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LAUGHTER LABORATORY Open mic nights are where comedians experiment. But what keeps them going?
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rankly, it’s an awful night for an open mic. It’s a hot-as-hell July evening in Sarasota, so the crowd is slim, and
it appears that 15-some minutes after it was supposed to start, only two comics have signed up. (The host, who goes simply
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This Comedy Central, NBC and HBO veteran comic has a hilarious take on the single life. PAGE 4
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by Yourm, hustles the crowd to boost his sign-up count as he jaunts from table to table, clipboard in hand.) The 10-ish audience members huddle around picnic tables and lounge on lawn chairs in the backyard of JDub’s Brewing Co. & Tap Room, the venue for this notso-fine evening’s festivities. Honestly, most of them look blissfully unaware that there’s a show supposedly about to start. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Stunning cinematography and harmonious scoring make “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” a must-see. YOUROBSERVER.COM