It’s hard to believe the holidays are over already. Perhaps if I were to take the Christmas decorations down in my cabin, it would feel more like the twelfth day of 2014. But seeing how my New Year’s resolution was…
Jan 11 2014
Dec 7 2013
Team America
One of the first things guests ask me is, “What’s an American like you doing working as a crew member on a cruise ship?”
My stock answer is: “I’m not a crew member. I’m actually the president of the cruise…
Nov 19 2013
Sorry If I Offended You, Jackass!
There comes a point in every comedian’s career when he has to stop worrying about offending people. Worrying about offending people while performing stand-up comedy is like worrying about getting bugs on your windshield while driving a car. No matter…
Oct 20 2013
Fan Friction
After reading about the popular new trend of online “fan fiction,” I can’t stop picturing how cool it would be to have some teenage girl reinvent me as a wisecracking vampire lurking in the shadows, thirsting to drain the lifeblood…
Oct 7 2013
I Kid You Not
The coolest thing about being a cruise ship comedian is I get to perform stand-up for children way too young to visit comedy clubs on land. One night, this adorable little Chinese-American girl in the front row raised her hand…
Sep 27 2013
The Big "O"
Whenever a comedian’s flight gets canceled, I get paid extra to cover his shows as the fill-in headliner. It’s happened three times in the past two months. I’m not sure if it’s due to the current shortage of air traffic…
Sep 14 2013
Be My Guest, Too
Difficult cruise ship guests can be put into four categories. You can try putting them into five, but they’re not going to cooperate.
You’ll recognize the four types of difficult guests by their mantras:
1) “I Paid a Lot to…
Aug 29 2013
Be My Guest
My job is to help guests on my cruise ship experience the vacation of a lifetime. But difficult guests don’t need my help. Their constant complaining can make seven days seem like a lifetime.
Don’t get me wrong. Helping difficult…
Aug 16 2013
Shut Your Face(book)
The great thing about Facebook is it allows average folks to express themselves with words without first having to actually learn how to express themselves with words.
Why struggle through a Writer’s Digest book on argumentative essays just so you…
Aug 9 2013
Bon Voyage!
Aug 2 2013
The Boat Act Blues
Being a cruise-ship comedian is an easy gig. Perform two or three 30-minute sets a night, four nights a week, and you’re done.
That leaves you 163 hours of free time every week to…
- Get to the airport at 4:00am…
Jul 24 2013
