The Finals
I got 2nd last night. Made $350, which means I've made about $1200 doing comedy this year. That's not bad. I have a guest set at The Funny Bone on June 11th which was confirmed last night by Willie Farrell, who is headlining that night. He thought I did pretty well last night.
It was awesome to see Glen, Kleinmeyer and their girlfriends at the show last night. It was also fantastic to sit with Jeff Caudill and his wife, since they made the 1 1/4 hour trip up to DSM. I felt good during most of my set, but I didn't end it perfectly, so I actually had this sort of hollow feeling coming off the stage. I could've done better. Gunner (the head of Comedy Co-Operative) said it was disappointing that I didn't use my best material in the Finals. But some of my best material is almost two years old, and I did it in last year's Finals. Oh well. I just didn't want to repeat myself is all.
Ben Herman got 3rd; I'm actually really surprised he didn't win. Dannie T won, which makes sense because he's a name and had a pretty good set, but he wasn't ON. Ben was ON. I had about an A-to-A-minus set, but I felt like Ben had an A-to-A-plus set. He didn't end fantastically though, so that may have hurt him.
I have a show at the House of Bricks tonight, and I'm using the money from that show to get myself a new phone. I cracked the screen on the one I have now because I got distracted at Valley West and H-A-M-M-E-R-E-D the escalator. I've had the phone since November of '05, so it's a little disappointing that I have to give it up. I've received 6 text messages today and have no idea what the hell they say. I've just been calling back whoever sent me them to see what's up. Mostly well-wishers.
I met a guy over at Chipotle(!) who is interested in having a Comedy Night over at Zanzibar's on Ingersoll. Maybe that'll materialize. I gave him my business card to told him to gimme a call once everything got hammered out. It wouldn't be a show with a set pay, we'd just be working for tips. But it's better than doing a show for free like we do at Billy's (although Billy's is my favorite room to work in the world).
I'm satisfied. But I gotta get my set ready for tonight. Back to work!
It was awesome to see Glen, Kleinmeyer and their girlfriends at the show last night. It was also fantastic to sit with Jeff Caudill and his wife, since they made the 1 1/4 hour trip up to DSM. I felt good during most of my set, but I didn't end it perfectly, so I actually had this sort of hollow feeling coming off the stage. I could've done better. Gunner (the head of Comedy Co-Operative) said it was disappointing that I didn't use my best material in the Finals. But some of my best material is almost two years old, and I did it in last year's Finals. Oh well. I just didn't want to repeat myself is all.
Ben Herman got 3rd; I'm actually really surprised he didn't win. Dannie T won, which makes sense because he's a name and had a pretty good set, but he wasn't ON. Ben was ON. I had about an A-to-A-minus set, but I felt like Ben had an A-to-A-plus set. He didn't end fantastically though, so that may have hurt him.
I have a show at the House of Bricks tonight, and I'm using the money from that show to get myself a new phone. I cracked the screen on the one I have now because I got distracted at Valley West and H-A-M-M-E-R-E-D the escalator. I've had the phone since November of '05, so it's a little disappointing that I have to give it up. I've received 6 text messages today and have no idea what the hell they say. I've just been calling back whoever sent me them to see what's up. Mostly well-wishers.
I met a guy over at Chipotle(!) who is interested in having a Comedy Night over at Zanzibar's on Ingersoll. Maybe that'll materialize. I gave him my business card to told him to gimme a call once everything got hammered out. It wouldn't be a show with a set pay, we'd just be working for tips. But it's better than doing a show for free like we do at Billy's (although Billy's is my favorite room to work in the world).
I'm satisfied. But I gotta get my set ready for tonight. Back to work!