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Reflecting back on that show now, he remembers thinking,How do I follow death?
Its enough money to drive between gigs, book hotels, and pocket some savings too.
Plus, demand is growing.
Theres probably not going to be a comedian in this basement ever again.
Last nights house show in Atlanta was so much fucking fun.
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Atlanta, Georgia:This guy in Atlanta, Charles, contacted me in the spring.
Wed love to do a public show.
I broughtShaunak Godkhindi, whos a really great comic in Atlanta.
I was like, Oh, I guess maybe people are gonna show up late.
I was like, Wait, what?
I get inside the house, and its insane.
Its like aJohn Wickhouse.
It had an elevator!
He has a bartender there and all these chairs set up.
I want them to see me as a person.
I have things I laugh at.
It was probably the most diverse audience in terms of age, gender, and race.
You feel like youre actually connecting with people.
Then they were like, Were going to dance after this.
You want to dance?
I was like,Yes, lets fucking dance.
Even the weird situations are great.
We just moved in together, and were getting married.
Is it gonna be weird if its just us?
And of course, the one he wants to come to is the apartment show with two people.
I was like, Fine, Im gonna go to my room!
Those are moments when I feel really present and connected.
Theyre just sitting there with their 8-year-old son like,What the fuck is this?
They were so cool and gracious through it all.
I get to the restaurant, and I meet Casey and her husband, Jay.
Theres probably already 200 people there.
So Im talking to Casey and Jay, and Im like, This is crazy.
You know all these people?
And she was like, No, our group is on this side of the restaurant.
The other half of the restaurant is just customers.
Send me a picture and well put it up while youre performing.
Theyre just sitting there with their 8-year-old son like,What the fuck is this?
Why is this guy talking about if Jesus was into BDSM?
We were back here at the bar listening, and that was fucking great!
I get to be like, Theres not even countertops.
Is this even your house?
The architects and the construction people were there.
Doing a show in a house thats so architecturally interesting, thats undoubtedly what everyones thinking about.
I get to be like, Theres not even countertops.
Is this even your house?
I can go real specific, like, Whats up withthatpicture?
And people lose it.
This guy, Julian he runs a museum down there hes a listener ofAll Fantasy Everything.
Then we had this whole riff about how theyre going to pay me in Confederate money.
Any comic who thinks this will help them or that itll give them more stage time?
Its not fighting for a weekend at a comedy club.
Does anyone want to throw me a show?
He was doing it from a position of, Im just in town already.
You dont even have to pay me.
I just want to run this hour and do it in interesting places.
So you’ve got the option to adapt it your own way.
I think its very sustainable.
Maybe youll discover a way of doing it thats better for you.
I just think,The more the merrier.
I have been able to be a full time comic, which seemed almost impossible before.
Thursday is her first memorial day.
In this last year, stand-up has been a big part of helping us with our grief.
We wanted to do something to honor her memory, and this feels like a really cool way.
The only clue was when people would first arrive, theyd be hugging tenderly those kind of long hugs.
There were definitely moments where I was a little bit ahead of the jokes as I was telling them.
I was like,Is even the mention of deathbad?
