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7. What did you like more - being a stand up comic or what you do now?
Being a stand up comic for sure. It's all I ever wanted to do.
I quit doing stand up when I found out my girlfriend (at the time) was pregnant. Then it was time to be serious about life and settle down and get a "real job"
Being a road comic doesn't pay shit. As a feature act you'd get about $100 a night plus the club would pay for your room. You had to pay for all of your own travel expenses.
Most guys drive which is hell on their cars, and by the time you're done eating out 3 times per day and paying for gas etc....you're lucky to bring home $200 at the end of the week.
Headliners make more, but its still quite the grind. You really have to love doing it in order to do it for a living.
I loved it enough to do that, but there was no way I could go on the road and be a good dad.
My son being born is the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I wouldn't trade him for the world. So now I'm just an arm chair smart ass instead of a smart ass for hire.
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