Anybody ever do comedy at Peculiar Pub?

Nick Cobb is a fellow NYC comedian trying to get to the next level, much like myself. It was Nick Cobb who brought me to Budd lake, NJ for what turned out to be one of the most fun shows I have ever done. In response to that he asked me to open for him at a 30th Birthday party at Peculiar Pub this past Saturday. I said sure. Whoops.

The bar/restaurant had a nice pub feel and hundreds of beer options. In other words it was a terrible venue for comedy. When the birthday party arrived, everyone seemed nice enough. As we walked back to where everyone was sitting we realized that there was no stage. No problem – been there before. There was also no space to perform. We literally had to move out of the way when the waitress would bring food and drinks.

I decided to test the crowd with my first joke. I leaned over to the woman who I was standing about 14 inches from (by necessity) and said, “I’m sorry about this – I know you didn’t order your sandwich with a side of crotch.” Nothing. I then told them no matter what they were thinking I definitely preferred Peculiar Pub to CBS late night. One chuckle.

Eventually I got the crowd going but for different reasons. One table of women seemed drunkenly interested in me, but not for my jokes. The table that had my crotch as a table guest seemed unhappy (mostly because one woman at their table would cringe at anything above PG and another person at the table was a fat pig of a man who later got into a verbal fight with Nick Cobb). The remaining three tables, however, actually loosened up and save it from being the worst show I’ve ever done. In an odd coincidence the 6 people out of about 25 that were wearing glasses all seemed to enjoy the show substantially more than everyone else. Or maybe my humor is nerdy.

The silver lining on the level 5 hurricaine that was this show was that I made $50 for 10 minutes, which proves there are people in this world who will literally burn money. My next show will be in the third bathroom stall at Starbucks on 93rd and Broadway on Saturday at 11 pm. See you there.