I did a Vaudeville sketch today. Think old timey comedy. Abbot and Costello type of stuff. This was a tough one to write. As I had learned in Comedy College, Vaudeville sketches tended to be very skill based, and often involved singing and dancing. Now, anyone that knows me knows that none of those things fit any description of what I’m feasibly capable of. But, I soon realized that Abbot and Costello (and for that matter, Burns and Allen…no…not the creative team behind The Institute for all you Tufts readers) just did fun sketches that were often heavily pun-based. Puns! I can do that! Hell, that’s all I do when I go home to hang out with my high-school friends. We can go hours just speaking in puns. It’s really unfortunate, but it’s a way of life. Anyway, Steve and I decided that puns were the best way to go. Here’s an example:

Bartender: I served an Irish coffee today

Patron: Really? How’d he like it?

Bartender: No, sir, it’s a drink?

Patron: Oh, what is it?

Bartender: Enough coffee for 12 kids.

Vaudeville! I must say, I was very happy with our performance. We got a lot of laughs, and I got to talk in that fun Vaudeville voice. If social norms didn’t exist, and women really were just “looking for a funny guy,” I would talk like that all the time. Alas.

I also saw The Reckoning last night. This is the 4th show I’ve seen at I.O. since being here, and it’s the second show starring Jet, my Physical and Vocal training teacher. It would be very tough to explain everything that happened in the show, but if you haven’t had a teacher of yours, pretend to shoot heroin, be a first grader, be an old-western era hooker, and give a way a whole company but only on a temporary minute-by-minute basis, you aren’t getting a real education. Brad Morris was able to play in the second half. For those who don’t know, Brad Morris is on the mainstage at Second City and consistently steals the show. When we saw him arrive in the theater, the whole group of us (about 12) kind of stared at him for a while. I think my jaw phsyically dropped. We probably looked like real idiots, but he’s achieved demi-god status with us, and we were a bit starstruck.

I’ve had the discovery channel on TV today in the background for a few hours. So far, I’ve seen someone win like $6,500 on cash cab, and now ninja myths are being tested on Mythbusters. What a great channel.