The Dream is Over, as is the Greyhound Nightmare

So, I went on stage approximately 9 hours ago. I am very happy with the set I had. Good laughs, felt good. But I did not advance.

One guy who advanced was very funny. Two guys who advanced did not strike me as that funny. Including one guy who blatantly ripped off a bit by Dana Carvey about guitar players. Absolutely shameful.

So for the second straight year I am beaten in part by good comedy and in part by questionable comedy. I think this will be retitrement, not from comedy festivals, but from comedy compeition. Too much of a crap shoot. But a few people cam e out of their way to tell me that they thought I was really funny. Always gratifying.

So I actually left happy because I felt that I had a good set, or maybe because losing was the better part of my night since I had to catch a 12:30 am greyhound so I could get to work on time today.

My right knee will probably require surgery because of the pain it endured for 4+ hours.

The highlight was a truck stop in Connecticut we stopped in. When you see 38 year old men with coke bottle glasses and beer guts playing video games at 2:15 a.m. on a Sunday, you realize that losing a comedy compeition is not a very big deal.

Good luck to Logan Jacobson, who advanced form Prelim 1 (a NYC open mic guy) and to Danny Rouhier, who gets to be funny tonight on 9-11.