a day when I can return the favor. I met up with him in Collinsville and we headed to Bloomington. When we got there, we were both suprised to see our names on the marquee outside the club. Not only that, but there were posters and flyers all over the club with our pictures on them. I learned later that our pictures were on the Bloomington website.
Before the show, I met the two owners. Both were very nice. It was "College and Industry" night, so we ended up having over two hundred drunk college students. At first I was worried my act wouldn't go over too well because I talk alot about being married, etc. I wasn't sure how the audience would react. However once I got on stage, my fear quickly died down. My set went great. I even did some new stuff and it got a good response. Mark told me later that my "bike bit" got a ten second applause break. After my set, the owners came up and congratulated me. They told me they defintely want me to come back. I also had several audience members come up and tell me how much they enjoyed my set. When several attractive college women came up to me and told me how much they enjoyed my set, I couldn't help but think about what Elsa said one night in Irvine after an attractive girl came up and told me how much she liked my set. Elsa said "Ah you have groupies, how cute." Yes she has a way of keeping everything in perspective. The whole night was a blast. Mark absolutely killed, so did Greg Larson who opened the show. Before we left, Mark and I grabbed some posters and flyers. The show was professionally videotaped, so I should have a good tape to send out after this. We'll see.
Well that's it for me. I'm too tired to write anything clever. That's what happens when you spend thirteen hours painting a f___n' basement to get ready for the "big deal" which will happen later this summer. See that's how you do it, you end this entry with a reference to a future blog entry, thus creating a cliffhanger effect and getting the reader to want read more and...
Oh who am I kidding, nobody gives a rat's ass about what I'm doing.
Happy Fourth of July everyone.
posted by JG at 10:18 PM
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