Novi, MI – Local comic Troy George has alerted the comedy scene and the public that the comedy/poetry open mic at Big Daddy’s Steakshop is dangerously close to accidentally becoming a poetry/comedy open mic.
“We need you all to come out to the mic and perform next week, we almost had more poets than comics,” George announced in a Facebook post which has yet to receive any reactions. “And we had to bribe Josh and Lilly to perform with double drink tickets. Time to turn out and support the scene! Poetry fucking sucks!”
Event organizer and fellow stand-up comic Jarrod Roth explained the history of the mic to The Bringer, and told us how it came to its current endangered state.
“When I started this mic, it was only comedy and that was great,” Roth said. “Then comics stopped showing up, or only showed up to drink and smoke on the patio, and we needed to add poetry to fill the time. Like, when I started this, it was all about the art of comedy. But now I’m only in it for the $15 weekly payout and a few drink tickets, which is admittedly a lot more than I was making before.”
Despite the negative press, some performers at Big Daddy’s were more optimistic about potentially upending the balance between poetry and comedy.
“The poetry scene is really coming together, and I think we are ready to be the first part of the slash,” remarked local poet Laurie Post. “And I think my parents and three roommates from college would like to see more meaningful, beautiful poetry every Tuesday with less dick jokes.”
Drew “Big Daddy” Brady, owner of Big Daddy’s Steakshop, was a bit more philosophical when discussing the topic.
“The poets scare me some, always talking about their feelings and shit,” decried Brady between bites of well-done ground beef. “But hey, if I get enough money to fix the big screen TV, we’ll just go back to showing ESPN Classic on Tuesdays. That way, everybody is happy.”
A group of local comics has formed an alliance in hopes of consistently outnumbering the poets at the open mic, which they plan to do as soon as any of them decide to try comedy.
By G. Smith.
The Bringer 