I'm currently on a little Northern California tour I put together, and just finished a Thurs-Sun weekend gig at Rooster T Feathers in Sunnyvale, CA. I did 5 shows with Ian Edwards and Chad Daniels, who are both insanely funny comedians.
Thurs - First night out here, after a 5 1/2 hour drive by myself, which was boring as hell... but at least I didn't get a speeding ticket this time (last time on this trip I got pulled over for doing 86 in a 70, which translates into a $433 ticket if you do traffic school). Anyway, this show was a breast cancer benefit, so the place was packed -- packed with annoying uptight people who were too busy holding their philanthropic noses in the air to sit back and laugh at the jokes we were bringing. I've never seen a more packed room be less fun as a crowd. Chad, Ian and I spent most of our sets telling hilarious, somewhat edgy jokes, followed by two minutes of saying things like "loosen up, these are fake stories, you're at a COMEDY club, not the 'everything i say is literal' club!"
Fri - Same shit, different night. No benefit this time, but still an uptight crowd. Maybe I'm being too hard on them. It was one of those crowds that enjoys the show... but enjoys it quietly to themselves rather than to laugh out loud or cheer or clap or give the comedian any sort of energy to he doesn't want to drink himself retarded as soon as the show is over. Too real?
Sat - Two shows. I went into it with a "god dammit, tonight is gonna suck" attitude, but as soon as I told my first joke at the first show, I could tell they were a great crowd. All three of us crushed our sets, the crowd loved it... I even sold a few shotglasses after the show. Second show was about half full, but they were fun as hell too. Finally the weekend turned around.
Sun - This might have been my favorite crowd all weekend, just because the expectations were so low. We had 25 people at MOST in the crowd, and for a notoriously uptight city, these people were ready to party. I did new jokes I was too scared to try all weekend and they all worked, and it was a great way to end the weekend. Thanks Sunnyvale! and Thanks Rooster T Feathers!
Off to San Francisco now to perform at Club Deluxe... looks like it's gonna rain so this should be interesting.
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