What’s a Lie You Told On Stage So Often That It Became Your Identity Now?

Great question. No outright lies on stage but so many exaggerations and stretches of the truth. The biggest one is that I imply I was fired from my law firm on July 3, 2018. To begin with, I was never fired, I left my firm, first to start my own firm and wind down my active cases and then I left the practice of law altogether in March of 2020. I say July 3rd because its a close to a holiday and part of another lie on stage that I received a DUI. Also not true. I was pulled over for suspicion but was released and that was almost twenty years ago.
I picked July 3rd after talking to another comedian who told me a date that is easy to remember would work better for the call back to the joke, implying I was fired after receiving said DUI. I thought also that people will remember July 3rd as close to a holiday and a likely day for when one would get pulled over for drinking and driving. It paints a picture in a way and yes, became part of my identity.

When I started comedy, I was a story teller and I just told true stories of my life with slight twists. For example, if I was talking about a break up, I would combine the stories of a few different stories involving break ups or a conversation with a friend would be a combination of a few friends. I continue to tell stories now but in shorter form. But as I have said before, truth in comedy is what works best for me and so most of what I say on stage is true or based in truth. #standup #lies #comedy #formerlawyer 
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