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I haven't updated this thing is a long, long time. So, first I'll pick up where I left off, then I will give the latest (not good) news and finally I will fill in some of the stuff in the middle.
The Roy Been Show was fun and I had a good time. The crowd was pretty cold when I went on stage but I warmed them up nicely. It wasn't my best show but it was cool and I enjoyed it. I don't even know if the "important people" saw the show but by the time I went on stage I had decided to forget about all of that stuff and just have fun, which I did. Several of my friends from work came out for that show, which was very cool as well.
316 Ormsby has gone out of business. That really sucks because it was our weekly home for comedy shows. Every Wednesday night (with only 2 or 3 exceptions) since July 13th, 2005 we did shows at 316 Ormsby. I performed there 21 times, which makes 316 Ormsby the place I have performed at the most. In fact, 47% of my performances were at 316 Ormsby and 64% of my performances since 7/13/05. Last Wednesday, we showed up and the place was dark. Tony and one of his staff were hanging out in an apt above the restaurant. I talked to Tony for a few minutes and he said he was shutting it down. That really sucks because they served excellent food and the people there were great. They couldn't have been more supportive of us.
I have a lot of great memories of 316 Ormsby. Of course, there were a lot of nights when only a handful of people were there to watch us. (I guess that explains the going out of business part. I heard the other nights of the week were just as bad if not worse.) But every so often we would have a good crowd and I would have a good set and be very happy. That was also the place where I tried out all of my new jokes. I would perform the new stuff there and try to work out the kinks before performing the joke at Comedy Caravan. It was also great to hang out with the other guys every week. I will miss that place.
Since the Roy Been Show, I have had 4 other performances at the Caravan. November was fun but I just did a subset of the material I used for Roy's show. December was interesting because it was 2 days after Christmas and I was expecting a small and dead crowd so I just did some silly bits that I don't normally do. January was ok. I debuted 1 new joke that I had been working on at Ormsby and it went over well. Then I butchered the next joke and didn't end the set very well. February was fun. I did all new stuff about me being offered the role of "the ugly guy" in a small, independent movie (based on a true story) and a bit about how drug users make good employees (not necessarily based on a true story). I taped that performance on my new handy, dandy camcorder so if I ever hook that thing up to my computer I will try and post it on my website.
The only other place I performed at since the last update was a nightclub in Louisville called The Gate. It sucked. The entire show that is.
Later,
Rich
The Roy Been Show was fun and I had a good time. The crowd was pretty cold when I went on stage but I warmed them up nicely. It wasn't my best show but it was cool and I enjoyed it. I don't even know if the "important people" saw the show but by the time I went on stage I had decided to forget about all of that stuff and just have fun, which I did. Several of my friends from work came out for that show, which was very cool as well.
316 Ormsby has gone out of business. That really sucks because it was our weekly home for comedy shows. Every Wednesday night (with only 2 or 3 exceptions) since July 13th, 2005 we did shows at 316 Ormsby. I performed there 21 times, which makes 316 Ormsby the place I have performed at the most. In fact, 47% of my performances were at 316 Ormsby and 64% of my performances since 7/13/05. Last Wednesday, we showed up and the place was dark. Tony and one of his staff were hanging out in an apt above the restaurant. I talked to Tony for a few minutes and he said he was shutting it down. That really sucks because they served excellent food and the people there were great. They couldn't have been more supportive of us.
I have a lot of great memories of 316 Ormsby. Of course, there were a lot of nights when only a handful of people were there to watch us. (I guess that explains the going out of business part. I heard the other nights of the week were just as bad if not worse.) But every so often we would have a good crowd and I would have a good set and be very happy. That was also the place where I tried out all of my new jokes. I would perform the new stuff there and try to work out the kinks before performing the joke at Comedy Caravan. It was also great to hang out with the other guys every week. I will miss that place.
Since the Roy Been Show, I have had 4 other performances at the Caravan. November was fun but I just did a subset of the material I used for Roy's show. December was interesting because it was 2 days after Christmas and I was expecting a small and dead crowd so I just did some silly bits that I don't normally do. January was ok. I debuted 1 new joke that I had been working on at Ormsby and it went over well. Then I butchered the next joke and didn't end the set very well. February was fun. I did all new stuff about me being offered the role of "the ugly guy" in a small, independent movie (based on a true story) and a bit about how drug users make good employees (not necessarily based on a true story). I taped that performance on my new handy, dandy camcorder so if I ever hook that thing up to my computer I will try and post it on my website.
The only other place I performed at since the last update was a nightclub in Louisville called The Gate. It sucked. The entire show that is.
Later,
Rich