Sometimes when I get home after a show, it’s hard to fall right to sleep.  So if I feel like it, I’ll write up a quick summary of that night’s show or if I’m just sitting around the next day I’ll do it then.  Along with recording my stand up spots this is something I’ve always tried to do on a regular basis.  Looking back at them long after the fact is fun for me and it helps remind me of the crazy journey this whole thing has been.

There are some shows that you wish your biggest
supporters could have witnessed for themselves. Saturday night’s
performance falls under that category.

When I say ‘New Milford, NJ’ the first thought that should come to
your mind is ‘darts’. In my first experience performing in a club
where the dartboards outnumbered the comedians and the floor panels
covered up bowling lanes (which I can only imagine were the
alternative entertainment for the evening in case the comedy
sucked)…the night was filled with laughs, girl on guy fights, and
hitching a ride with strangers. Good times.

Sometimes, without a car, the toughest part of the gig is simply
getting there. I was lucky enough to avoid the NJ Transit system
altogether and was hooked up with a ride by a friend of the gentleman
who booked the comics for the event. Beer for everybody! Ted and
Rhonda, if you’re reading this, congrats on the new apartment. I
can’t thank you enough for the lift and once again, I appreciate the
cold one.

The show was held in an ‘athletic’ club with an incredible amount of
dartboards. It’s basically a place where members-only hang out,
usually to watch sports and throw extremely sharp objects around
while getting wasted. Oh yeah…they also host the occasional comedy
show. And I must say, this was one kick-ass audience! I had a great
time…Billy and George, thanks for the Bud Lights (staying brand
loyal, of course). The 50-50 raffle lady couldn’t keep her mouth
shut, but it didn’t matter. One gentleman said he had just recently
seen the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and bought the DVD and he felt that
I am just as good as any one of them. He says I’m going places.
Another reference to Blue Collar comedy by an audience member…man
those guys are popular. Another gentleman came over afterwards,
shook my hand, smiled and said, ‘You are one sick f*ck.’ I must say,
I appreciated the compliment.

The evening was capped off with a lady upset about another woman
puking all over the women’s bathroom. Apparently the woman had a few
too many beers and pitchers of wine. Since the upset lady couldn’t
pee when she wanted to, she wanted her money back and she and the
gentleman who organized the evening almost went at it once the lady’s
husband jumped in and got involved.

Awesome.

Well, that was pretty much it. Anyone who was at the show, joined
the group and read this, thanks for remembering my name. Being the
only white guy on the show, everyone else probably left there
saying, ‘that white guy was really funny…but MAN that fight at the
end was AWESOME!’