Stand Up Set #2

Encouraged by last week’s showing, I returned to the stage this week at the same open mic. Shortly after arriving, a woman came in with a seven-year-old girl, who marched right up to the stage and plopped herself down in front of the microphone. The other performers started sweating bullets, as this was most decidedly not a family friendly room. For starters, the orthodox Jewish comedian and I were pretty much the only acts that didn’t have any jokes about masturbating to internet porn.

As it turns out, the little girl was a comic, with what I can only assume was a heavily ghost-written act. I have trouble imagining any seven-year-old knows that much about innuendo and parents with gambling problems.

Thankfully, she went on first, and was shuffled out the door quickly afterwards. On the down side, I went on next. And let me tell you, that was one tough act to follow.

-TC