This was enormously different from performing at Tommy T's, and far more satisfying. The club is smaller, more intimate. There were only a dozen comics and (perhaps) another dozen customers (civilians), compared to 30 comics at Tommy T's and a variably large group of customers.
The owner/M.C. (John) handled the evening with a professionalism Val (the bartendress at Tommy T's) needs time to develop. He ushered each comic on & off the stage with dispatch -- a comment or two from the back of the room vs. getting on stage between comics.
He had people draw numbers to determine the order in which we appeared -- far more easier than just adding a name to a long list at Tommy T's.
In yet another case of serendipity, during his welcoming intro for the night, John brought up BOTH Sarah Palin (as an example of somebody who probably couldn't handle even slightly "blue" humor) and the national spelling bee! A natural way for me to wrap up the set -- pretty much as I had planned -- talking about Sarah Palin. Plus, one more opportunity for me to refine my "George Bush at a 1st grade spelling bee" bit as a closer.
There was a couple there who had met through an online dating service. I evaluated, then dropped the idea of doing my match dot com bit.
I was 7th of 12, a good place to be.
Tom Anderson, a comic who was up earlier, talked about having a broken toe, but not wanting to wear a special black shoe. Amazing. When I went up, the first thing I said was that I was wearing his shoe. A great segue to get into my set.
I had met/seen about 1/2 the comics at Tommy T's before. It felt vaguely collegial.
Two other big pluses -- no cover charge for performers and decent Chinese food to eat before, during or after the show. The night netted out to maybe $3 more than Tommy T's, but with food.
A few people told me they liked (at least some of the jokes in) my set -- NOT the other comics, but the customers. It was gratifying overall.
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