Just got home from performing at Sketch Up.
A little bragging here: Afterwards, a stranger told me I was a star.
What, you may ask, is Sketchup, and why is this post titled Not SNL? As you may imagine, for many actors, comedians, writers and other creatives in L.A., getting any sort of regular gig in our line of work is tough, and anything regular is a huge win. Becoming a writer or cast member on a show like SNL or MadTV or... In Living Color... would make any of us feel like we had "made it". It's the kind of thing that's possible enough that we all know someone who's done it, but it's so far off for us, that it seems impossible. How do you prepare yourself for the maybe someday? You do the same thing, but without a budget.
Sketchup is a monthly event at Second City Hollywood during which sketches are written, rehearsed and performed. SNL cast members get a week?! Pshaw! We get 10 hours! And tonight's was THE BOMB. You can imagine that when there's no time for editing or rethinking that things might go off the rails... and they can, but not tonight!
Here we are waiting to get into the space after rehearsal, but before tech:
Here are some pictures that my wife 
I got to play Kiki, one of the real housewives of Las Vegas
And then Luigi, co-hosting a conversation about racial injustice
And a waiter serving men and their demonically possessed sex dolls
And half a dozen other characters over the course of the night. HOORAY!
