I barely made it out of the Lake Tahoe area before the snow got too thick and I'm glad to be back in sunny NorCal.  That said, let me tell you what I was doing there.

I went to Crystal Bay Casino in Crystal Bay, Nev., to do a show with Brad Bonar Jr.  Let me tell you those people have a great room up there.  It was packed and they were ready for a show.  We took it to them and they loved it.

The emcee, Adam Stone, did a good job of getting the crowd warmed up, but there was someone there doing a guest set.  This kid had never been on stage before, but he brought 40 people, so the booker gave him 10 minutes.  This kid did the dirtiest material you can imagine (and not a punch line in sight).  His friends were going wild, but the majority of the audience couldn't wait for him to finish.

Then, I had 30 minutes to do behind him.  I purposely did the cleanest set I could do and it was like a breath of fresh air to the audience.  They ate it up and I loved it.

This room is great in that they have some state-of-the-art equipment there.  There are six large-screen monitors around the room, five more at the bar, on which the audience can watch the comedian on stage.  Though the stage is somewhat plain, on the monitor we (the comedians) were standing on the bow of a ship (pirate ship?) in a storm.

When I took the stage I did some impromptu pirate material.  The audience ate it up as they watched the monitor as I pretended it was a "dark and stormy night."  I had a blast ... as well as a good set.

I always hang around after and show and shake hands with the audience, thank them for coming out to see us.  I feel I owe them that.  I always get comments like "great show" and "good job."  And though those sentiments are nice, they're typical and almost obligatory.

One comment I particularly liked came from several people, but one person summed it up succinctly:  Thanks for giving us some clean comedy for a change.

The comment that really blew me away, however, was this one:  I've rarely heard such creative wordplay coming from a comedian.

Wow.  I love that.  One of my early champions of comedy was George Carlin.  I consider him the master of wordplay.  I aspired to be like him.  I've fallen way short, but that comment really hit home to me.  Maybe I have some promise yet.

The bottom line:
Thanks, George!