Because when a friend loses a Fantasy Football bet and has to perform a stand-up comedy act, you go. Even if it is past your bedtime on a Tuesday night. Seriously, I go to bed at 10pm most nights and this event did not even start until 9pm – wild and crazy kids I tell ya!

We rolled in to The Backline Improv around 8:45 with a group of about 15 people and gave false hope to the girl running ticket sales. She was so excited to see such a great turnout for people wanting to throw their name in the hat for open mic night! We had to burst that bubble when we told her we actually only had one performer; the rest of us were there to heckle…I mean support…our friend.

While the 8pm show wrapped up, we hung out in the front lounge area, grabbed some perfectly priced beers from the refrigerator, and pep talked our friend. The doors opened right at 9pm and we grabbed seats in the front row – prime seating for streaming this on Facebook Live!

The host warmed up the standing room only crowd with his hilarious, yet dry, sense of humor and explained how the show would work. Everyone who wanted to, or lost a bet and was forced to, perform scribbled their name down on a piece of paper and tossed it into the hat. The order would be at random and comedians were allotted 4 minutes for their act.

Some were better than others were, but I got a laugh out of each performer. It wasn’t until halfway through that our friend got called up and totally crushed it! For someone who has never done stand-up comedy, I was so impressed! As our other friend put it, he had “punch” – his energy and confidence were high and his salsa moves were smooth!

This was such a fun way to shake up the week and spend a Tuesday. The Backline has lots of other comedy shows such as “Fast n Fresh” or “Interrogated” and I have enjoyed them all – you should check it out!

https://www-backlinecomedy-com.seatengine.com/

-Leah