It was supposed to be published on the 18th but several factors prevented that from happening.
Going on a school field trip with my grand daughter in the morning and a fund raising event for her school in the evening on the 18th prevented me from finishing it that day.
Saturday included my wife and I going to get our flu shots, celebrating with my grandson at his 3rd birthday party, and then going to see the new Maleficent movie.
So it wasn't until Saturday night, while I watched the New York Yankees lose in game 6 of the ALCS to the Houston Astros that I finally got to finish writing the original post. (I'll go on my annual rave about that next time)
After I finished it and tried to save and then publish it, the blog spot server glitched and wouldn't do either. Long story short, I lost almost all the post.
So now here I am in front of my laptop rewriting about the first of several memorable events from the month of October. Here I go.
Back in August I put up a post about going to Zanies comedy club in Nashville to support a friend of mine, June Colson, as she performed as part of the graduation ceremony for the School of Laughs comedy writing class.
I got my free tickets right away to support June and I wanted to see the headliner act, Robert G. Lee.
The night of the show I found myself in the front row of the center section of the church's auditorium; on the aisle just 6 feet from the platform.
The place was filled with a lot of June's family and friends. This included several people I knew from Oakland Baptist Church.
Around 7PM, the pastor, Adam Trent, introduced the first comic, Christy Conder.
June was the featured comic on the bill so she took the stage next.
But being calm enought to get laughs in a church filled with mostly family & friends falls deeply into the "difficult" category.
The headliner, Robert G. Lee, was next.
I've been listening to his comedy on XM radio for a long time. Just like Christy Condor, I know about his career from listening to him on a Rik Roberts' School of Laughs podcast episode.
He's been the audience warm-up comic for some classic sit-coms including: The Golden Girls, Wings, Perfect Strangers and more.
He has produced and directed his own independent film entitled "Can I Get A Witness Protection." Check out his IMDB page for more about his career credits.
On stage Robert started out by doing some impressions of movie stars from the past, that most hardly remember, singing current songs that nearly everybody's heard. I found the juxtaposition of the two very funny.
His stories and jokes about his 30 years of marriage led him into talking to some people from the audience.
He talked with June's mom, about her 48 year marriage and to a couple who had been married just 18 months. He also talked with a couple of teachers who were sitting in the front row.
He closed out his time on stage talking about a subject he's writing a book about. It's called "What's The Big Idea?" In it he's going to point out the congruence between the scientific theories and Biblical accounts of the creation of the universe.
I really enjoyed finally seeing Robert G. Lee. It really helped confirm why he's one of my top 5 favorite funny men. It also helped me appreciate him as both a a clean comic and a fellow Christian.
After about 45 minutes Robert brought June came back to the stage. She gave a brief testimony regarding how she got into her comedy career/ministry. She gave some spiritual encouragement for those who might need it.
Once she was finished, Pastor Trent came back and closed out the show with a prayer.
Before I left I made my way across the room to meet and say "hi" to Robert G. Lee. He was at his merchandise table.
I shook his hand and told him how much and how long I've appreciated his work. We talked about a lot of things. I asked him about his sit-com warm-up days. He told me some cool behind the scenes stories.
I asked him if he could pose for a picture with Christy and June. He said "sure".
But although about half the crowd had left, the room was still pretty busy. Most who were still there were family and friends congratulating June on the show and posing for pictures. Some of them she posted on her Facebook page later that week.
Looking at them I realized that as I stood around waiting for the photo op with the comics, I unintentionally got into a one of her shots.
Finally after a few minutes I got the 3 comics together and got my blog pic.
Before I left to head home, I took the time to thank June for doing such a great job with "Let There Be Laughter." I told her that with the success of her first live event and her genuinely funny material I'm anxious to see where her career takes her.
There you have the story of another night of comedy. This time it was practically in my backyard.
If you should ever get the chance to see any of these three comics on stage I highly recommend it. You can get information about their performance schedule at their respective websites. Here are the links:
I also suggest you follow June Colson's comedy Facebook page at this link:
So there you have the story behind the first major event for me in this very busy month of October.
Coming up on this blog is a series of posts about where my wife and I spent our Fall Break getaway. I'll give you a hint. We've been there more than a dozen times over the last decade. Any guesses?
For my next post, I'm going to write about something I've already mentioned at the start of this one. I'm going to be taking y'all out to the ball game. See you then.
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