Got an e-mail from the co-producer of our shows - forwarding some comments from a friend of hers who's seen four of our shows - definitely male and while they think I'm dynamic and a fountain of information, they think my occasional Jew jokes are "stale" and "old", they found last night's running gag about the Armenian musicals of the 90s okay at the first mention but not after (I think they thought it might be offensive to Armenians), they're tired of my opening line that I have now done for all thirty-five shows about being elderly and having to read from the paper (never mind that it is always followed by something funny that's always different), and they didn't like my comment about the bad hair day and my lack thereof.
I responded, of course, that the day I start tailoring my patter to make a specific member of the audience happy is the day I stop doing these shows. Why she would even send me this I have no idea. The only thing that would make me rethink some humor is the lack of a laugh. It was funny, I felt negativity in that room last night - strongly - and my guess is that we could center that directly at the writer of this e-mail and his guest. I kind of hope they stop coming.
