Let me begin by saying that there are plenty of comedians out there that are fairly unknown that should be heard by millions because of how good they are. (see […]

Sunday night I went to my friend, Paul Strickland’s one man show, Any Title Will Work.  A little bit of truth to get out of the way before I discuss […]

At the peak of the standup boom in the late 80′s, network TV executives started figuring out that the comedy clubs were a great minor league system for sitcoms.  During […]

I don’t put on my own shows very often, as comedy clubs and booking agents generally do it better than I can.  Every once in awhile, though, I put on […]

So in my pursuit of seeing what is happening on the local comedy scene, I went to a comedy competition at Morty’s Comedy Club last night.  A couple friends of […]

I was asked to judge a comedy competition last night with the ultimate prize getting a chance to MC for a Bob and Tom All-Stars show at Crackers in Indy.  […]

One of the questions I get asked the most is what is the biggest crowd I’ve performed for?  As you might be able to guess from the title, it’s 3000. […]

Since I started doing comedy, every few years there is a successful standup that young comics are trying to emulate.  Here is my chronological timeline of how it has gone […]

Last Thursday night I had a show at the Congress Theater in Chicago.  I lived in the Chicago area for a year and have a kind of love/hate relationship with […]

So I’ve seen the local news stories they break-out during sweep weeks using a black light to illuminate the bedspreads at your favorite hotel.  I never sit on them, as […]