Yesterday was really cold and windy and ... it rained! We californians almost had heart attacks! What the heck is that? Why is it falling down so straight? Will it hurt my collagen treatments? Why is Arnold running for governor? Does my butt look fat in these trousers? I digressed a little.
The three amigos (Tanyalee, Dana and I) decided to go see some of the other shows at the Fringe. We saw this scottish woman that Tanyalee knew from another standup gig's one woman standup show. It was pretty good. She was thrown off because this couple brought their 9 year old child to the show.
Apparently her show is not usually suitable for that age group but she sat the boy up in the front row and made the best of it. She told us later that she put him there to remind her and for the show to be fun for the boy. It was still a good show.
Afterwards we went to see the show of one of our drinking buddies. His name is Mike Dwyer and he's from Adelaide, Australia. So totally hilarious! His show definitely gave me inspiration for putting together my show. It was called "I was a Pub Kid." Afterwards we talked about Lleyton Hewitt (who he
knows and says is a jerk). He also thought that Lleyton has a girlfriend that looks like him. heh heh
We were then looking for something to eat (it was already after 9 p.m.) and ran across a bar that advertised karaoke. Dana really wanted to sing a song so we sat in the back of this really disgusting bar (by the pool table) and waited for her turn. As if that wasn't bad enough, she chose 99 Red Balloons
(or Luftballoons). It was painful. Afterwards she wanted to play pool for a little bit and Tanyalee and I went to the venue to prepare for the show. (I wanted to go backstage and goof off with the flea circus people because they're loads of fun.) Fortunately they were still there and I had fun. The master of ceremonies (or compere as they call them here) is hilarious. His name is Arnold Frenzy and the circus is named after him: "Arnold Frenzy's Strangely Compelling Flea Cirkus."
The show went really well. I did even better than yesterday and one of the other comics even suggested a new joke for me (which is hilarious). I can't wait to try it tonight! We had a pretty decent sized audience again and it was really cool.
Afterwards we went to this other comedy club "Tron." My favorite english comic of the festival, Carey Marx, was there. We all had a drink together after his set. Then, we still hadn't eaten anything and we found a place on the Royal Mile that served pasta until 3 a.m. I don't think I could have stomached any more pizza or kebabs. It was actually pretty good and afterwards we decided to go home. I've actually developed a little bit of a sore throat and stuffy nose. The changes in weather as well as the old,
musty venue is starting to get to me. The other comics say "don't worry, it's just asbestos." O.K., cool.
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