After writing a smart-assed post about ways to deliver backhanded compliments to other comics, I went on the road for the week and got my own back. If you hang out long enough at the club, you'll see people's excitement levels drop precipitously. The people who really liked you will come talk to you about it immediately, and then the people who kind of liked it will say something, and at closing time people who didn't really care for it will feel compelled to mention that they saw you or that they heard you were good.
I also got my favorites handed out in Lewiston, ID at MJ Barleyhoppers (yes, *that* MJ Barleyhoppers) : "I don't know what their problem was, I thought you were hilarious", and "Don't worry, they're too stupid to know how funny you were!"
That chart is great.
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