Comedy grab bag

    Man oh man, this was a fantastic couple of nights. My friend Jay asked me to headline his Comedy Grab Bag show held at the Action Adventure Theater. I was happy to do so as I have seen comedy grab bag a couple of times and really enjoyed it. It is a two hour show, with improv, videos, and as the title suggests, a grab bag of comedy. There's an intermission and they give out cake too!
    Both nights were sold out, it's a smaller theater so there was about 70 people each night. In fact it was standing room only! The first hour of the show is sketches and videos which the crowd loved, then an intermission and they come back with 30 minutes of improv using audience suggestions. The Improv was fantastic as well, everybody was on top of their game.
     Then came my time to close it all out. I wish all of my shows went like this one, the audience was laughing through the whole thing, and loud. That little theatre fills up with laughter and it just didnt stop. Definitely a memorable experience and I'm so glad I was invited to be a part of it.
     These last couple of weeks have just been great for my self esteem, let's hope it continues!

Portlandia...

    I was asked to be on Portlandia a week ago as an extra. I was super excited to get the invite, so of course I said yes. I showed up at the park location and hung out. The shoot was a blast and I met a lot of cool people, the crew were all very polite and of course the cast was all there.
    It was awesome watching some professionals shoot a movie with their equipment. A lot of cool cameras and cranes and dollies and equipment I have never seen before, really felt like Hollywood.
    I was there about 9 hours total. And hopefully I will get some good time on the episode, as I was front and center in a big crowd shot. I can't wait to see how it came out.
    Afterwards I headed off to Chinese village where I head lined the show. Hey small audience, about a dozen people in total. But they were really awesome through the whole show, I did a little over 45 minutes and they were laughing the whole time. No heckling, no dull spots, just steady laughs and smiles. I left there feeling like a boss.