Scraping the Bottom of the Taco

(This one's too funny) -

Thanks to my dog's poor sleeping habits, I hadn't slept much this past week, so I decided to skip the open mic Friday that I was planning on attending, sit at home and watch the Mets. However, my "eh" show at NY Comedy Club on Thursday left a sour taste in my mouth, so I made the last second call to refresh my mouth with a trip to Maui Taco's (?).

Located on 5th Avenue btwn 32nd and 33rd, Maui Taco's in a two floor fast food taco place with a bar. I walked downstairs - as the bartender instructed - to greet the six or seven comics sitting around, eating tacos. There was one other table with about six people.

Long story short, we started the show, the MC talks to the only patrons there, asking them where they are from. In heavy accents, they replied...

"Korea."
"China."
"Turkey."
"Japan."
"Thailand."
"India."

"Wow, that's weird," she said, "And I assume you're all together." They looked at each other before nodding. "So what brings you here?"
Again, they looked at each other before the MC simplified it.
"Why did you come to Maui Tacos?"
Someone spoke. "We take Engrish crass next door at Empire State."

So, yeah, we started performing for the six tourists who didn't know English. Actually, only the first comic did, since they got up and left after he was finished.
It was worth it though just to watch their faces as the 55 year old comic joked that to him safe sex means "having a defribulator handy." They all sheepishly looked at each other, shrugging their shoulders as if he was speaking a foreign language. Good times.

I made it through my set without any miscues...though man, these open mics are tough...very few laughs...I have to admit, even though I was warned about this, my confidence is slowly eroding.

We'll see...

Rock On,

Aitch