To my one follower, thanks I had to bust my editing
department for sitting on this for a few days. This post is dedicated to youJ
Every other Wednesday Night, Mellow B Entertainment brings a
unique open mic concept to Mesa-- ten minute sets. Native
Grill and Wings hosts the mic in their bar; a raised stage makes it easy for
the crowd to see you working, all 20 tv’s are turned down, and a MBE banner hangs
in the background. Despite the raised
stage, about half the mic-ers stay on the ground; once, I even tripped going up
and wiped out the mic and mic stand.
Native is located at 1559 S. Gilbert Road, the northwest corner
Gilbert Road and the 60. Nativegrillandwings.com will get you a good look at their menu and
specials. Native makes a great pizza;
twice I’ve had the 10” sausage, and it’s the real deal. Crunchy yet soft inner thin crust, fresh
sausage, good cheese, perfectly greasy!
It’s just a good pizza. Pizza is
my go to item if a place offers one.
I’ll try the wings next visit, they look great.
The crowd at the three mics I’ve been a part of these past
two months at the Native are well attended.
Mellow B Entertainment’s Bobby Johnson is the driving force behind these
crowds. He watches the Dallas Cowboys
games here with a large group on game day, and a lot of those fans have made it
out for comedy. They
are a pretty well spirted group that takes a pounding from the comedians. They
come ready to laugh; they weren’t even scared off by Tamponman or some
scary eyed screamer with a dildo on November 19, 2014. So that’s a good sign. I’m thinking dick
jokes are okay with this crowd—well, at least rubber dick jokes.
Actually there were quite a few mic-ers that I haven’t seen
before, which is always fun. You pay
attention to their stuff, I don’t usually catch their name the first time. They are “the guy in the yellow shirt that
said the thing about….” Next time, I’ll pay better attention to catch a name
when I see them edging their way up to
the side stage. In addition to the
no-names, it was nice to see Doc from Gilbert, a rare mic sighting from a guy
who has made a living from telling jokes on the road. Mic-ers we’ll miss Lawyer Johnson, he is going
to the next level soon. My set went fine, 5 minutes, all new set stuff. I have
to start recording at least voiceagain, but I think all concepts got a laugh.
I met Doc when were each taping promotional videos at Stand
Up Scottsdale in the spring. He was a
real comedian, and I was just getting mine done as a stocking stuffer that I
haven’t shared with anyone; stay tuned for the big unveil at Christmas 2014 at
the Zuiker house! #worstgiftever. Everyone else getting their tapes done were
trying to put together a good promotional gig video, and Alex “Doenut” Bleecker
did a fantastic job with all the taping and editing. That night at SUS, I did a real nice 10 minute
set at the 4 month mark, scripted. I
think it was a fair representation of where I was at the time, the tape don’t
lie. Though that show went well, the same week I taped that, I also had my
worst set of the year at the famous Tempe Improv. Unfortunately,
the Improv show is on YouTube, and it’s my only video posted to date. :/ That night, the mic host told the crowd I was
hilarious which was nice hearing since we’ve never meet and he just showed up
in town from Memphis, TN. last week. He’s my new best friend.
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