Last night at Giggles was another one of those open mics where there were only eight people in the audience. With that said, it went about as well as I could’ve hoped; the crowd was in a laughing mood, and I got some laughs for almost all of my jokes, including the new one that [...]
How about something a little different this weekend? I promise I’ll get back to stand-up comedy tomorrow. One of my favorite blogs is called The Genius in All of Us, by David Shenk. It covers a lot of Outliers-type territory; namely, the idea that genius isn’t a spontaneous act of expression so much as it [...]
I’ve found myself running into situations, lately, where I inadvertently use some comedian slang with friends who have no idea WTF I’m talking about. Horrified that my burgeoning readership (now in the dozens!) might be confused by the jargon, I reacted the way I usually react to problems: by unthinkingly disgorging an enormous amount of [...]
Last night on The Colbert Report, we were treated to a segment by Stephen on the topic of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which wouldn’t otherwise be out of the ordinary—except that he’s in Iraq and did it in front of the troops: Talk about stones. This wasn’t an isolated incident of comedic bravery, either; I [...]
