A thank you to my audiences

I might have already thanked my audiences, but I really cannot thank them enough! Last night I did yet another Pundits with Punchlines out at Pepperbellys in Fairfield, CA. The middle of the week audience was light, but once the show got going, the audience was willing to go on the journey.

They laughed, enjoyed the comics and their gaffes. I must have flubbed at least two jokes, but the audience took it all in stride and laughed their sides out. An environment like that allows me to experiment, riff, and really have fun on stage. I feed on the audience, who feed on me, and it brings the entire show to life.

If there is a good audience, it means there is a not-so-good audience as well. An audience that is tired, sceptical, or "I really didn't want to be here" is a comic's nightmare.

A good comic should be able to work with what they have, and bring life into the room. Sometimes that just doesn't happen. And that's life! Thankfully last night was different.

What's the balance?

I originally titled this blog: work, life, comedy balance since that was top on my mind. Since then I re-titled it to a comedy journey. Now I see that someone is actually trying to "google" work/life comedy balance and pulling up one of my earlier blogs. Side Note: In case you are wondering, it is very easy as a website owner to see how you get your webhits, search words and all. Creepy!

Anyway, when I see this gentle person (I don't know who) trying to determine work/life comedy, I believe I should say something about my work/life/comedy balance.

I am gainfully employed 24 hours a week in the Corporate world. I spend about 3 - 4 evenings a week at comedy. The rest is taken up by writing, promoting, getting booked, daydreaming and life.

Sometimes I alter the balance and life takes precedence largely because I am driving too hard and could actually end up divorced (oops!).

Sometimes the Corporation alters the balance and takes precedence and I really don't want to get fired (another oops!).

So I assume that I am driving the comedy. I am making money at it now. It's no longer small potatoes, but still not enough to throw everything to the wind.

Anyway my big show is coming up tonite, so this is all for now! Ciao!