I placed second!

The final round of competition was tonight at Rooster T. Feathers. I'm very excited that I placed second place out of 13! All 13 comedians had the crowd laughing, so I can only say thank you to everyone who supported me. Kudos to Rooster T. Feathers for putting on a great competition that was a lot of fun every night.

I don't know what's next. I don't have any performances planned. I want to continue writing material, so my friends don't get bored coming to future shows. I don't want them changing their e-mail addresses on me.

Performing comedy is a kick in the pants, especially when there's a friendly crowd out there. I've been working out my material at a lot of small open mike nights. Those are not always fun. Performing in front of five people kind of sucks. And it's usually not my crowd. It's tought to win over a crowd of mostly straight guys, but that's who comes to most comedy clubs. So, they're just going to have to get used to hearing me talk about penises.

Doing five good minutes in an amateur competition is a world away from getting hired as a feature or headliner act. I am still amazed by comedians that can keep a crowd laughing for 45 minutes. Even if I had 45 minutes of material, I can't imagine committing it all to memory. But then, I was able to memorize all those Steve Martin records when I was 13. There's hope, because the public has a short memory. Remember when, a couple of years ago, the earth blew up? No? Never mind.