Is a comedy club a good place for a date?
I think it is a terrible place for a date, but many people think it is an excellent place for a date. It certainly is a conversation starter. And possibly a conversation ender, depending on how the show goes and what kind of topics come up. Who else? There’s also the heckler who thinks he’s funnier than the comedian. That’s very common. Have you ever come across a heckler who’s actually funny? Every now and then, someone will say something that’s witty. But that is a needle-in-a-haystack situation. Sometimes you’ll have a heckler who’s actually attempting to be supportive, but you don’t realize it. Their way of expressing it is kind of confusing. I was doing a show once in St. Louis at a comedy club called the Funny Bone. There was a guy shouting, “You got a girlfriend?” and I would say, “Yeah, I do,” and then I would do a bit about my girlfriend. Middle of the show he says, “You got a girlfriend?” and I did another bit about my girlfriend just to try to segue out of the whole thing an
