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Katrina evacuee/comedian Jodi Borrello

We finally got word directly from one of the NOLA comics we know:

Hey Brian & Traci:

Jodi Borrello here.

Thank you all for posting everything you all have thus far. It’s amazing. I think being so close to home, it hasn’t quite hit what the world is doing to help New Orleanians. My family & I are just truly grateful, and blessed that we are all accounted for, and as of noon tomorrow, we will all be together. We are in Opelousas, LA. I hooked up with Bill Dykes last night at a club called 307 Jazz Club in Lafayette, LA, that has an open-mic night, and Caroline Picard arranged a benefit show to put cash in our pockets, she closed the show. Bill & I each performed. All the New Orleans based comics left the stage with many tears yet to be cried. Also, a few other New Orleans comics were on hand, and it was overwhelming how wonderful it is to see those faces of fellow comedians that you just had no idea where they were. It was magical.

All the best to you all– and thanks for the updates, I am only able to check e-mails every few days, when it came time to putting money towards a computer, or clothing, pillows, and an ELO disk, I chose the latter. I am writing a daily journal from registering here at a new school (no bus service needed, thank you very much– ha!) to getting back up on the stage, quite a tale of events. I know I’ve said it already, but really from my heart thank you all– for the posts – it’s familiar, and that’s a good thing right now.

Jodi

We met Jodi when we gigged in Metairie for Payton the Comic a couple years back. After one of our shows, we headed a few miles down I-10 to a charity comedy show that was being held that night– it was packed with local comics like Muttzie and Rosie Tran and, of course, Borrello, all pitching in to help to raise money in one of the many charity events she organized. It’ll all come back and then some.