This man is the Devil.

This man is the Devil

First and foremost.....NEVER, trust any black man that has a mullet.

Al Sharpton is NOT the voice nor the represtative for black America. Al Sharpton is a media grubbing douchebag. (Sorry if I have insulted any douchebags with that comment)

Al Sharptons latestet way to get his mug in the media has been to call for a stop to violence in rap music after a member of either 50 Cents (aka Fiddy) or The Game's posse got shot outside of a radio station after Fiddy had some beef with The Game.

Look at the picture above. Do you think this guy has EVER listened to a Gangsta Rap CD?

If Mr. Sharpton was so concerned about violence in rap then how come he didn't do anything to make sure the still unsolved murders of Tupac, Biggie and Jam Master Jay haven't been solved?

Hilarities

Below are several pictures from Hilarites on Saturday night the 19th of March.
Thanks to all my friends and family for coming out to support me.
Of course Murphy law dictates that they all came to the 8:00 show and I think I actually had a much better show at the 10:30 show.....go figure.

Had a good week working with our M.C. Marv and the staff at Hilarities was a great group. It's always makes things a little easier for us when you work with a great staff.

It was also good to see some of the same folks still there from way back in the day.

Pete and Tony have decided to make the new location at the Rose Room the new permanent home of the club. I'm looking forward to getting back to see all the changes that have in store!

Karl the bartender from Hilarites with his famous "One for the customer.....one for me!"

Keith and his wife

Steve and Penny

Chris, Dawnica, Darlene and Howie.

Mike and Rosanna

St. Patricks Day

What is it about St. Patricks day that makes every idiot come up and ask me every year,
"So where is your Green?"

Look at the picture under this post, do I look Irish to you? Nothing like taking a holiday in honor of a Saint and turning it into a reason to perpetuate the stereotypes that Irish people are a bunch of drunks.

What I do now when someone asks me, "So where is your Green?" I simply reply.

"Once you start wearing a Dashiki for Kwanzaa we can talk"

(Note: The Blogger spell checker has no idea what the words Dashiki and Kwanzaa are according their spellchecker, what's the deal, black people can't blog?)

Finally, The Question has come back to Hilarities!!

"Photo Courtesy: Webmaster Wayne - StanPiatt.com"

"Finally, The Artist formerly Known as Eric Kirkland has come back to Hilarities"

It's been a while since I was last at this club that I got my start at about 15 years ago. Wednesday night was amateur night and the world famous Stan Piatt is still hosting the open mic night show after all these years.

It was good to see Stan as I used to co-host with him two days a week WAAAYYY back in the day. That was fun until Howard Stern came in the market and the station manager felt the station needed changes. The other comics and I that came in and co-hosted were unfortunately a part of those changes.

There were some decent amateurs last night, of course the guy that impressed me the most I can't remember his name. (As a comic I feel bad since that is a big pet peeve of ours that audiences never remember our names)

I do remember one comic named Todd who has awesome stage energy, now once he learns to get off the stage in his allotted time (he knows what I mean :-) ) he has some definite potential with all the energy he has on stage.

My trip to Peoria, Illinois.

Working the Jukebox Comedy Club in Peoria with Jeff Batts this week.
This is the first time I've ever worked with Jeff. We had a cool time hanging out this week. We did go see a very bad movie "Be Cool". We did make sure to keep the mandatory "We are not gay" seat between us.
I went out and did some geocaching today and have to also posted some of my pictures from my trip to Peoria.

The coolest thing about working in Peoria is staying at the Jumer Hotel. Recently it was bought out by the Radisson hotel chain, who unfortunately brightened it up. The hotel used to really be cool when it was real dark. It was like staying in a dungeon.

Gas lamp outside the Jumer Hotel in Peoria

Gas lamp at the Jumer Hotel

The Hubcap House in Peoria

The Hubcap House-Yes, the people of Peoria are the proud winner of The Artist Formerly Known as Eric Kirklands "Ugliest Building in America."
Yes, you are seeing that correctly, the entire builiding is covered with hubcaps.

Jeff Batts

Jeff Batts, whom I worked with at the Jukebox Comedy Club in Peoria, IL.
Jeff shows us what the Rock would look like....If the Rock was white and retarded.

Gargoyle at the Jumer Hotel

One of the coolest things about working in Peoria is staying at the Jumer Hotel. Here is one of the gargoyles perched atop the roof. The hotel was recently bought by the Raddison chain who unfortunately put a lot of work and fresh, bright paint into the hotel.

The hotel used to be dark and dank which was pretty cool!