Out of My Depth!

May two-four weekend: cold and rainy ...I’ve got a cold, and the weather’s rainy! Two vehicles to go into the shop this week, for about $1000.00 worth of work; by a stroke of good fortune, I have about $500 in the bank to cover it! What’s a fella’ to do? Might as well tour down to Beily’s for a few laughs with friends; it’s fun and its budget friendly.


This was to be appearance number 34, and we had a good crowd in attendance by 9:30, with the tables set up closer to the stage. For some reason they are still seating people against the wall behind the speaker’s area, but ...oh well! Our own, Crown Prince, was headlining tonight, and I regret to say, I was unable to stay and enjoy the show, had to get up in the morning and come to grips with my lunch box! As it turned out, I might as well have stayed; got to work and was sent home because of weather, had to get a ride from a buddy as my wheels were in the shop.

But the people at Beilys were young, rested from the long weekend and ready to laugh. Two beginners from, ‘Refuse to Sit Down’, Jordan and Rocko, showed up to sit with the rest of the comics. The Master was doing the Emceeing and began the evening with our ‘Knight of the Dark Countenance’, followed by our, ‘half-way house’, comic, Jim Fooks. Both were well received; I was up third.

It was a bonus to not be worn down from a long day at work; instead I had the refreshing option of being worn down from a cold. I was doing a little old and a little new, and, for the most part it went well. My, ‘Alfalfa Male’ material went over well, and then I talked about some of the ‘tight spots’ a fellow can get into growing up on a farm. I did seven minutes and fifteen seconds with my theme, as usual, being the dismal state of decrepitude. For my close I delved into the bottom of the diaper:

“Everything changes with age;
When My Bride and I first got together,
We came so much that,
Our ‘Wetspots’ had deep ends!
After twenty plus years married,
What have we got?
Separate beds,
Separate wet spots,
And we both wear Depends!”

Ok! A little juvenile, but, a comic’s got to go where the material takes him! I ran it by my evaluator program for a par score of 22%, or, 13 seconds of laughter per minute; there were a couple fairly silent moments in the mix. Over all I was quite satisfied.

After my set I picked up my, ‘stuff’, at the comics table, shook hands with Jordan and Rocko, asked, “Are you fellows going up tonight?”, and, at their indication of the negative, said, “Well, if that’s the case, I’m outta’ here!”, shook hands with the Jester, and left.

Found an interesting web page; “Stage Time”, the magazine that stands up for comedy. It’s published in New York and has some great features and interviews with current popular comics. Its web address is below:

http://www.stagetimemag.com/standup/?page_id=370