I Feel Kind of Funny up Here

     Wherever there are people, you'll find a laboratory of human behavior.  Any office setting, a comedy club, the set of an in-production film, to name just a few.  The players are engaged in alliances, grudges, and power struggles within the pecking order.  ( If you don't believe me, Google Louis CK, Dane Cook, Steve Byrne.)

     One night at an open mike, a first-time stand-up, who had brought his cute girlfriend along, was bombing pretty badly.  No one was buying it, except for the girlfriend, who was busy ordering a full 13-episode season of his act.  She was  showing every tooth in her head.

     Another time there was a guy who was careful to point out that he usually plays in a band.  "I feel kind of funny up here without my guitar.  I'm really more of a musician than a comic."

     What?  Come on, man.  There are people with jokes waiting to go up.  More of a musician than a comic?  That'd be like me going down to the local strip club, hopping up on stage and saying, "Bear with me folks: I'm more of a dude than a chick.  I feel kind of funny up here without my boobs."