Saturday night, I finally figured out where my show was, it was at the Lion's Club in Waterdown, which is a little town of about 15,000 just outside of Hamilton. Nothing like leaving it to the last minute. Anyway, with the address in hand, I plugged it into the GPS and headed out. I get there about an hour before the show and find out that it's sold out. The room holds about 250 or so, so this should be a good show. I was performing with Brian Hope, who was hosting, and Darryl Purvis, or Darren as he's now known after Friday night, closed the show up.
I have to be honest, I love performing in small towns. Don't get me wrong, I love the clubs in the big cities, but there is just something really cool about a small town. I don't know whether it's that they are just bored and happy for the entertainment, or whether they can tell I'm really just a small town guy who happens to live in the big city, or what, but man, I have a lot of fun at those shows. Saturday turned out to be no exception. I'll be honest in that I probably didn't have my best set ever, but man it was fun. The crowd was friendly and generous, and just a treat. I can't wait for my next small town show, which will be February 11, when I am performing up in Lively, which is apparently just outside of Sudbury.
I am also looking forward to this week. From Wednesday to Sunday I'm hosting at Absolute Comedy in Toronto. I am working with Denis Grignon, who is a very funny, and a very nice man, and Ali Hassan, who is middling. I have never worked with Ali, but have heard great things and am really looking forward to it. The big unknown is the weather. According to the news, we have Snowmageddon on its way which will hit us on Wednesday with anywhere from 10 to 30 cm of snow. Hopefully it won't be too bad. Oh sure, I'd love a snow day from the day job (I work from home), but I sure hope it doesn't hit us too hard. I would hate to have a blizzard screw up the show. Oh well. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Worst case scenario I have a few bottles of booze, some steaks in the fridge and some propane for the BBQ, so I'm good for a few days if I get snowed in.
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