You know that feeling of regret, when you come up with the perfect comeback twenty minutes after the conversation is over?1 Multiply that frustration by a hundred, and that’s a comic’s agony when we’re interacting with the audience and come up with a comeback later, off stage.
Last night I was practicing my crowd work, and [...]
A couple of months ago, my friend Andrew started doing a weekly comedy show at the Hooters Casino in South Park (in south Seattle). He’s been after me to go since it started, but when I go out for comedy on Wednesdays it’s usually because I’m going to the open mic at Laughs in [...]
Overheard Backstage peers behind the curtain (or brick wall) into the offstage area where comics gossip, bicker, and make each other laugh.
Today’s entry is short but contains an important lesson.
When a light is flashed at the comedian during their act, their time is nearly up. They are supposed to wrap up and get off [...]
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
— Dylan Thomas
I participated in the 5k Rudolph Run on Saturday morning, when it was 24 degrees outside. We were a bunch of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Retards. But I did manage to [...]
Wow, what a blast. Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday for the two great shows at Giggles.
The early show at 8pm felt like one of my better sets. I was getting solid laughs from the start, which magically boosted my confidence and sharpened my focus even further. By the second half of my [...]
