If Only I’d Told Some Beef Jerky Jokes
April 7, 2010Meg_Kelso 2 Comments »For weeks now, I’ve been scheduled to do a stand up gig at The Comedy Store on Sunset. That show, as I’ve know from the first time I was booked, was set for Tuesday, April 6th. And I also know that, more often than not, Monday is the day after Easter.
Yet, for some reason, on Monday afternoon (or what I referred to as “Tuesday afternoon”) I panicked when I realized that I had less than 4 hours to get to the club. Now, I hate make-up and if every other female in the world would toss theirs in a big fire, I would too. But…that not being the case, I had to participate in that hideous face painting ceremony AND I had to do my hair AND I had to choose clothes that would be stage appropriate without making me look like Carrot-Top. That was the worst part of getting ready…the material was in my mind as well as it would ever be (unless I had 2 drinks and medical marijuana.) and a ride is always easy in LA…if all else fails they have buses. Of course I met a robber on one of those buses, but he didn’t rob me so it was all good.
Anyway, I got to the the club late…poor form but I could have done worse (like I could have had 2 drinks and smoked some medical marijuana.). Long story short, I wasn’t late, I was 24 hours early…for Tuesday, it was not. Monday was truly upon my half of the planet.
So, since I was already there and primped, I decided to go in and enjoy myself…which I did…while drinking 2 drinks and smoking medical marijuana. I ended up across the street at The House of Blues before the night was over. It was a really good time.
The nub of it was that I STILL had to go do my show on Tuesday so a repeat of my worst thing was in order. I had to repeat that hideous ritual…AGAIN…and now I had to find a better outfit than I had worn the night before. Of course, the night before, I sort of chose the best I had so second best was in order for the REAL show.
Now, if we had been in Atlanta, these people would have known who I was, but it isn’t. It’s LA and they’ve never heard of me. So…I get put up last. I wouldn’t mind except for the fact that being last gives you a lot of time to drink 2 drinks and smoke some medical marijuana.
Whatever…I realize that was just poor planning on my part. I own it all. But, I try to learn something from every experience, good, bad or indifferent, and the lesson here is, if you plan on doing stand up comedy buzzed, you should probably practice buzzed too.
April 9th, 2010 at 4
This lady has go the goods!
April 9th, 2010 at 4
I was there on the night…the Tuesday night. It was well worth the wait, we had a ball laughing and loving every minute of it! If you want to see her performance from this night at the Comedy Store, it’s over here —> MakeAStar.com/stevie
She’s now entered into the monthly online comedy contest for a chance to $100 and all the international publicity to boot!
Stevie Mack
steviemack.com