1 Mar 2026 5:52 pm
Cannonpointer » 01 Mar 2026, 2:49 pm » wrote: ↑ Never more than a few hundred.
I toured the southeast and the midwest - never made it farther than that.
I quit comedy for more than one reason, of course. We never do anything for one reason, though we like to fool ourselves.
Ironically, a big reason was that I hated the travel. I like to travel for leisure, not business. Another reason is that I considered myself quite good - which sounds wonderful. But to be a household name, one must be great. Another reason was that I genuinely did not want to be a household name, even if I DID have the chops. I had tasted fame in a region, and I understood the costs.
I booked comedy clubs, and so it was my actual job to book acts every week who were better than I was, smarter than I was, more likely to grab the brass ring than I was. But I wasn't bitter about it. Those were very happy years.
I didn't like the road when I played in bands either.