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Time for a quick Wednesday morning blog post, then back to the holiday hangover.
For whatever reason, we here at the S&M Comedy Podcast have a tendency, whether unhealthy or not, for setting mental hurdles and roadblocks for ourselves. It's an inclination for compartmentalisation that has run through our lives, long before we met a decade ago. We don't really know where it stems from, and that's less important than recognising those self-imposed roadblocks and plowing through them, leaping over them, or simply realising that they're only in our own stupid, self-defeating heads and we can just ignore them as we carry out our day.
You'll be proud of your little S&M Podcasteers this morning, as we handsomely devastated one of those roadblocks just last night at the Lenny Lizzard Birthday Roast at Prankster's Too in Scottsdale. Neither of us had ever done a roast, and it's safe to say that our long-winded setups and not very "jokey-joke" style of comedy is not well suited to the quick set-up/punch style so frequently showcased by the popular Comedy Central roasts, but we wanted to be a part of Lenny's birthday, regardless of the tremendous cost that our egos may have to pay.
In typical S&M fashion, we did not want to be unprepared, so we did our research on the other performers, scrutinised every word uttered by Jeff Ross and Greg Giraldo on the Comedy Central roasts, and we wrote our asses off for several weeks. Last night finally came, and before a packed house, we unfurled our formidable comedy cocks and let them sway meatily in the breeze. We did well, we got heartfelt laughs, we passed out stickers to audience members that weren't aware of the local comedy scene, and we had a genuinely great time. Most importantly, however, we demolished one of our self-imposed roadblocks and discovered a new skill for writing quick jokes, an ability to churn out eight new minutes under pressure, and a new self-confidence in hurdling our mental hurdles.
Upcoming shows for us: Both Sanderson and Marek will be at the Icehouse Tavern for Sean McCarthy's 43rd birthday on 12/28/11. It's not necessarily a roast, but we'll see if we can't slip some digs in there.
This Thursday at Monkey Pants, Anthony Desamito, Dustin Elkin, Jason Marshall, John Connell, Josh Dent, Josh Stark, Marc Crossman, Matt Anderson, Mike Gillerman, Steven Cathcart, Teddy Bearskovich and Zack Andresen will have you laughing so hard you'll extinguish your yule log and blow over your Christmas tree!
Thanks for reading; keep coming out to shows and supporting the Live, Local, Self-Aware, Artificially Intelligent PHX Comedy Scene!
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