May 1st or “May Day” marks the one year point from when I first set foot upon Lana’s porch in Austin Texas and became her boyfriend. To celebrate our first year anniversary I planned a nice little night out on the town.

First we headed to Boa Steakhouse around the corner from our house. It’s a super swanky joint where you’ll find all kinds of high profile celebrities and over priced food. I dropped about $172 for a two steaks grizzled with fat and a couple of girly martini drinks, but hey, it’s my ladies favorite spot and I kind of get the feeling Sizzler just wouldn’t of had the same effect. It was a nice time, great service and we did have a celebrity sighting. Well, sort of. I noticed Chris Porter on the patio as we were leaving. He’s a groovy comedian guy that has given me some great advice about standup at The Comedy Store.

After dinner we headed over the LA Comedy Sportz theatre to see a couple shows. Unfortunately, the crowd was really slim pickings so the Old Milwaukee crew had to cancel their show. We had the chance to meet the cast and give them some shit out front for a few minutes. They are long form improv group, and I was anxious to see them. Maybe another time. So, we hit some dive bar, downed a few drinks and came back.

That’s when we got to see the highlight of the night. It was this funny cat by the name of Adam Fisher who hosts a show called Up Late With Adam. I had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when I bought tickets on the internet. I prefer to just wing it like that. Anyhow, the show is similar to any late night show like Conan, Letterman, Leno, etc except that all the material and jokes are created live during the show.

A cast of writers from shows like Jimmy Kimmel, George Lopez and Mad TV took 10 topic suggestions from the audience, and these suggestions formed the content of the show. After the suggestions were gathered, the writers instantly start crafting jokes as quickly as they can scribble them. Once the jokes were written, they handed a stack of cue cards to Adam and he rocks the mic and delivers the jokes. It’s a very interesting dynamic because Adam really has little heads up about what he’s about to present. So it’s imperative that he improv well to make the jokes go over well.

Here is a clip of the monologue of the show…

After the monologue Adam starts to interview some guests who are made up of actors and hilarious performers. Remember, the entire show was improvised and based on audience suggestions from the beginning of the show. It was a riot. After the show the cast members spent time shaking hands and thanking people for coming out. It was a great time and I reckon we’ll go back for seconds some time soon.

If you’re in the Los Angeles area on a Sunday night and want to check out some amazing improv comedy, peep the info below.

FOR TICKETS FOR: UP LATE WITH ADAM

Call the ComedySportzLA box office: 323.871.1183
Or visit: http://comedysportzla.com/shows/show-schedule.html

You can also check out more clips on Adam’s YouTube Channel.