WEBVTT 00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:07.459 Today, I am sitting here with a friend of mine, 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:11.199 Jen Richardson, who is a comedian in the Windsor 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:15.609 -Essex County area, and she is one f - Funny 00:00:15.609 --> 00:00:19.309 lady. Hi, Jen. Hi. I'm so excited that you're 00:00:19.309 --> 00:00:22.850 here. Thank you. Me too. Me too. I found her 00:00:22.850 --> 00:00:25.449 on Instagram and she's at Jen Jokes Too Much 00:00:25.449 --> 00:00:29.649 and you can find all of her shows in, I mean, 00:00:29.989 --> 00:00:32.979 you're hilarious. Thank you. What made you get 00:00:32.979 --> 00:00:38.380 into comedy? Oh, gosh. Well, I had a humor blog 00:00:38.380 --> 00:00:40.719 for, an observational humor blog for like 10 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:43.079 years. It just started because someone came up 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.340 to me at work and was like, Jen, your stories 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:46.920 are ridiculous. You need to start writing them 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:50.320 down. Like, just like me being me. Because one 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.859 time I called a restaurant to grill them about 00:00:52.859 --> 00:00:54.420 their butter chicken poutine, because that was 00:00:54.420 --> 00:00:57.100 like poutine and butter chicken together. How? 00:00:57.590 --> 00:01:01.390 It was glorious and then so I started it at the 00:01:01.390 --> 00:01:03.109 time it was called generally speaking about nine 00:01:03.109 --> 00:01:05.969 months later I changed it to Jen talks too much 00:01:05.969 --> 00:01:08.489 and it was just like I was single at the time 00:01:08.489 --> 00:01:10.370 when I started it so it was like dating in the 00:01:10.370 --> 00:01:13.670 city kind of but like not cool like Sarah Jessica 00:01:13.670 --> 00:01:16.790 Parker it was more like like me being awkward 00:01:16.790 --> 00:01:21.310 and weird and then It did well. I had about 30 00:01:21.310 --> 00:01:25.930 ,000 returning readers and it was it was really 00:01:25.930 --> 00:01:28.680 fun and then I was watching Comedians in Cars 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:32.459 getting coffee. Favorite show ever. It's so good. 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:35.680 It's so good. And then Jerry was talking to, 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:38.969 I believe it was Louis C .K. I get another favorite 00:01:38.969 --> 00:01:41.590 of mine. Yeah. Well, and during my podcast too, 00:01:41.689 --> 00:01:43.349 I would interview comedians. So I interviewed 00:01:43.349 --> 00:01:46.549 Josh Gondelman. I interviewed Carol Leifer from 00:01:46.549 --> 00:01:49.689 Seinfeld. I interviewed, did I say Tom Cotter? 00:01:50.129 --> 00:01:52.629 He won America's Got Talent one year or was second 00:01:52.629 --> 00:01:54.870 or something like that. And so like, I really 00:01:54.870 --> 00:01:58.230 loved comedy. And so I was watching it and Jerry 00:01:58.230 --> 00:02:01.890 asked Louis who his favorite comedian was. And 00:02:01.890 --> 00:02:04.689 Louis said, some columnist. And I believe it 00:02:04.689 --> 00:02:06.510 might not have been Louie because it's been a 00:02:06.510 --> 00:02:08.909 long time since that moment because it was 2014. 00:02:09.889 --> 00:02:11.810 And then I enrolled in the Second City stand 00:02:11.810 --> 00:02:14.889 -up class and so that's how I got into stand 00:02:14.889 --> 00:02:17.189 -up. And before that I had taken three Second 00:02:17.189 --> 00:02:20.189 City sketch writing courses but never, I never 00:02:20.189 --> 00:02:22.919 pictured myself. Even though I always wanted 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.319 to be a performer. I always but I never had the 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.560 courage to actually do it So that was dear. I 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.719 was like I want Jerry to be my friend one day 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.479 Well, I kind of want to be better friends with 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:34.800 you finding out. Well, I knew about your podcast 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.419 I haven't had a chance to listen to it but I 00:02:37.419 --> 00:02:40.819 literally just hit as I'm I'm following it now 00:02:40.819 --> 00:02:44.219 on Apple and it's called moms are not funny podcast 00:02:44.219 --> 00:02:47.879 and Now that I know that you have all these famous 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:51.360 people is like, how did you find them? I've always 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.819 been good at finding people that I want to talk 00:02:54.819 --> 00:02:58.979 to. And so eventually I ended up in my, I was 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:01.300 in advertising for 10 years, and then I ended 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:04.539 up being a headhunter for a while. I figured 00:03:04.539 --> 00:03:06.379 out how to get people's contact information. 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:09.479 Like I was emailing with Judd Apatow's management 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:12.580 team for a while to try and get him on, and they're 00:03:12.580 --> 00:03:15.669 like. Email us back in a month and blah, blah, 00:03:15.770 --> 00:03:19.270 blah. It was so close in my mind. I'm sure it 00:03:19.270 --> 00:03:21.669 was always a no, but I've just been really good 00:03:21.669 --> 00:03:23.889 at finding the right people to talk to. That's 00:03:23.889 --> 00:03:27.889 what I do for my job that pays me. You're one 00:03:27.889 --> 00:03:30.719 degree of separation from Judd Apatow. I mean, 00:03:30.819 --> 00:03:33.120 come on, you're talking to people he knows. It's 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:36.039 like, wow. Yeah. Well, I mean, they wouldn't 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:37.560 remember. This was 10 years ago. No, I know. 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.379 But you got to talk to people that knew him as, 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.800 ugh. Yeah. Have you thought of bringing the blog 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.780 and the podcast back? Sometimes. It's just my 00:03:46.780 --> 00:03:49.280 full -time job keeps me very, very busy. And 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.719 I really like my full -time job. Maybe at some 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.960 point when I have, if I ever have more time, 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:58.669 like I would... just do creative things all day. 00:03:58.870 --> 00:04:00.669 I would dance, I would paint, I would write, 00:04:00.990 --> 00:04:04.879 I would speak, I would perform. enough money 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:07.560 to do. Like, that's how I would fill my day. 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:09.620 I would build a dance studio in my basement. 00:04:10.219 --> 00:04:16.100 She actually has posted some videos of just rented 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:19.699 out space and dance. Yeah. I like that. It was 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:22.680 just, who cares? Yeah. I've always used dance 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:25.579 as a form, and I didn't realize it, but as a 00:04:25.579 --> 00:04:28.699 form of therapy. So if I'm really sad, like, 00:04:28.699 --> 00:04:31.100 I will dance and cry around my living room. If 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:35.069 I'm really... Happy like I if I hear music anywhere. 00:04:35.069 --> 00:04:37.509 I can't stop moving when I hurt my hip in January 00:04:37.509 --> 00:04:39.509 It was really painful for me because music is 00:04:39.509 --> 00:04:42.730 played everywhere and I can't I don't even I 00:04:42.730 --> 00:04:45.430 just start moving and I'm like I felt like it 00:04:45.430 --> 00:04:47.410 was terrible I felt like a grandma like not that 00:04:47.410 --> 00:04:49.350 there's anything wrong with grandma's but like 00:04:49.350 --> 00:04:52.509 I felt like one who hasn't stretched in 90 years 00:04:52.509 --> 00:04:57.589 Yeah, I'm one of them I used to dance and now 00:04:57.589 --> 00:05:00.149 it's like oh I get up and to go to the bathroom. 00:05:00.230 --> 00:05:03.600 I'm like doing the 90 -year -old walk? Well, 00:05:03.779 --> 00:05:06.600 I'm actually kind of glad I hurt my hip, because 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.720 I hurt it just taking my daughter skating, and 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.759 I really injured it. I'm too young to hurt my 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.079 hip in a fall. Now I'm stretching more often, 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.639 and soon I'm planning on, like, working out or 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:25.240 something. Exercising in some way. But I've started 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:27.930 with stretching, which is a big... Big win for 00:05:27.930 --> 00:05:30.290 this girl. Yeah, I have to bring down. I have 00:05:30.290 --> 00:05:32.949 a roaring machine upstairs that I got on Amazon 00:05:32.949 --> 00:05:35.569 and I was using it quite often until we got the 00:05:35.569 --> 00:05:37.769 puppy and I realized she was going to eat me. 00:05:38.009 --> 00:05:40.050 Yeah, that's why I dance too. I mean, dance is 00:05:40.050 --> 00:05:44.370 one of the best exercises because if you do it... 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.519 Like you can move every single body, like body 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.720 part and every muscle. Well, and that's why I 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.100 didn't mind doing, using the rowing machine. 00:05:51.100 --> 00:05:54.899 I would watch TV and it wasn't horribly loud. 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:57.000 I would actually forget that I had been doing 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.040 it for like almost an hour. I was like, okay, 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:02.319 you got to stop. My phone is buzzing. I'm very 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.220 embarrassed. I'm going to, sorry about that. 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.959 I'm just going to put it on. Do not disturb. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:11.779 I just threw it in my head. I'm like, they're 00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:18.540 going to hear it. How many female comedians are 00:06:18.540 --> 00:06:21.300 there in Windsor? Oh, that's not a fair question. 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:24.199 There's not a lot, is there? No. There's two 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:26.139 of us that are the most active, I would say. 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:29.519 There are some really, really, really funny women 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:33.360 that just are too busy to do comedy more than 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:34.720 they do. Well, that's what I mean, like, because 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.959 there's a bunch of you guys that do the stand 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.759 -up comedy all the time. and most of them are 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.360 men, the occasional time in the summertime, and 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.339 I know they must have kids because I only see 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:48.279 them in the summertime, are a few women. Yeah. 00:06:48.620 --> 00:06:50.959 It is unfortunate that there isn't more women 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:54.879 because comedy is very male -dominated and it 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.259 can be pretty intimidating, but there's been 00:06:58.259 --> 00:07:00.439 some women who have come in and out and hopefully 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.199 there'll be more because, well, I mean, there's 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:06.459 a new comedian in town named Tracy. Just once. 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.899 She did so great. You know, it's like the more 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:15.740 there are of us, the better, because then, like, 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:18.220 our point, our perspective is important. Our 00:07:18.220 --> 00:07:21.160 point of view is important. Like, women are funny, 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:23.819 and people who don't find women funny are idiots. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.939 Well, I'm not going to turn this into about me, 00:07:26.980 --> 00:07:30.279 but the one night, which was last Tuesday night, 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.329 that I did the six -minute stand -up I know a 00:07:33.329 --> 00:07:36.970 lot of those comedians from going to the various 00:07:36.970 --> 00:07:42.189 shows like Dre, Sky, the whole group, Paul. And 00:07:42.189 --> 00:07:46.790 I find I was nervous as hell when I saw them. 00:07:46.990 --> 00:07:49.230 Well, thank God Dre and Sky weren't there. But 00:07:49.230 --> 00:07:52.389 when I saw the other guys that I know walking 00:07:52.389 --> 00:07:57.519 in, but everybody All the guys are so supportive 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:00.899 and very protective of the women. I find, at 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:03.920 least in that group that I know... The comedians 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.600 that were there, absolutely. They are very, very 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.699 protective of the women, which is great because 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:13.879 that is really hard. There's a lot of people 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.079 in the comedy scene who are very... They just 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.589 want it to be fun and inclusive and... welcoming 00:08:22.589 --> 00:08:25.610 and because funny is funny and people should 00:08:25.610 --> 00:08:28.810 feel comfortable and happy and if you're doing 00:08:28.810 --> 00:08:31.069 comedy you should be having fun while doing it 00:08:31.069 --> 00:08:34.789 and you know comedy like there's a lot of personalities 00:08:34.789 --> 00:08:37.929 and a lot of egos and a lot of different things 00:08:37.929 --> 00:08:40.570 and like we're we're all neurotic that's why 00:08:40.570 --> 00:08:43.330 we do stand up and sometimes our emotions get 00:08:43.330 --> 00:08:45.990 the most of us and so it's just been everybody's 00:08:45.990 --> 00:08:47.690 kind of been trying to center themselves again 00:08:47.690 --> 00:08:49.990 and trying to get back to a place where it's 00:08:49.990 --> 00:08:52.799 like a warm and welcoming environment for people 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.340 to come and try comedy. How Isaac introduced 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:58.639 you he's like everyone applaud like you're at 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.679 the Apollo like let's get it going and then forcing 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:05.259 them that Everybody applaud at the end. Well, 00:09:05.259 --> 00:09:07.679 they didn't force to applaud you know, he's like 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:10.980 you do it Yeah, he's like you make sure that 00:09:10.980 --> 00:09:13.879 you're you're clapping for every he did it for 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.860 every single person that was leaving because 00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:18.440 people they get into drinking or go to the bathroom 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.759 and they just whatever and yeah And you did so 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.759 great. You did so great. I forgot everything. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:29.480 I forget everything all the time. It was a lot 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:32.460 of fun and it's very addicting and I want to 00:09:32.460 --> 00:09:37.139 do it more. Do it. And I will. I will for sure. 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:41.200 Right now it's just... taking the improv classes 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.019 for the next month because we're going to be 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:46.120 doing a show on the 25th. Yeah. So I want to 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.600 make sure that that's really good because I love 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.480 improv too. I want to figure out a way to combine 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.980 them both. Yeah. And my teacher, she does it 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:58.220 really well of combining both stand up and or 00:09:58.220 --> 00:10:01.379 one woman show and improv. Yeah. Jacob Russell 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:05.740 at the Independent in Hamtramck. So just outside 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:10.419 of Detroit, he runs an improv show. where I believe 00:10:10.419 --> 00:10:13.500 this is, I believe stand up comedians go up, 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:16.080 they do stand up and then improvisers go and 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:19.039 improvise their material after. And it's supposed 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.799 to, like I hear it's awesome and so fun. You 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.740 should check it out next time. I'll send you. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:26.879 It's Jacob Russell and I'll send you his Instagram. 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:30.000 That would be fun to go see. I know Christina 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:34.179 used to, she trained at Second City in Novi and 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:36.320 then they closed down but there was another place 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.779 that opened up and they have open mic nights 00:10:38.779 --> 00:10:41.679 as well and we keep talking about going but you 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.240 know life, we're all busy. I have no time. I 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.820 know. I went out two nights this weekend and 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:48.840 I couldn't get out of bed this morning. It was... 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:51.700 felt sick tired like I was like I'm like I can't 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:54.320 do this and like what I did is like I did stand 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.960 up on Friday at Lion's Head Dave show it was 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.200 really good Dave's putting on a really good show 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:03.620 he had really great comedians I know squeaky 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:09.220 wheels is yes and he's so supportive and encouraging 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:11.679 and he's he's a really great guy and he's very 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.659 funny too and the lion's head there They are 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:18.360 enjoying it, there was a decent crowd, and it's 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.379 just gonna get better and better the more times, 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:22.960 because Squeaky had to take several months off 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.039 because he injured himself, and so it's good 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:28.259 to be back, and I grew up in Riverside, so it 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:33.700 was fun. Oh yeah. I'm finding, like, I knew about... 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.279 stand up because you had reached out to me I 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.440 think last year on Instagram and so did Paul 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:45.259 who runs Windsor Comedy Club and Dre and I've 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:47.879 gone to a few of Dre shows and it just worked 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.059 out that I was never able to go see you or Paul's 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:55.779 show just timing and but to find the improv and 00:11:55.779 --> 00:11:58.519 stand up and how much is actually going on in 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:02.419 Windsor that people don't know about I know I 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:05.679 sound like a broke from record follow local on 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.519 social media You didn't still follow the stars 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.120 and famous people but follow local because there's 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.700 a lot of talent there is a lot of talent in this 00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:17.659 town and do you know what there is an appetite 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:20.840 for comedy right now like the shows I am the 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:23.889 I took a hiatus from producing shows for about 00:12:23.889 --> 00:12:27.950 four months. I did my first show back at Windsor 00:12:27.950 --> 00:12:30.610 Eats at the end of February. And it was two shows, 00:12:30.690 --> 00:12:33.269 a seven and a nine thirty. Totally packed, both 00:12:33.269 --> 00:12:37.190 shows. And the comedians were so funny. So you 00:12:37.190 --> 00:12:40.529 produce shows as well. What goes into that? It 00:12:40.529 --> 00:12:45.370 depends on the venue. It depends. But so it is 00:12:45.370 --> 00:12:49.340 finding finding the venue. figuring out what 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:53.879 equipment is needed for that venue. Some venues 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:58.200 don't have a stage, so do you bring a stage? 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:02.879 When Tim Rayburn, Taylor Last and I had Gangs 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.720 All Here Comedy, we had a stage that we would 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:08.480 bring to places. Now it's just me producing right 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.940 now, because neither of them wanted to produce 00:13:09.940 --> 00:13:15.879 shows anymore, because it's so much work. what 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.860 equipment do you need? You need to figure out 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:21.659 which comics. So what type of show do you want? 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:23.659 Do you want it to be a showcase with short sets? 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:25.980 Do you want it to be a feature set where it's 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:28.279 just like, it's a showcase but with longer sets, 00:13:28.299 --> 00:13:30.340 less comedians, like 15 minutes, everybody does 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:33.899 15. Do you want it to be like a typical show 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:37.000 where it's a headliner and a middle and a host? 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.080 So you figure out those details and then you're 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:43.039 like, okay, so who do you want on it? And then 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:46.049 for me, I'm like, I try to make sure that I have 00:13:46.049 --> 00:13:50.559 a mix of women, different. Different races different 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.440 ages different every like different sexualities 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:56.220 like all I try to make sure it's all inclusive 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:59.179 all inclusive because you know It's important. 00:13:59.179 --> 00:14:00.960 We all have different voices We all have different 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.120 perspectives and so like that's a priority for 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:06.379 me When I when I book shows and sometimes it 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:09.019 doesn't necessarily work out where I can whatever 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:11.539 but it's always a goal when I first start out 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:14.539 planning And then so making sure that it works 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:17.440 for them figuring out Oh, I also have to start, 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:19.019 you have to start with a budget because otherwise 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:23.399 you don't want to go broke. Comedians broke? 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:26.720 I know. You know, you have to make the poster. 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:29.860 You have to post it on all of the different sites 00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:32.399 across the city. You have to figure out how much 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:34.360 you want to spend for advertising and start your 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:37.460 ads. You have to... Sometimes I send out press 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.259 releases. Sometimes I print posters in the night. 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:43.000 I go, and it's called barking in comedy, where 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.320 you go out and you pass out flyers. It's called 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:49.600 barking. So I go out and I bark sometimes. And 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:52.700 then it's just monitoring, making sure everything's 00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:57.360 going, and then you set it up. And then you make 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.259 sure everybody's there on time. You check in 00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:02.039 tickets. You do all sorts of things. Oh my goodness, 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:04.500 that's a lot of work. It is, but it's fun. The 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:06.740 end result is so gratifying. Yeah, it's really 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:10.240 fun. Now, do people that know you just expect 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:12.860 you to always be funny? People who kind of know 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:15.259 me would describe me as like, oh, this is the 00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:17.840 funniest girl that I've ever met, or this, like 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:20.659 my whole life. But like my good friends would 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:24.000 say I'm the funny one. But I also have always 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.019 been drawn to very funny people. And like, I'm 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:29.279 not the funniest one out of my friends, but I'm 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:33.080 the one with no shame. Same here. You can't have 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:39.559 shame when you are funny or old. As you get older, 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:44.259 you lose your shame anyways. If you don't like 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:47.620 me, you don't like me. I don't care. I do care. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:50.120 It pains me inside. But I also am not going to 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.940 stop being myself just because you don't like 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:56.019 it. I'm done with that. I'm done with pretending 00:15:56.019 --> 00:16:01.340 to be someone I'm not. Do you write a lot of 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:04.240 your jokes before you go up or do you do spur 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:09.159 of the moment? I write my jokes. I'm not like 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:11.120 a disciplined writer. Like I don't sit, oh I'm 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.000 gonna sit down and I'm gonna write for 30 minutes. 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:16.779 If I say something, if I have a funny thought, 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:19.879 I write it down. If I am in a conversation and 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.940 then I said something that was funny, like I 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:26.539 write it down. And I will sit there and I'll 00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:29.440 work out the joke and try and figure out what's 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:32.399 funny about it. Sometimes I just have an idea 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:38.980 where it's just an insider. Recently, my daughter 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:42.100 did something so disgusting. But then I thought 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:44.600 about this time, I saw a little girl come out 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:46.620 of the bathroom, lick all of her fingers like 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:53.360 Curly Sue. And then wash her hands. You know, 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.559 I was like, and I wrote it down. It's not a joke 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.899 yet. It's just a premise. Like, I don't know. 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:02.899 You're just gonna save it. Yes. And so I do, 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:06.819 yes. And sometimes I do things on the fly, on 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:10.259 stage, but I'm also not a crowd work comic. I 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:12.900 find a lot of the impulsive stuff that I do, 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:16.319 it's because I got inspired by something that 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:21.519 another comedian said, like all... I don't want 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.160 to give away one of Billy Squire's jokes, but 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.599 he said something funny and then I went up and 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:32.480 I added to his joke. So it's that kind of stuff. 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.660 Where some people are just so naturally funny. 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:39.980 They can just go up and they talk to people and 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:41.779 they can just make their whole set crowd work. 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:43.930 And I'm like, I don't know how you do that. Have 00:17:43.930 --> 00:17:47.049 you watched that show on Netflix where all he 00:17:47.049 --> 00:17:50.190 does is crowd work? No. Oh my gosh, I don't even 00:17:50.190 --> 00:17:53.650 remember the name of it or the comedian, but 00:17:53.650 --> 00:17:56.910 he literally, that's all it is, is him talking 00:17:56.910 --> 00:18:00.430 to the crowd. And that's what it was meant to 00:18:00.430 --> 00:18:06.150 be and funny. Now, do you work the audience a 00:18:06.150 --> 00:18:10.710 lot or? No, not really. No. I want to get better 00:18:10.710 --> 00:18:13.440 at it because if... Like, I want to be a really 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.400 well -rounded comedian, and so, like, I have 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.420 to do it, but it's just... It hasn't been something 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:21.240 I've been comfortable with. I would be terrified 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:23.500 of that. I would probably be the one to pick 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:25.920 the wrong person that just wants to sit there 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.039 and watch the show and not participate, and then 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:30.539 I'd be stuck going, okay. But then you can just 00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:32.099 move on or make a joke about it. You're like, 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:34.660 well, that's a great conversation and move to 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:37.759 the next. I notice crowds can be different. The 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:40.970 first Saturday night... At the one venue. Sidelines. 00:18:41.250 --> 00:18:44.369 At Sidelines. That was Dre's show. Dre's show. 00:18:44.730 --> 00:18:47.289 And it was funny, but that crowd compared to 00:18:47.289 --> 00:18:51.190 say at Fog Heads on the Tuesday night, completely 00:18:51.190 --> 00:18:53.630 different. And I'm sure Lion's Head was different 00:18:53.630 --> 00:18:56.690 from that. What do you do if you're starting 00:18:56.690 --> 00:19:02.289 to do a joke and you notice it's panning? That, 00:19:02.289 --> 00:19:04.730 that, that, that. I do that. That's okay, you 00:19:04.730 --> 00:19:11.400 can take a minute. So sometimes, you know, sometimes 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.140 you go and you do a joke and you think it's gonna 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:16.299 work because of who's in the audience, whatever. 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:18.700 Well, if it's worked out the last three, why 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:21.000 wouldn't you think the fourth would work? I mean, 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:23.680 but every crowd is different and then you can 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:26.359 like pivot to a different joke to like make a 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:30.779 joke about how the joke bombed. Like I've gotten 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:33.160 bigger laughs on pointing out how my joke bombed 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:35.400 than like on lots of things. The joke itself? 00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:39.160 Yeah, like. That's great Some comedians get mad 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.059 at the audience. I always like when they don't 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:44.759 laugh I honestly I'm like that's funny because 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.980 like it is funny Like just sit there and think 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:49.220 about what I said because it was hilarious and 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:55.319 you're not getting it But you know and some crowds 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:58.789 some crowds want you to prove it to them where 00:19:58.789 --> 00:20:02.390 some crowds go wanting to laugh. Like, and so 00:20:02.390 --> 00:20:05.190 it just depends. And, you know, Dre's show was 00:20:05.190 --> 00:20:06.950 a ticketed show, so people paid to be there. 00:20:06.950 --> 00:20:08.890 So they were like, I really want to be there. 00:20:09.930 --> 00:20:12.150 And the energy was light. Like, you walked in 00:20:12.150 --> 00:20:14.750 and it was just a, it was a good vibe and everybody 00:20:14.750 --> 00:20:16.869 was ready. That was actually one of the best 00:20:16.869 --> 00:20:19.150 shows I've been to in the city. It felt like 00:20:19.150 --> 00:20:21.650 it had like full on comedy club laughs. Like, 00:20:21.650 --> 00:20:24.309 it was like the whole room roared. And all the 00:20:24.309 --> 00:20:27.950 comedians did great. Like, All of them did great. 00:20:28.190 --> 00:20:31.390 The one guy that kept engaging with all of them, 00:20:31.529 --> 00:20:34.309 they kept asking him questions. His girlfriend 00:20:34.309 --> 00:20:36.410 was sitting next to me and she just kept putting 00:20:36.410 --> 00:20:38.329 her head down and putting her head down every 00:20:38.329 --> 00:20:41.940 time he talked. That was funny, the table. Oh, 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.500 I thought you met the comedian's girlfriend. 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:46.220 No. Yeah, because he kept on saying things that 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.779 were, like, borderline sexist. Awkward. But, 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.619 like, I'm like, I think he's just trying to be 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:51.680 funny. Like, he was trying to be a comedian as 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.960 well. Mm -hmm. But she was a good sport. Oh, 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:55.099 she was funny. And they were there just to have 00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:57.940 fun. Oh, that crowd was... That was a good night. 00:20:58.099 --> 00:21:00.559 Yeah. That was really fun. It kind of... And 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:02.299 it was my first time performing in a month because 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:05.019 I took time off. Mm -hmm. And I was like, okay. 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:07.279 Let's do it. Let's do it. And you never would 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.980 have known. Yeah. You never would have known 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:11.019 that you took a month off. You were just right 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.640 there and funny. And that was the first time 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:16.240 I had seen your show, so it was good. Thank you. 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:19.680 Thank you. Yeah, comedy's the best. Now, do you 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:23.309 find that... You know, there can be some awkward 00:21:23.309 --> 00:21:26.029 things or really bad shitty things that'll happen 00:21:26.029 --> 00:21:29.230 in your life that comedy and doing a stand -up 00:21:29.230 --> 00:21:32.529 routine can be like therapeutic. Oh yeah, I process 00:21:32.529 --> 00:21:39.589 my trauma on stage. You know, you talk about 00:21:39.589 --> 00:21:41.190 things that are, you can talk about things that 00:21:41.190 --> 00:21:44.049 are very personal and you can talk about things 00:21:44.049 --> 00:21:47.789 and like just finding the humor and the pain 00:21:47.789 --> 00:21:51.779 that you've been through and I, yeah. Comedy 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:56.099 doing stand -up is it's it's live therapy for 00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:58.880 just you and like you bring the audience along 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:01.819 for a ride Which is nice. Yeah, cuz you know 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:04.099 at least one person in that audience is going 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:07.079 through pretty much the same thing like life's 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:10.819 hard Now you have a kid. Yes a daughter. Yes. 00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:13.759 Does she know that you do? Yes. Yes. She think 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:16.839 of it Well, obviously she hasn't come to the 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:20.039 bars to see it. Yes. No. No, I swear too much 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:23.009 and I call her bad words in one joke. I love 00:22:23.009 --> 00:22:26.289 her very much. But it's very funny. She said 00:22:26.289 --> 00:22:31.390 my ass was fat, like... Sorry. Hey! That was 00:22:31.390 --> 00:22:33.369 the one joke that I remembered when I was on 00:22:33.369 --> 00:22:37.109 stage. It was the fact that my kid's fiancé called 00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:41.049 me old. And there's just something... You've 00:22:41.049 --> 00:22:45.029 got to bring the kids along. Why is your neck 00:22:45.029 --> 00:22:47.329 starting to look like a vagina? Like, go fuck 00:22:47.329 --> 00:22:51.769 yourself. Thanks a lot. You're in here now, but 00:22:51.769 --> 00:22:57.329 I'm gonna add that to my joke. That's funny But 00:22:57.329 --> 00:23:03.490 does she think it's cool yeah, yes Yes, she uh 00:23:03.490 --> 00:23:05.990 She likes the thought and she's like, so are 00:23:05.990 --> 00:23:07.869 you gonna be famous and I'm like, well, I hope 00:23:07.869 --> 00:23:10.490 so And she's like me too But then she the other 00:23:10.490 --> 00:23:12.849 day was like I want to be the first one to be 00:23:12.849 --> 00:23:17.339 a star in this family And I was like well You 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:20.880 better move your ass then. Get going, figure 00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:24.880 something out. Now, what is she good at that's 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:28.059 gonna make her famous before you? Oh, she's a 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:32.940 little actress, actually. She's very expressive. 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:39.750 She did a play. She went to the... Persian Center 00:23:39.750 --> 00:23:41.470 of the Performing Arts, they have a day camp, 00:23:41.569 --> 00:23:43.970 which is amazing. It's run by Maryam, I forget 00:23:43.970 --> 00:23:47.430 her last name. And they did put on a little play 00:23:47.430 --> 00:23:49.369 and she was like one of the stars in it. And 00:23:49.369 --> 00:23:53.509 she also does dance at industry. She also does 00:23:53.509 --> 00:23:57.930 singing lessons at Brava Academy. Oh my goodness. 00:23:58.329 --> 00:24:01.329 And piano. And she has the voice of a little 00:24:01.329 --> 00:24:03.589 angel. But she's also really good at math because 00:24:03.589 --> 00:24:06.819 she's just like me. So she's got it all going 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:09.559 on. She's gorgeous and biased, but it's also 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:12.440 objective. That's cool. Oh, she might be famous 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:16.099 before you. Yeah. That's cool. Because I'm probably 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.740 not going to be famous. I am going to be famous. 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:21.160 I'm manifesting it. Yes. This is it. OK, she 00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:23.460 says she's not going to be famous, but on the 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:25.740 comedy scene in Windsor, you are. And you're 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:28.819 going to be performing in Toronto coming up? 00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:33.119 May 23rd at Backroom Comedy Club. Out of Windsor, 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:36.099 you've performed in the States and Toronto before? 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:40.779 Yeah. Anywhere else? Yeah, um, nope. Just, well, 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:44.900 Chatham one time. Mm -hmm. But I've performed 00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:49.019 at a few clubs in Toronto. I perform in Detroit 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:52.180 and Michigan. I perform all over Windsor. Like, 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:57.720 in 20, like for, in 10 months, myself and Tim 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:00.460 Rayburn and Taylor Last, we put on 55 shows in 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:04.130 a year. That's all which is why I took time off 00:25:04.130 --> 00:25:06.329 and I haven't been around as much because oh, 00:25:06.470 --> 00:25:09.250 yeah between that and full -time job and being 00:25:09.250 --> 00:25:13.069 a mother Yeah, no, it just makes me tired thinking 00:25:13.069 --> 00:25:15.750 about it. Oh my goodness. I have panic attacks 00:25:15.750 --> 00:25:20.509 not anymore though, maybe Now you go up there 00:25:20.509 --> 00:25:23.369 and just make them laugh. Yeah, have you ever 00:25:23.369 --> 00:25:26.930 had that person? That's just walked up to you 00:25:26.930 --> 00:25:29.140 and said Okay, you're a comedian. Tell me a joke. 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:31.099 Oh, all the time. Like, as soon as someone finds 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:34.380 out you're a comedian, tell me a joke. It happens 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:37.460 at customs a lot. If someone asks me to, like, 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:40.819 say a joke, that's the only time I can't think 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:43.160 of one. Because most of my jokes are dirty, too, 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:47.359 and I'm not gonna just say something... Not most 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:49.779 of my jokes, but I'd say, like, 60%, which I 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:54.500 guess is most. Well, stand -up usually are. You 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:57.400 know, that's your place where you can go and... 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:01.900 Let loose. In Windsor -Essex, actually anywhere. 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:06.299 Is it pretty open concept that you guys can joke 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:09.119 about anything or is there still taboo stuff 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:12.140 that you shouldn't touch? Because watching you 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:16.019 guys, it just seems that anything goes. I am 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:20.000 a firm believer that anything can be funny. But 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:23.559 how you do it may not be funny. But you can find 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:31.670 humor in anything. I think some people use certain 00:26:31.670 --> 00:26:36.430 subjects as a crutch, and then it's not really 00:26:36.430 --> 00:26:38.509 funny, but they're trying to find the shock value 00:26:38.509 --> 00:26:41.490 funny. I don't know, I think anything can be 00:26:41.490 --> 00:26:44.109 funny. I just think you have to be smart enough 00:26:44.109 --> 00:26:46.109 and funny enough to do it right. That's hard 00:26:46.109 --> 00:26:48.549 though, isn't it? Because I know there's a few 00:26:48.549 --> 00:26:50.690 things that I've thought of that it's like, okay, 00:26:50.730 --> 00:26:53.170 if I was to walk out and start talking about 00:26:53.170 --> 00:26:56.460 this, people would... Cringe and go. Oh my god. 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:58.619 I can't believe they're talking about it, but 00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:01.380 I know there's something funny There's a nugget 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:04.099 of fun in trying to figure out how to pull that 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:07.720 out. Yeah that people aren't Hating on you. Yeah, 00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:10.759 like kudos to you guys for being able to do that 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:13.140 Well, I'm sure people hate on us and like you 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.859 watch people get offended by some of the things 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:18.579 that they say or I say I I didn't see too many 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:23.460 but I mean Even the ones that Dre and Skye have 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:26.279 done that I've seen, and I don't see too many 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:31.559 people that are, they're more like, but I miss 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:33.720 our old comedy clubs. We need to have them back. 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:37.960 Yeah, well, I know like, Craft Heads is working 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:42.319 on getting the comedy club ready. They're waiting 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:44.700 on permits and other things. I don't actually 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:46.920 have any of the details, but it's not ready yet, 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:51.970 but that will happen. the independent comedy 00:27:51.970 --> 00:27:58.369 scene too in the town. Dave puts on shows, Curtis 00:27:58.369 --> 00:28:02.589 Coleman puts on shows, Windsor Laughs puts on 00:28:02.589 --> 00:28:06.109 shows everywhere as well run by CJ Irwin. I put 00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:11.329 on shows, who am I missing? Dre. If I missed 00:28:11.329 --> 00:28:13.930 you, I'm sorry, but like there's no finding them 00:28:13.930 --> 00:28:17.349 Yeah, there's independent shows and like we all 00:28:17.349 --> 00:28:20.450 work with amazing comedians. We all put on great 00:28:20.450 --> 00:28:25.190 shows and so it's it's really fun like there's 00:28:25.190 --> 00:28:27.630 It's really exciting right now. Like people are 00:28:27.630 --> 00:28:29.789 just because everything's so chaotic in the world 00:28:29.789 --> 00:28:32.190 right now people are just I need to laugh and 00:28:32.190 --> 00:28:34.250 so they're coming out and they're laughing and 00:28:34.250 --> 00:28:36.349 Every time we perform we're getting a little 00:28:36.349 --> 00:28:40.329 bit better. Right and so And we've all, like 00:28:40.329 --> 00:28:43.769 last year, like everybody leveled up a lot because 00:28:43.769 --> 00:28:48.750 we had a weekly mic fog, or Windsor Comedy Club 00:28:48.750 --> 00:28:51.190 had a weekly mic, then they also had mics after 00:28:51.190 --> 00:28:52.730 all the pro shows. So people were just getting 00:28:52.730 --> 00:28:55.150 stage time, stage time, stage time, as well as 00:28:55.150 --> 00:28:56.730 performing in the States because the Detroit 00:28:56.730 --> 00:28:59.569 House of Comedy has a mic you can apply for. 00:29:01.089 --> 00:29:03.309 The Indie used to have a show up, go up on Thursday 00:29:03.309 --> 00:29:06.180 nights. They also have... mics after their shows 00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.819 and then there's other things that you can get 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:11.319 booked on like in Ann Arbor and like The Blind 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:15.619 Pig and there's just there's so much talent and 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:18.900 it's really it's really fun. Well I mean I remember 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:23.920 gosh in my 19... You know, my 20s, we had Yuck 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:27.099 Yucks, we had Leo Dufour's Comedy Club, we had 00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:30.579 Comedy Club, so it was just strictly that. And 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:34.000 I miss that. I like going around to the different 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:36.420 places and seeing them, but I miss one that's 00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:39.559 just, whatever night you wanna go, there's gonna 00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:44.880 be something. I think you should do that. Well, 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:49.789 I have a full -time job, and I... have a mortgage 00:29:49.789 --> 00:29:56.029 and two cars. Okay. Never mind. And an eight 00:29:56.029 --> 00:30:01.150 -year -old and a cat. Okay. And a lot of debt, 00:30:01.309 --> 00:30:04.589 you know. Okay, lottery it is then. Yes, yes. 00:30:04.950 --> 00:30:07.250 Lottery and like a secret long -lost uncle who 00:30:07.250 --> 00:30:09.069 I was his favorite and everybody forgot about 00:30:09.069 --> 00:30:12.369 and he's just gonna leave me. Hey, I have two 00:30:12.369 --> 00:30:15.390 dads. I'm just waiting for them now. so I can 00:30:15.390 --> 00:30:19.309 go and fight the wills because they don't talk 00:30:19.309 --> 00:30:21.789 to me. So that's where I'm going to win all my 00:30:21.789 --> 00:30:25.960 money. And then we'll do that. When is your next 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:28.339 show? That's going to be at Windsor Eats? Yes, 00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:32.119 on April 26th at Windsor Eats. There's two shows. 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:36.579 There are nine comedians per show, plus me. The 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:39.640 one show's at $7 and then the second show is 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:43.980 at $9 .30. It's $15 for one show, but if you 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.029 go to both, it's... It's only 20, so it's just 00:30:46.029 --> 00:30:48.650 five more dollars. And it's at Windsor Eats, 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:51.210 which is the coolest venue in town. And you can 00:30:51.210 --> 00:30:53.809 get food from the food trucks, you can get margaritas, 00:30:54.490 --> 00:30:57.150 and the decor and the vibe and the shows there 00:30:57.150 --> 00:31:01.829 are so fun. And working with Adriano and Peanut, 00:31:02.849 --> 00:31:06.609 they're just so great to work with. My favorite 00:31:06.609 --> 00:31:09.150 place ever. I know, I know. I'm really lucky 00:31:09.150 --> 00:31:11.470 that we established that partnership last year 00:31:11.470 --> 00:31:13.890 because the shows we've put on there have been 00:31:13.890 --> 00:31:16.960 some of I'm some of the best in the city. Sorry, 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:20.299 everyone, but it's true. It's true. I mean, the 00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:24.319 vibe at Windsor Eats is, you just, it's there. 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:27.599 And yeah, I don't care. I am biased. I love the 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:30.960 place. The margaritas, I'm addicted to them and 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.839 they're wonderful. And then you're going out 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:36.039 to Toronto and is there anything else or is? 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:39.980 Yeah, I mean, I have a show. There's a producer 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:42.279 and comedian in the States. I'm going to be doing 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:49.490 a show on May. 5th or May 1st at Supernatural 00:31:49.490 --> 00:31:54.970 Brewing Company in a town. I will have all of 00:31:54.970 --> 00:31:58.549 the information for her upcoming shows as well 00:31:58.549 --> 00:32:01.890 as the contact information in the description 00:32:01.890 --> 00:32:05.609 of the podcast and on my social media. Well, 00:32:05.769 --> 00:32:09.190 and the show that we're doing in Toronto, I'm 00:32:09.190 --> 00:32:12.970 bringing, so I'm bringing up Patty Rooney, who 00:32:12.970 --> 00:32:15.470 is a Detroit comedian, who is one of my absolute 00:32:15.470 --> 00:32:17.549 favorite people in the whole world. She is so 00:32:17.549 --> 00:32:20.230 funny and so kind and I'm so blessed to have 00:32:20.230 --> 00:32:26.490 her in my life. And then we're bringing up... 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:30.039 Johanna Medranda, who is one of the producers 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:33.359 at The Independent, who also is a producer for 00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:36.140 Don't Tell Detroit, and she is a phenomenal comedian. 00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:40.240 I'm also bringing Jacob Russell, who produces 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:43.000 shows all throughout Detroit, and he is so funny. 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:47.400 And then we did this Windsor Detroit Showcase 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:50.720 in the summer at Backroom Comedy Club in Toronto, 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.640 and I brought... Tim Rayburn with me at the time 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:55.960 and they asked for him to headline so he's going 00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:00.140 to be headlining the show when we go and then 00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:03.119 we're gonna stay for the weekend and I'm just 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:05.220 looking I'm reaching out to different producers 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:08.759 to be like can who like can we find different 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:11.539 shows all weekend so we can just pop up and do 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:13.980 the Toronto scene while we're there. I know we're 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:17.720 supposed to be going at to Belleville in May 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.700 or June, so I'm really hoping we're going to 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:23.819 be in that area during that time, because that'll 00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:27.180 be a blast. Well, and Backroom Comedy Club, it's 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:30.480 such a cool little comedy club, and one of the 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.759 owners, he was my first friend I ever made in 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:37.319 comedy at a Second City course, in 2011 or 2012 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:40.079 or something like that. Now, do they still offer 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:43.519 Second City courses in Toronto? Oh yeah, I think, 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:47.670 yes. I'd have to Google, I assume. Now, if somebody 00:33:47.670 --> 00:33:50.690 wanted to get into comedy, what would you suggest? 00:33:51.210 --> 00:33:53.990 You know, write your jokes, get to the funny, 00:33:54.789 --> 00:33:58.329 and just go to an open mic and try it. Or take 00:33:58.329 --> 00:34:02.269 a stand -up course. Like, I think you can do 00:34:02.269 --> 00:34:06.609 them online possibly now, too. I'm doing a Zoom 00:34:06.609 --> 00:34:10.829 one. I've been doing it... Since January it's 00:34:10.829 --> 00:34:14.030 three different sessions with a comedian in Toronto, 00:34:14.070 --> 00:34:17.309 but that's to learn how to write for a one -person 00:34:17.309 --> 00:34:20.989 show Different than stand -up. Yeah, you have 00:34:20.989 --> 00:34:24.090 to break that down for stand -up Yeah, but like 00:34:24.090 --> 00:34:27.110 you're never They just get on the stage like 00:34:27.110 --> 00:34:29.510 the hardest part is just taking those first few 00:34:29.510 --> 00:34:32.349 steps onto the stage once you're there like at 00:34:32.349 --> 00:34:36.110 least for me Once you're there. It's it's worth 00:34:36.110 --> 00:34:42.420 it's It's the best high, honestly. You ride that 00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:46.380 high for days after. Some comedians take bombing 00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:50.500 really hard. I don't, it does hurt, but I'm never 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:52.159 gonna be like, I'm gonna quit comedy because 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:55.239 of it. Bombing just makes it better for the next 00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:59.099 time, because I don't wanna feel that again. 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:05.429 Just do it, just go, hit up. If you think you're 00:35:05.429 --> 00:35:08.269 funny and you have that itch for the stage, just 00:35:08.269 --> 00:35:11.510 write your jokes down. Try it and just get up 00:35:11.510 --> 00:35:14.210 there. It's true that high. I was just like pat 00:35:14.210 --> 00:35:17.329 myself for a couple of days. But the funny thing 00:35:17.329 --> 00:35:19.989 is, is in your right, as soon as you get that 00:35:19.989 --> 00:35:22.429 first laugh and mine was going up there going, 00:35:23.050 --> 00:35:26.349 I promise I'm going to try not to vomit. Can't 00:35:26.349 --> 00:35:28.630 guarantee it. And people started laughing at 00:35:28.630 --> 00:35:33.170 it. And it's like, yeah, but then I don't remember. 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:37.019 But I was taking pictures instead that's okay 00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:40.820 because I know it was nothing great But it was 00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:45.280 it was relieving to to hear somebody laugh Yeah, 00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:48.159 you got laughs and like it was there was mostly 00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:51.400 comedians in the room. They that's nerve -racking 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:54.280 But that's why I say the comedians and Windsor 00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:56.800 even the ones that I didn't know and I met that 00:35:56.800 --> 00:36:00.280 night Are all so supportive and so nice very 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:03.960 very nice. Yes the the young group of comedians 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:06.039 that are coming out to you like they're really 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:09.059 supportive and encouraging and very funny like 00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:11.820 very funny and getting funny very fast like getting 00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:15.559 good very fast yeah you definitely have to if 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:18.159 you're in the Windsor Essex County area Toronto 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:22.039 wherever find where comedy is playing and get 00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:25.539 out there support the comedians because I really 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:29.099 think in the world that we're in today in Canada 00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:32.769 or the United States We need to laugh. Yeah, 00:36:32.889 --> 00:36:35.210 oh my god, yeah. It's a necessity because the 00:36:35.210 --> 00:36:37.849 grey hairs, it's just costing way too much money 00:36:37.849 --> 00:36:40.710 to keep covering them up by being stressed out. 00:36:40.949 --> 00:36:42.809 Or just keep your hair blonde and then when your 00:36:42.809 --> 00:36:45.130 greys come in they just blend in like highlights. 00:36:45.349 --> 00:36:48.210 I would love that but unfortunately my hair is 00:36:48.210 --> 00:36:50.989 shit brown and that's just all it is. Mine is 00:36:50.989 --> 00:36:55.590 ash blonde. As my hairdresser used to say, it's 00:36:55.590 --> 00:37:00.030 the perfect colour for highlights. Nice. Mine 00:37:00.030 --> 00:37:03.010 is like I said shit brown but in the grays coming 00:37:03.010 --> 00:37:06.269 in and I'm not going to have the nice gray or 00:37:06.269 --> 00:37:09.329 the silver the white hair that I don't like pubes 00:37:09.329 --> 00:37:12.429 that are wiry like I have the old man salt and 00:37:12.429 --> 00:37:15.010 pepper old man salt and pepper that's coming 00:37:15.010 --> 00:37:19.510 through I have more gray eyelashes and nose hairs 00:37:19.510 --> 00:37:23.070 than what I do in my hair the eyebrows and they're 00:37:23.070 --> 00:37:25.630 growing like old man and they just appear out 00:37:25.630 --> 00:37:31.599 of nowhere and then like Yeah. I've been there 00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:34.679 a long time. You no longer pluck underneath, 00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:37.739 you pluck the long ones out of it and then you 00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:42.360 have to sit there and colour them in. Yeah. It's 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:45.440 wild. It's wild. So did you do anything before 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:48.349 you performed? How did you get in the zone? I 00:37:48.349 --> 00:37:52.449 went I always go early to my improv class because 00:37:52.449 --> 00:37:55.929 it's in a sketch part of downtown and I want 00:37:55.929 --> 00:37:58.170 to make sure that I could park right next to 00:37:58.170 --> 00:38:01.190 the door and I was talking to my improv coach 00:38:01.190 --> 00:38:05.449 and told her the funny thing that I saw going 00:38:05.449 --> 00:38:07.829 there and I said you know I said they're having 00:38:07.829 --> 00:38:10.590 open mic night and I'm just itching and she's 00:38:10.590 --> 00:38:13.030 like don't bother coming to class tonight this 00:38:13.030 --> 00:38:17.590 is what we're doing just go get it done stop 00:38:17.769 --> 00:38:20.130 walking around with your books, just go and figure 00:38:20.130 --> 00:38:25.590 it out and have fun. And so it was her. And then 00:38:25.590 --> 00:38:28.010 as the students were coming in, they were saying 00:38:28.010 --> 00:38:31.630 the same thing. So then I just went and had a 00:38:31.630 --> 00:38:35.250 beer, had a cider, and just said, oh God, I didn't 00:38:35.250 --> 00:38:38.289 tell anybody. Nobody knew. Nobody knew except 00:38:38.289 --> 00:38:42.269 for her. Well, it was awesome. At one point though, 00:38:42.269 --> 00:38:45.320 I had to get up from my seat because... and go 00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:47.880 because I have a routine, because they put me 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:51.099 up right after you. And before I go on stage, 00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:58.119 I have to stand like Superman. I like stand like 00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:00.619 Superman. I got it from Grey's Anatomy, because 00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:02.980 one of the surgeons, before she does surgery, 00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:06.260 she stands like Superman and gets into the zone. 00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:09.880 And then I also make myself really big, as big 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:13.860 as I can. And then I bend and I shake and I whatever. 00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:16.280 And then as I do it, I say things that a psychic 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:20.139 told me to tell myself. Oh my goodness. Which 00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:22.659 is that I'm just as funny and just as talented 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:25.659 as anyone else. And so I do that before every 00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:29.400 single time I get on stage. and so I felt so 00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.179 bad because I had to get up while you were up 00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.900 and it was your first time but I didn't even 00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:36.420 notice. I need 20 seconds just to like do it 00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:39.739 so that way I can because what the times I don't 00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:43.219 do that before you can always tell like I don't 00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:46.780 perform the way I want to. You need to do your 00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:49.800 thing. Yeah and it's ridiculous that a psychic 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:52.440 told me that I see way too many psychics. No, 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:55.119 I actually didn't even notice you getting up. 00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:57.880 I just, out of the side of my eye, happened to 00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:00.619 see the red light go on. But I had been watching 00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:03.559 Mrs. Maisel that morning and I was trying so 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:07.460 hard not to end it with, and I'm Mrs. Maisel. 00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:10.860 Thank you. Good night. I'm like, you can't do 00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:17.550 that. It was just weird. I appreciate you and 00:40:17.550 --> 00:40:21.730 all the support and how funny you are. Thank 00:40:21.730 --> 00:40:24.789 you. And everything that you're doing for women 00:40:24.789 --> 00:40:29.949 and men in the comedy scene in Windsor and helping 00:40:29.949 --> 00:40:34.429 everybody get a place to have their voice heard. 00:40:34.710 --> 00:40:37.889 Thank you. I love what you're doing and you're 00:40:37.889 --> 00:40:40.210 supporting local artists and local creatives 00:40:40.210 --> 00:40:43.389 and putting a focus on the talent. that's in 00:40:43.389 --> 00:40:48.170 Windsor or even local businesses and all of that. 00:40:48.170 --> 00:40:51.750 I think it's important because Windsor is such 00:40:51.750 --> 00:40:55.630 an undervalued city. It is. And yet, that always 00:40:55.630 --> 00:40:58.190 worked in our favour in the sense that it kept 00:40:58.190 --> 00:41:00.909 people out. But now people came and it's expensive. 00:41:01.070 --> 00:41:03.829 But too many people talk terribly about this 00:41:03.829 --> 00:41:07.030 town. And I believe Windsor's a wonderful place. 00:41:07.389 --> 00:41:11.150 I believe it has all of the best things. We're 00:41:11.150 --> 00:41:14.780 a small city. with a very much small town vibe, 00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:17.639 but we have amazing restaurants. We're pretty 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.880 much a suburb of Detroit, so we have access to 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.159 all the major things, and it's another country, 00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:25.980 another culture. Even though it's just a small 00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:30.460 little river, it's wildly different, and yet 00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:33.719 the connection between the two cities is so warm 00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:38.179 and welcoming, and to have people promote it 00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:41.159 and just be like, no, it's awesome here. You're 00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:44.300 missing out on the greatness. It's important 00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:47.019 what you're doing. Like Windsor, I agree with 00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:50.820 you 100%. Growing up, even when my mom was growing 00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:54.119 up, Windsor had a lot of stuff going on. And 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:56.900 I was growing up Windsor had tons going on. And 00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:58.820 then I think we got a little too complacent, 00:41:58.900 --> 00:42:03.469 a little too lazy. And I'm seeing us. figuring 00:42:03.469 --> 00:42:05.889 things out again and we're up and coming and 00:42:05.889 --> 00:42:08.929 we need to let people know that we're not the 00:42:08.929 --> 00:42:10.670 armpit of Ontario anymore. If anything, we're 00:42:10.670 --> 00:42:15.070 the butthole or the penis tip. All the fun's 00:42:15.070 --> 00:42:22.210 coming out here. I'm going to end it on that 00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:28.150 note right now. Thank you so much for putting 00:42:28.150 --> 00:42:31.789 Windsor into such wonderful perspective. Definitely 00:42:31.789 --> 00:42:38.110 come down here. And again, my name is Tracy Martens. 00:42:38.329 --> 00:42:39.929 I want to thank you for joining me for another 00:42:39.929 --> 00:42:42.909 episode of YQGM Bloom. You guys all have a good 00:42:42.909 --> 00:42:44.769 day and make sure to laugh.