Iris Cirque Du Soleil

We went to the "Iris, Cirque du Soleil" show at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.  Wow what a show, I have to say it is spectacular.  It is a must see.  We hadn't been to the Kodak in a few years.  A lot of changes to the whole area.  Four levels of restaurants and shops.  It was nice to walk around before the show.  They announce before the show, how the show spent several million dollars to renovate the theatre, cutting the capacity down by over a thousand, to make the theatre and experience more intimate.  They reconfigured the stage, and sound system, to enhance the experience.  I thought that so unorthodox for a show to sacrifice the number of seats, therefore revenue per performance, in an effort to enhance the experience to the theatre goer.  I think it's the right thing to do in the long run, and it looks like the show plans on being there for a while.  The word of mouth will keep the shows at full capacity.  And by the billboards throughout the city, and the tv ads, they have gone to great expense for advertisement.  The feats and stunts in the show, are sometimes hard to believe as possible.  The music combined with the performance was awesome.  And the humor injected in the show was just right.  I say go see it !

The Downtown Comedy Club with Garrett Morris and Kevin Garnier

What a great time at the Downtown Comedy Club, in downtown Los Angeles.  Owned and operated by my good friends, Kevin Garnier, and the legend, Original "Saturday Night Live" Cast Member, Garret Morris.  I   received a lot of messages, asking why I didn't tell people I was appearing there.  This really is my laboratory.  Kevin and Garrett allow me to pop in during the open mic sessions of the weekend, and ply my craft.  It's exactly the way I want it to be.  It was a great crowd, and, I knew no one in the audience.  For me working out new material, it's the right ingredient for a reality check, and a real accurate assessment of my material.  No one there has a connection with me, which means, when I get the laughs there not based on any connection or relationship I have with the audience.  So there  I was with a packed house.  As usual Kevin and Garret gave me the VIP treatment, and checked to see if I was working that night, or if there was any special time I needed to go on.  Yep, I was working that night, so they put me on first, another bonus for me.  I will get to work on time, and I get to hit the audience cold, which means if some of the new stuff hits, it is really good.  I set up my flip video, and did my thing, I had it timed for ten minutes, when I finished and checked the flip it was 9:30,, right on schedule.  I felt very comfortable and confident this night and it showed.  I was happy with the reaction to the material.  Some hit good, and other stuff, that I really liked, fell dead.  This is the comedy business, you have to keep working, reworking the old stuff, adding, subtracting based on whats happening now.  Off to work I went, put on the business suit of police work, and i stopped back at the club, to take the above photo of Myself, Kevin Garnier and Garret Morris.  Garrett was looking forward to the airing on Oprah of all the original cast members in a couple days.  The show aired on April 12,  and it was great.  I will be stepping up my secret appearances at the Downtown Comedy club, as we trek our way to the finale show of the documentary I'm filming with Billy Boyd jr.  I'm going to plan a headlining weekend in the fall at the downtown comedy club, and we will film it for the documentary, hopefully,  I can persuade mr Garrett Morris to be a part of it.