the Laughing Liberally report

Laughing Liberally last night went fantastically. I showed up:

1) fighting off the flu
2) in a miniskirt

...which about sums up my general approach to life.

The miniskirt got me a free livery cab ride the last few blocks to the show, as the driver pulled up to me at a stoplight and said something about my legs (I was wearing knit sweater-tights, but it doesn't take much to be the most scandalously-clad comedienne on a corner in the freezing cold). Normally, I wouldn't get in a strange man's car, but, well, it was a cab! He has a license and permit and stuff. Shut up. Stop lecturing me. You're not my mother.

Anyway.

I introduced four great performers (Bob Smith, Syd Bernstein, Jamie Jackson, and Benari Poulten); broke that totally extraneous fourth wall by taking the wireless mic with me as I climbed on the empty front row of chairs; and made jokes about South Dakota trying to ban abortion, Hillary Clinton's election prospects, liberal do-gooding (my excuse for going gay in college -- kind of like chaining yourself to a tree to protest logging), and Christopher Hitchens' encouraging neocons to protest in favor of Denmark's cartoon industry by showing up to the Danish Embassy in DC bearing signs that say "Buy Havarti" and "Buy LEGO" (What a way to send a strong message to the Islamic world! Should we avoid the build-your-own-minaret kit?)

Laughing Liberally is a great little show. Also, you should hire me to emcee stuff. I provide an extremely high level of service.

xo,
Jen