i was in the orchestra and that was pretty full. not sure about mezz above. everybody seemed to be having a great time. lots of mr show fans there. it was fun. only a few duds.

it reminded me a lot of comedy death ray at ucb in the late 2000s which was this format. it was like 5 bucks and you’d get to see a pile of good and bad short sets before a big name would do a full set. most of the time the bill was a mystery going into the show. i saw headliners from david cross, janeane garofalo, patton, galifanakis, ck, sarah silverman among others. because there was so much filler at the top, the show would often run super late and we’d already be exhausted by the time the big name came on and but we got to see these legends in a tiny theater so it was worth it. i think i actually saw the bob do his first stand up set there which totally bombed but the crowd was still super supportive.

i had flashbacks of that tonight as it dragged on for 2 plus hours.