The Inmates Were Running The Asylum

If you weren't there for it, it's hard to explain. Last night's lineup was insane for a Showcase night. Myself, Timmy B!, Joe Ricchio, Tuck Tucker, and Rich Pickford were all in the lineup for the showcase comics. Everyone did a minimum of 8 minutes, and not a single set was bad. I've never seen that many comics in one night and everyone was killing. But that's not even the full story. For your measly $6 last night, you got some of Portland's best up and coming comics, but we had 3 headliner comics as well. Bob Marley, Jimy Dunn, and Kenny "The Viper" Rogerson. Our host for the show was this weekend's feature Jon Lincoln.

Bobby started the show and I got to follow him. I've done it before, so I wasn't too concerned. He got the crowd up really quickly, I just had to make sure I didn't lose them. And I didn't. Last night I could feel my timing was really on and my jokes were ripping it up. My new stuff and my old stuff I reworked a bit didn't let me or the crowd down in the least. It was awesome. People were coming up to me in between sets saying how funny I was, and those were people I didn't know. I did call one girl out during my set that had huge titties and was obviously a stripper. It was obvious by her outfit, that she wanted everyone to notice them. I made sure they did. The crowd was all feeling the same thing and my set had to stop for a second so everyone could catch their breath. It felt so great.

I stayed through almost all of the show to watch all of the other showcase comics. It was hard not to. Everyone was running new material and the crowd was ours from the beginning to the end. It was our room last night, and the feature and headliners had to gain control back after us, which is normally the other way around. It felt good.

Before the show began, I was talking to Jon Lincoln about the lineup, because all of the comics were excited about it. I let him know that it might get a little randy with the comics scheduled, and he was thrown off a little because he said he's a clean comic. But by the end of the night, he was saying "vagina-face and fuck" just like the rest of us.

It was soo much fun, perhaps one of my best sets ever and the best show I've ever been a part of. I was proud to be a part of that show. If I were building my dream show for local comics, I would've had Luke and Dustin Beckelman on the lineup as well, but like I said before, I've never seen such a potent lineup for a showcase night. I want to thank the crowd and the other comics for such a great time.

More upcoming shows are next Tuesday the 17th at Sierra's in Gorham, and the 18th at Acoustic Coffee on Danforth St in Portland. After that, my next scheduled shows are Sunday October 29th (my official 1 year show for doing stand-up) and the week after in Bostons Fanieul Hall Comedy Connection on Monday November 6th (I'll be working alongside Timmy B once again).