The Pub & Grub Comedy Tour is for grown-ups, sure, but if your whole act is nothing but blue material, you’re dead in the water before you even hit the mic. 

Treat every gig like it matters. Because if you don’t respect the stage, why the hell should anyone else?  You don’t pack up your jokes and pout just because you’re not playing a theater. You bring it. For 12 people. For a dog. For ...

Now let me tell you something, folks… trying to do stand-up comedy twelve yards away from a country legend with 30 top ten hits is like trying to tell knock-knock jokes during a hurricane.

Every time I walk into a venue and see that dead zone right up front—you know, those six empty chairs that might as well have yellow caution tape and a biohazard sign—I know exactly what’s goin’ on: Front Row Phobia.

 The hard truth about stand-up comedy: not every joke is meant for every person—and that’s perfectly okay.