Last week I landed my first weeklong feature gig at a comedy club… The Comic Strip in El Paso, Texas, where Sadiki Fuller brought me along for the journey. 7 shows in 5 days, all 30 minute sets—I was beyond stoked. I had never been to Texas, let alone El Paso, and I was a bit concerned that my VERY Caucasian, OC look would make me a prime target for a cowboy boot to be lodged up my backside. But we got in the car, and made the 12-hour journey anyway. The trip was longer than we thought, plus we lost an hour to the time change, so we were running late for our first show on Wednesday.
We got to our hotel at 7:20, with the show starting at 8pm. Ran into our rooms, took 2-min showers that would have made the Marines proud, and got to the show at 8:02. Less than an hour after entering El Paso, I was on stage. What a week. I had some of the best Mexican food I’ve ever had (El Paso is less than 5 min from the border of Mexico, and even though it killed my stomach I enjoyed every second of it.
The shows were seriously amazing, and packed every single night (besides Wednesday). The crowds were rowdy, drinkers, and came for a good time. On Friday, one guy wanted to buy one of my shotglasses that I sell after shows, but he didn’t have any cash on him. Instead, she shakes my hand, slips me a bad of weed, and so…. I gave him a shotglass. On Saturday night, one guy yelled out “Tequila!!!” in the middle of one of my jokes (that had nothing to do with drinking). I asked him if he wanted me to drink some, and they brought me one onstage. Then another girl bought me another. And another. If you don’t know this, you can’t really say no to a show when 300 people are cheering you on in the middle of a show. I was a little drunk for the second show, but I pulled it off and it was an amazing experience. I’m editing a short video from the trip, and will post it soon.
Thanks to Sadiki for taking me on the road with him, we actually head out tonight (after my show at Loyola Marymount University) and will drive straight through the night to get to our shows in Elko, NV tomorrow. Pictures, video and blogs to come!
--Robbie
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