Before I get too far into this status report type of thing I just wanted to clarify a bit on what is going on and why I am doing this. There are a couple of very basic reasons:

1. I have always wanted to try it – and after watching a ton of comedians throughout my life I finally decided that even though I would probably never be as great as the great ones, I certainly wouldn’t be as bad as the bad ones. Those odds worked for me.

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Here is the video from my inauspicious debut at the local club. Also, I am including the video of my friend Jamie - his first performance and his second performance so that you can see the change from one to the next. After the jump.  Read more »

So… Yup… I am officially a stand-up comic... Did my first open mic performance at the local club... That’s right… Ask me how it went!

Well, let me tell you – I totally underwhelmed them. But I wasn’t nearly as bad as I could have been. I have video of the show and as soon as I can figure out how to upload it somewhere I will share it out if anyone is interested. What I thought would be interesting though, would be to share my set with you here – and then when I can get the video up you can compare the actual delivery to the written plan. I am also hoping Jamie, my very good friend who did this all with me and better, will join me in blogging about here as we continue goofing around with trying to get passable at this. Read more »