Blog THIS, Pal!

Gordon is a guy I met many years ago at the No Exit Cafe, a coffee house in Chicago. Back then, you could find a cool little comedy open mic every Tuesday. I haven't been there in a long time, but I'm confident thay haven't had comedy there in a long time.

When I showed up the show was hosted by a guy named Brooks Palmer and he was famous for annoying all the "real" comedians with his dry delivery and quiet demeanor. I kinda liked the guy. When he was funny, he was very funny. When he wasn't funny I assumed he was too hip for the room. More importantly he was a nice guy working for free sandwiches.

Gordon was working out new material as was most everyone there. I was working on some new things specifically for a stand-up only act. That is, I wanted some material sans juggling and the like to add to the flexibility of the act I'd been working for years.

What was most unusual was the presence of this 175 year old man named Stanley. Stanley used to show up every week and read jokes out of an old joke book. That is, he'd read those jokes when he ran out of his "A-List" material. His original material consisted mostly of puns and disjointed nonsense, all starting with the line, "I was walking down the street..."

I don't remember much of Gordon's material other than his "cunning linguist" line. I do remember that he was a very nice guy with a good sense of humor.

While surfing SciFiDaily awhile back I found Gordon's profile and thought he looked familiar. I contacted him and BOOM! New blog friends for all.

Please read Blog THIS, Pal! I'm sure you'll find something worthy of your time there. Oh look, here's a great post! ;)