Louisville, KY — A local bar in downtown Louisville has cancelled its open mic, which had been the longest running comedy show in the city, the very instant it determined it had enough regular business to do so.
“We never wanted to do comedy, but it was the only way to get a dozen people in here on a Sunday night,” said Sid Humphries, the manager of The Nasty Olive. “I’m not really looking to replace it with anything. I kind of hope we just run like a normal bar without stupid, gimmicky bullshit like an open mic for the foreseeable future.”
When asked about the absence of Sunday night comedy, most bar patrons were surprised to learn that there had even been a comedy show.
“Comedy? Is that what those weird meetings by the NFL Blitz game were?” asked Lee Morren, a frequent guest of The Nasty Olive and zero-time attendee of the weekly show. “I honestly thought it was some weird, new-age support group that talked about Tinder a lot. You’re telling me those people were trying to be funny?”
The only people who seemed to express any remorse over the show’s cancellation were the comics themselves, whose Sunday ritual has now come to an end.
“We love this bar! It was the only place you could get a $2 PBR and say the R-word on stage with minimal repercussions,” reminisced veteran comic of six months and faithful attendee Rick Lyons. “Sure, there normally wasn’t more than three people in here for the show, but on good nights, we could pack this place with six, seven people sometimes. Those are the nights I’m going to miss most.”
One bearded comic who chose to remain anonymous protested the business by using his last drink ticket on a PBR, and then not tipping.
By June Dempsey.
The Bringer 
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