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People always ask what my favorite city to perform in is and that is a very hard question to answer. The shows vary from city to city and come shows in some cities are okay while others are amazing. The city is not as important as the room where the comedy happens. And often the small cities where there is nothing to do socially, end up being the best comedy shows. For example, a big city like Miami is considered a super fun city for tourists. I loved going they when I was younger for spring break and to visit my brother who lived there briefly. But its not known as a place for comedy (even though comedians there are great) but you go to a smaller city in Florida like Winter Park or Winter Haven, the comedy shows I have done in those spots were amazing. In fact, if the room is set properly or the club is solid, the smaller cities are often the most fun cities to perform in. I was in Slinger, Wisconsin last month and it was the most fun, even though during the day, there was nothing to do but hang out at the McDonalds. I like educated crowds who are not sensitive. My jokes tend to be "smarter" I am told and sometimes darker so anywhere I can have "my people" in the audience, I am going to have fun! Should I come to you? #standup #laughs #comedy #formerlawyer #comedian 
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No. I do not have a Netflix special. I do have a Dry Bar Special. I just dropped a Zanies Comedy Club micro set special (free link below) and I have a new HELIUM® Comedy Special dropping on April 26th. If enough interest in garnered with my new special, it could be bought by bigger names like Amazon or Netflix but without watches, unlikely. The future of stand up comedy seems to be self-releasing specials on YouTube, started by my good friend Bret Ernst and perfected and made famous by Andrew Shultz. Unlike those established comedians with significantly more fans than me, I teamed up with Helium in hopes of getting new eyes on. Its called Middle Easter, Middle Western, a name my best friend Colby Payne came up with! So go watch it when it comes out and in the meantime, enjoy the microset. Its only 10 minutes! #standup #special #comedy #formerlawyer  I heard that recently after a show. I don't really have a response to that. Like everyone, I have a personal life that can affect my work and sometimes its hard to make people laugh when you are worried about the health of loved ones on stage. The show must go on. Because I am not a high energy comedian, I can usually get away with not showing my emotions on stage. After a show where I did really well, the other comedian in the green room said "how did it go" and when I said it went really well he told me it didn't look like it did. The truth is, I really did have so much fun on that show but I must have been thinking about something else when I got off stage, like a tag I didn't use or how much time I had to get to my next show, so I looked preoccupied. I don't have huge highs or low lows anymore. I am even keeled all the time. But yeah, sometimes I am very sad on stage. I remember as a kid when one of my favorite baseball players was struggling at the plate and we could not understand it. My friend's dad told us he was going through a messy divorce and that probably affected his work since that is hard for adults to cope with. I hope my personal life issues, when they arise, don't affect my output or performance on stage. But I guess all comedians are sad clowns after all. Thank you to all the people who made it to my show at Zanies on Tuesday and thank you all for spreading the word about my shows in Milwaukee, DC and Atlanta. Hope to see you at the shows and as always, please check out my other platforms like youtube and instagram! #standup #comedy #road #careerchange #formerlawyer #creative  |
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