Love On The Air

Love On The Air                                        2753

Friday, December 23, 2005-12:37 A.M.

Just finished the second of five headlining shows at my home club, The Comix Cafe, this weekend.  Last night and tonight were almost identical, inasmuch as that the crowds were both predominately college-aged kids, and the room was jammed.  The shows weren't like the late-show Friday mess of last week, though...the rooms were filled with people ready to laugh and have a good time, just the way I like it.

Wednesday, our host was Tommy Mule' from 96.5 FM WCMF, and tonight we had Scott Spezzano from 97.9 FM WPXY.  Both guys are real good friends, and work for the same radio company.  I worked for that radio company years ago as director of research, so I have a long-running relationship with Tommy and Scott.  Both nights there were guest spots, Wednesday being Porter Matthews and tonight Joe Cumbo.  Both those guys took my standup comedy class and are up-and coming young talents, so it was neat being able to share the stage with them.  And finally, Joey Fico, another Ralph Tetta protege', was great in the feature spot.

I couldn't have had more fun on stage both nights if you had filled my underwear with Slick-50 and pushed me down a water slide.  It's great playing in front of a room with 350+ people in it...the difference between that and playing to a hundred or less is like the difference between driving a Chevy Cavalier and a Ferrari.  I definitely like the bigger rooms....it's like wind in your hair when you get a big laugh or applause break.  I worked pretty rough, or downright dirty, depending on what you're used to...but that's the kind of humor I like, so at least I can say I'm being true to myself.  There's no subtelty to my act when I get in front of a full room....it's caveman joke-telling time, thump, thump, thump, and drag you back to my lair where I will plant my seed into you.

Huh, I passed out there for a second...I hope I didn't say anything offensive....

Marianne Sierk, a Rochester native, now living in sin with my good friend Steve Burr in the City of Angels, was visiting the Flower City and her relatives while Steve entertains the troops overseas in Bahrain (get all the juicy details at www.steveburrcomedy.com and click on his journal), and she'll be doing a guest spot tomorrow night.  I like the guest spots, because it's like bonus comedy....I think it's a value for the audience, as long as the time isnt' ridiculous. 

This morning, I was the special guest on Radio Free Wease on WCMF.  I didn't sleep very well last night, still rattling from caffeine and a great show, and I slept about two hours (not in a row) and wound up showing up at the remote broadcast over at the Greece Ridge Center (big mall in a working-class suburb of Rochester) around 7:00 A.M.  I stayed until 11:00 A.M. when the show went off the air, and got home and slept most of the day away.  I woke up to find that my wife and daughter decided to have a little nappy-nap, too, so I woke them up and cooked a nice dinner (Szechaun Shrimp Stir-Fry) and had a nice time together before I had to head back out to the club.  It's been nice being home this month, sharing time with my family rather than hastily snatching it two days a week and then heading back out to the road.

I have radio again tomorrow morning, so I'm going to get some sleep.  I don't know if I'll be ready to sleep, I've only been awake today for about 8 hours.  Gotta promote the shows, though.  Just another day at the office.

Hope you're ready for the holidays as they approach.  We're looking forward to them over here.

Ralph Tetta

Rochester, NY