Toledo, OH — Local open mic comedian Josh Rogers announced his retirement from comedy today in a public Facebook post. Despite 8 hours since the post was made, the status has only received likes and has no comments.
“When I said I was retiring from comedy, I really expected an outpouring of people thanking me for all the laughs and asking me to consider unretiring,” said Rogers. “But I’ve only seen likes of the post and no comments. I hoped for at least a laugh react or something.”
Comedians from around the region who know Rogers had varied reactions to the situation.
“Yeah, I saw that and gave a like,” remarked open mic regular “The Comedian” OG Clownface. “He won’t be missed at all the mics taking time that could be mine. I almost went with a love reaction, but that level of burn I save for the local open mic roast shows.”
“I was thinking of doing the whole retiring thing, but after seeing that, I’m gonna stick around,” said comedian Marge Roberts. “I’ll just keep going to mics despite being immunocompromised, I’m sure those bar patrons are talking about how much they love my bits.”
“I actually liked and defriended,” said veteran comedian Dick Masters. “I only talked to the kid because he might end up running a show someday or be able to get me time on something. He’ll just have to live without my Facebook funnies just like I now have to live without the chance to eat his leftover fries.”
Update: Within an hour of our interview Rogers had quit five different regional standup comedy Facebook groups, replacing them with five “spicy” meme Facebook groups, which he began posting in.
By G. Smith.
The Bringer 