I am a writer and comedian. I write things I think are funny, then usually go say those things in front of large groups of people, and I try to be polite about it.
Life on the Road
Didn’t realize until just now, but this a sort of first for me in my comedy career: The first weekend on the road. I’ve got two shows this weekend in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I’ve done shows in Scranton before, but just one-nighters and since it’s a reasonable drive from my house I just go home after. (Also because there’s nothing to do here.)
I checked in about an hour ago and I’m just killing the last few minutes before I go down to do the first show tonight. I think this is the part of comedy that a lot of people don’t like, but I like driving and I don’t mind hotels (this one in particular seems pretty solid), so apart from not being home with my wife and dog I could probably dig this. Though I realize this might be what a lot of comics say at first then gradually hate it.
A big part of the appeal is that the shows are in the lobby of the hotel where they’re putting me up so there’s no post-show commute. This would also be true if I just started charging people to come see me tell jokes in my dining room. I’ll look into it.
