Funniest Accountant in Atlanta

We hosted Atlanta's Funniest Accountant last night at the club. All were really good, though Jason McCarthy took home first prize.

Congratulations to him.

TOP TEN COMEDIANS

Ask Men.com has compiled a list of the Top Ten Comedians, by presumably, asking men.

Here is their list.

Reno & Johann

This weekend we've got something really interesting going on from our perspective. We are co-headlining two up and coming comedians who very well be household names in the not too distant future.

Reno Collier used to work here at the Punchline, years ago, before I ever owned the place. We were comedy peers at that time and it is great to see him doing so well. He is breaking through to closing A rooms and we are happy to be a part of that process.

James Johann is on a similar path and while he never was an employee here, his talents put him in a smaller group of comedians in his bracket. He also has, in my view, the single funniest idea for a movie that I don't know he's done anything about. If he's not careful I will try to buy it from him. If he's not careful with that I will claim the idea as my own, as it seems he isn't doing anything with it.

$3+ gallons of gas are worse than hecklers

So the $64 question is when, if ever, the cost of gas will impact on our attendance.

I think that the acts who will feel it first are the lesser known performers. The bigger and stronger brands are more likely to be destination comics, while the lesser known performers are more like shows of convenience.

It's a shame that it will likely be this way, but I think it's the truth.

We'll have to see.

Case in point - James Gregory. Doesn't seem to be hurt so far.

Tuesday Morning Quarterback

Interesting weekend at the club. Eddie Brill was our headliner and overall he did a good job.

We didn't have as many media hits as would like and I think it's unfortunate. Eddie has for years been the comedy booker for the Letterman show. I think he has some really interesting insight about how a comic goes from unknown to appearing on Letterman. I guess that doesn't rise to the level of interesting for some radio shows, which clear is their perrogative. I guess I am making the comment because I am always curious to find out what shows want what from which guests. Some shows regularly have comedians on, others almost never. I confess that I can't figure it out.

In any event, think about the difficulty that Eddie has. He needs to have a clear and clean mindset to develop new material and yet his whole job is watching other comedians offer their best material.