Comedy in the Motor City

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 20th, 2010

We performed at the Comedy Castle in Detroit (Royal Oak, to be specific) and, as always, it was a superb experience. (Mark Ridley is a tremendous club owner. Did we mention that we actually admire club owners? Especially the ones who do it right? More on that in another post.)

The Male Half’s cousin and her husband visited the club and watched Thursday night’s show. (The first time she’d seen him perform since about 1989 or so, at the Comedy Corporation in Arlington, TX!)

She snapped the above photo of the Male Half’s giant likeness up on the wall in the lobby of the club. See the inset for the full picture. It’s difficult to tell from the photo, but the other upcoming acts are Jackie Flynn, Ralph Harris, John Heffron and Kathleen Madigan. On Thursday night, some of us were talking comedy business and the topic of Last Comic Standing came up. And, naturally, the question of whether the credit was relevant or noteworthy or useful was batted around. Of course, we believe it to be. (Of course!) As some proof, however, we directed everyone’s attention to The Wall of Who’s Coming (See photo above) and noted that, with the exception of Flynn, all were LCS alums who had achieved some level of success on the show– Semifinalist, Finalist, Winner, Finalist/Judge, in that order.

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