As part of the Columbus Brew Ha Ha, hosted at the Shadowbox Cabaret in Columbus, a comedy contest is going down next month. I think that’s what they say. Or is someone getting served? Bring it on! I hate teenage movies.
My pal and fellow comedian Nickey Winkelman contacted all the open mikes in town to host the preliminaries. This is a great idea, because it gets the whole scene involved, keeps the contest from being too long at one location, and plus I get to run a contest for the first at my open mike at Rehab Tavern this Monday. I will move two comics on to the contest, with one alternate.
The good news, is that any comic reading this blog will get several tips on what the winning formula is! 1) Bribery is not only accepted, it is encouraged. 2) Crowd voting will be a factor. They can bribe me also. 3) I will shop this weekend for an authentic laughometer. It’s very high tech, but it takes the amount of laughs from crowd and multiplies it by the amount of dollars slipped into my palm. 4) All comedians doing jokes about how cool bald eagles are get bonus points. 5) Any contestant going more than 30 seconds over their time will be penalized and/or kneecapped ala Nancy Kerrigan. I will also have judges. One of them may be my dog, depending upon what mood I’m in. I am thinking I’ll write the names on a piece of paper and whatever one he poops closest to will win. Only fairness in my competitions!