Anybody can crush when it is a sold out show in a club. Anybody can do that. It takes a solid road comic to headline in a room that looks like some sort of post-apocalyptic movie. You'll actually have three three three or four people will be there for comedy they deserve a show. You don't just phone it in because you're working the minor leagues. You do it better. You got to play it like it's a sold-out arena... in your head. And that's the difference between a pro and an amateur. The pro still brings the heat even when the crowd is thin. 

It's the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.  We are officially hanging up the headphones on the Bar Comedy USA News radio segment that took place with Double T on Rockford's “Home for Classic Rock”, 96.7FM, TheEagle. 

It was four years every Tuesday morning reporting  to Double T and his listeners  about what's happening in bar comedy across the country.  And how here we are…   officially hanging up the headphones on the Bar Comedy USA News radio segment. 

And shout out to Double T. He's a lot of fun to work with. And do that segment every week.

The curtain has come down. The mic is turned off. The bartender is yelling last call. 

But before you start sobbing into your beer and crying like a heartbroken teenager, hold on. 

Just hold your horses. We ain't gone. We're just getting started. 

Why stop reporting on the fun, just because we can't do it on the radio? That's some corporate nonsense. 

We can still do it on an online  live stream. That's right, folks. We can ditch the weekly radio update vibe and just go rogue. That's the new plan. Move the circus over to social media with a semi-daily live stream. You know, some days the Wi-Fi is bad and the hangover is worse. But we'll do hot takes and road stories and heckler horror shows and behind-the-scenes shenanigans. All the good stuff from Bar Comedy USA. 

I mean, we spent years telling the world what it's like doing comedy in small town bars with shows that are oftentimes wedged between the karaoke machine and a dartboard and the sound system being routed through the mechanical animatronic mounted taxidermied deer head on the wall. 

Now, we can go real time. We can go raw. We can go unfiltered. We don't have to just wait around for the Thursday episode. Now we can complain about Wednesday…  on Wednesday. 

We can check in live from the road, see what's happening. Maybe even do get some video action happening. 

So anyway, let's raise a glass. Let's toast the radio segment, Bar Common USA News in the mornings on 96.7 FM in Rockford. It made you laugh. It made you groan. It made you question your career choices. It's been a hell of a run. 

Now we're taking this thing straight to your phone. Into the palm of your hands. One live stream at a time. So follow along. Subscribe. Follow. Whatever you do. Wherever you're watching.

 The big finale. The last hurrah. The final round of the Bar Comedy USA News radio segment. And just like the end of a long comedy tour, it’s bittersweet—  But don’t be sad. This isn’t goodbye. It’s more like, “I’ll see you at the next gig.” We’ll still be out there—on the road with The Pub & Grub Comedy Tour. 

Really needing to bring their A-game were the superstars of The Pub and Grub Comedy Tour, MVPs, Doug Canney and Chris Barrett. They went to the Diesel Tap in Buford, Georgia, and it was a little bit rough. 

They had not much of an audience. It was mostly regulars, from what I understand, who didn't seem to want to have much to do with the comedy. 

And that will happen when you do some of these nightclubs, taverns, neighborhood, restaurants, bars. Sometimes it's like an ambush. Comedy takes them by surprise. It's not necessarily what they want. 

And I'm not saying Easter is the worst holiday for comedy, but it does seem to be a little bit of a challenge. It's one of those sleeper of comedy holidays. Low expectations. 

What else you got going on this weekend? 

We got WrestleMania and we got 4/20. So that's what's up. And then... just like Jesus... in three days, comedy will rise again. 

That can be a very difficult situation when you're on stage and it is just an empty audience. There's a few people there and you want to give them their money's worth. And there may even be a few people there that are detracting from the show. And then you gotta like do battle with them. Be the enforcer and the fun guy at the same time. It's a very difficult balance. 

So this is just a tough weekend. You got WrestleMania. You got Easter. The crowd's mellow. Clubs are slow. But you gotta power through in a situation like that. 

You're a professional. 

You know, if this was WrestleMania weekend and I was on stage, I would probably be more interested in wrapping up the comedy myself. Just so I could see who won the main event. 

And then you got 4/20 this week. That's probably the real headliner of the week. And if you're one of those types of comics that can pull off a four-twenty show and have a room full of people laughing at your setup like it's the punchline, that's magic. Nobody's heckling. You know, if you got the right kind of merch, you can move some product. People literally buy anything that's 4/20... that says something 4/20-related...they'll probably buy four!  

This is just a weird weekend.

It's a very weird stoner/ wrestler/ Jesus-filled weekend. 

Here’s the thing: when people come to a comedy show, they’re there to laugh. When people go to a sports bar during March Madness, they’re there to yell at a screen and drown their sorrows in beer. Those are two very different moods.

 All in all, the season opener of The World Series of Comedy was a perfect mix of chaos and hilarity—just the way we like it. 

From broken mics to missing comics to drunk hecklers to tech disasters, sometimes Mr. Murphy is the real headliner.   In this episode of Bar Comedy USA News, we dive into the unpredictable madness of live entertainment, and ask the age-old question: Why does the universe wait until show day to fall apart?

 It’s that time of year again—The World Series of Comedy is hitting Vegas, and comedians from all over the country are rolling into town, ready to battle it out for laughs, bookings, or maybe just to preserve their dignity.  Who will win? Who will bomb? And most importantly—who will lose all their gig money at the blackjack table before their set?  In this episode, we dive into the chaos, the competition, and the behind-the-scenes madness of one of the biggest comedy events of the year. 

 Hitting a Super Bowl party in Las Vegas thrown by a bunch of comedians, which is basically just an excuse to drink beer and yell at a TV we’re barely watching. Tune in for hilarious takes, football talk that quickly goes off the rails, and a deep dive into why comics love and hate Super Bowl Sunday. 

 Turns out stand-up has made me downright feminine—because now, I look forward to Valentine’s Day and resent Super Bowl Sunday. I love the packed crowds of people on date nights who actually want to be entertained… and I dread the day America collectively decides that nachos and football are more important than comedians' rent money.