On long car rides, I love listening to the albums of comedians more than anything else.
I could be tired out from a long day behind the wheel, and listening to a comedy album will induce laughter that will be akin to drinking six cups of coffee in a row.
The world needs more laughter in general, with all of the things going on and so many people on the liberal side of things trying to tear us apart as a nation.
I tried doing standup comedy one time, at one of those open mic nights. While I did well, I don’t think I had the aptitude to do all that night in and night out.
Every single time you walk ontstage, as other friends who perform regularly will tell me, you are walking into potentially hostile territory.
Every audience is new and different, and you never know which person in the audience might be the one that thinks that they are part of the show or that they are helping.
The times I have gone to a comedy club to watch a friend perform, there will always be one of these idiots that either thinks that they are part of the show or that they are still in their living room and can act accordingly.
The general rule is sit down, shut up until you’re laughing, and don’t speak unless the comedian speaks to you.
Which brings me to a comedian I recently heard a story about named Pete Holmes.
Pete is an up and coming performer who recently had an appearance on a talk show where he described a performance at a club in Massachusetts.
He’s onstage doing his set, and then he notices that there is someone in the crowd that just will not shut up.
The way he described it, the woman was whispering to someone next to her in that weird volume of a whisper that everyone can hear.
He asks them to pipe down, and the woman looked at him like he had three heads. She keeps talking.
Finally, he lost it and told her to “Please shut the f*** up”.
What he didn’t know is that it was Barack Obama’s daughter Malia.
Truth be told, it shouldn’t matter who the heck it is. You are at a comedy show, you are no different than anyone else there.
It’s actually the problem with the Obamas as a whole, they act like everyone should kiss their butts and bend to them.