Dirty Dozen Roast Battle

   Tonight I have put together an all new showcase for the Dirty Dozen at helium. Tonight is a roast battle. We have 12 comics going head-to-head in a bracket style tournament, talking s*** about each other for the audience's amusement.
    I'm a little nervous because this is all new and I know there will be some kinks to work out. The show starts and I go up on stage and welcome the audience and explain the rules of the show then bring all the comics up to grab their number. It's a lottery drawing shows and nobody knows who they are battling yet. I f***** up the numbers and there's a little confusion in the beginning but it all smoothed over.
   The comic strip their numbers and then walked off the stage and I did about 8 more minutes of announcements and jokes to warm up the audience. The audience was good, about 150 people showed up and they were on board through the entire show. As the comics came to the stage and did there time, I stayed on the side of the stage and sat on a stool. I was a target for the comics to roast on and they did not hesitate. Everyone on the show had great sets and really brought some mean insults too bat.
   After the show I read my three favorite text roasts, gave away some gift certificates, and thanks everyone for coming out. I hung out of helium for a little while after talking to management and they really like the show and we will probably do this a couple times a year now.