Would You Trust These People With Your Life?

These are my comedy friends. We go to open mics together (rare for me these days). Many of them get picked to be on shows locally. A few travel. Some have jobs. Most have a professional attitude.

Something a lot of people get wrong is they think that the funny person on stage is the whole picture. It’s not. I feel like quite a few of these comics have their shit way more together than I do, and somehow I made it to 64. I wonder what will happen to these people. Will they realize their comedy dreams? Become accountants? Sell out big venues, or just sell out?

These photos are from the last couple of years. I’m posting them now because a fixture of the Boise comedy scene, The Mad Swede, is closing its doors permanently tonight, New Year’s Eve. I won’t be there for it, except in spirit.

These are my comedy friends. I wouldn’t trust them with my life, because that’s a huge burden to put on someone. What I would trust them with is to always show up and give their best, no matter how much an uphill battle show business is. That’s worth the world, if you think about it.