Comic Without a Sense of Humor
So I'm doing this show for a few people and the crowd ain't feeling me. There are like 8 people and every time I do a joke they look at me like I'm deranged. Out of nowhere this really drunk chick walks in and sits down. She starts laughing really loud at every joke and starts yelling out, "You are sooooo funny!"
So I'm thinking I'm getting heckled. I don't know how to react. I make a few nasty comments her way and it kind of steers me off my set.
I see her at the bar after my set and I tell her what she did was wrong. Only problem was she sincerely thought I was funny. I just perceived it as heckling because, well I'm nuts.
I learned a lot about myself. I am very negative. I am sometimes a miserable person and this drunk lady put it best, “I am a comic without a sense of humor."
Like the Red Sox I love, I am all gloom and doom and my own worst enemy. I think this takes a lot of balls, but I bitch and moan on this blog about the business screwing me over and not giving me a shot. I’ll say this right now, the only one preventing me from succeeding is ME.
To get even more down in the dumps, I had the scariest, vivid nightmares in my life. I was possessed by evil spirits and they were making me slide and fly through the air without my control. I kept seeing creepy faces as I slid on the ground.
I woke up freezing because I had a fan blasting and my blanket was off my body. I think when I'm cold I have nightmares. These dreams were so scary I was afraid to go back to sleep. I'm telling you they freaked me out.
Ok, too depressing? We’re not even done. I'm doing two nights at a Ground Round in Connecticut this weekend. Last weekend it was a seafood restaurant in Staten Island. This gig is better because it’s a few miles closer to Hollywood.
Matty
