The online appreciation grows! (I'll try to deliver)

Stay in your@LaneSperkus with Night School!!! Scratch that itch! Follow your feelz! Lane will deliver! I think? Lane??? LANE???? pic.twitter.com/UpWN1nrAcb

— 👑 QueenQuaranQat 👑 (@JodingersCat) July 15, 2020

When *will* Mastodon cover the Cocteau Twins, is the real query

Fans indulge me with excessive love coupled by hedged public praise.

Reprint of my 4/1/20 Farcebook post

Here's some cheese... today marks a year since I started regularly doing stand-up comedy. I had dabbled with it now and then (since 2011), and have always been a fan, but this past year was different because I PERSEVERED! Despite all the embarrassment and self-disgust, I kept doing it in an attempt to answer some questions.

Primarily I wanted to see if I could:
1) actually write a joke
2) tell it on stage in a manner that received laughs.

Last April Fool’s those were VERY open questions, but I summoned the courage to get up and perform at Bear with Me Open Mic and… well the questions remained unanswered BUT it was a start and I kept going— that’s the important part— and I continued getting up at open mics around town. I don’t have an exact count but I logged over 100 performances in 2019, plus a number of showcases!

I performed indoors and outdoors, at bars and breweries, at new and established shows. Even my all-time favorite show, Comedy Catastrophe, let me have a moment in the spotlight. It’s been a helluva thrill.

I want to thank the supportive and talented comedy community in New Orleans. There’s quite honestly too many people to name: all the hosts of open mics, show producers, fellow comedians, venue staff, local comedy fans… you’ve been very accepting and generous. I appreciate it and am filled with gratitude. As an old-timer I know would say, 'My heart is as big as a pumpkin for y’all.'

So it’s been a fantastic year for me in comedy, and I’ve far surpassed all the goals I initially set. I’ve given it a lot of thought, and now seems like the appropriate time to announce:

I’m gonna keep doing it! Let’s see what year two has in store! Sure it’s off to a weird start, but I miss it and want to keep going (despite the embarrassment and self-disgust).

Hotz stuff

This is Jeremy Hotz at his best. And when he was at his best he was un-followable. There are excellent comedians with current Netflix specials that use the same premises as Hotz, but to much lesser effect. I watch this set regularly.

 

Laughs-a-plenty in 2020!

It took eight years for me to reach 100 followers; but four months later I'm at 200!! This is momentous comedy momentum!

Thx again to @nolanolegal and @BreauxMart for being my centennials— many more to come, I bet! https://t.co/tNzFh0Oi6X

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) February 2, 2020

Thursday, I'm on another stand-up comedy showcase!! https://t.co/5ZZNdZQk8q Come out and see me—
Laughs-a-plenty in 2020!! #exclamationpoints pic.twitter.com/toANv1dq4O

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) February 2, 2020

You can enjoy these, as a tweet

Tonight my wife and I got into an argument about how to do the potatoes. But we hashed it out.

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) January 18, 2020

“How long do I have, Doc?”

“Including the 3 seconds you took to ask that?”

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) September 23, 2019

People tell me to lighten up and I explain this is the happiest I've been in months and they say "we mean lose weight."

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) January 11, 2020

I can remember when accidentally selecting premium at the gas pump wasn't a catastrophic financial blunder.

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) January 19, 2020

2019 was a pivotal year for tipping points.

— Perk up Sperkus (@LaneSperkus) December 26, 2019