Between tragedy and comedy

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Ok so this is officially my second blog. All I have to say is what a difference from last year's Fringe. My show is much more together and it really makes this whole Edinburgh experience more enjoyable.

I have to give myself credit for having a show this year. This year by far on paper has been one of the worst of my life. In November my family and I found out my father has terminal cancer. That was a major blow. I didn’t gig for 3 months out of this year to be by his side (my brother Des Bishop is doing a show about the experience- you should check it out). I also turned 30 which often causes people to reflect on their life. I can tell you when I was a younger man I thought by the time I hit 30 there would be a little bit more stability my life. But when I turned 30 I was far from stable. I was renting a room out of my brother’s house and because of the recession and the money I lost in Edinburgh 2009 I was slowly going broke. This year wasn’t easy and I can say I definitely hit some sort of bottom.

I won’t go into too much more detail, I think this blog is meant to be funny but this is what I decided to write about and I promise the next one will have some laughs. I rarely talk about things so I just thought why not use this whole blogging thing to get a few things off my chest. If you took time to read this, thank you....

Now here comes the turning point! Hitting bottom really isn’t the worst thing in the world. Having to face adversity can really make someone stronger. I don’t mean to sound like Oprah but I definitely got some strength out all these experience. When I sat next to my father while he did chemo I just felt we only have one shot in this world and you really have to make the best of it. So I just stopped worrying about the little things and it’s amazing how my perceptions changed. My circumstance didn’t change but the way I looked at things did.

It was at this point I started writing comedy again and to my surprise I seemed to be writing my best stuff. I can now see why they say comedians really don’t get good until they hit 30. I think the best comedians have walked the line between tragedy and comedy. So there is nothing like a little tragedy to inspire an Edinburgh show!

In a relatively short time I have put together a nice show. I am happy with it and nobody can take that away from me. This show is a celebration of my father’s life and of my own coming of age. So if you read this and like it come to my show and celebrate with me!!!!

Oh yea here is a joke... What did the bird say when his cage broke...... Cheap Cheap

Ha ha, so funny.