tag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:/blogs/touring-history?p=1Touring History2022-12-23T23:17:21-12:00jeffthefundude.comfalsetag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274802014-02-07T12:00:00-12:002017-09-20T00:49:21-12:00Carnival Contracts
<ol>
<li><strong>July, 2007-May 2008: Entertainment Host, Carnival Elation</strong></li>
<li><strong>July, 2008-February, 2009: Entertainment Host, Carnival Elation</strong></li>
<li><strong>June, 2009-September, 2009: Entertainment Host, Carnival Elation/Glory</strong></li>
<li><strong>October, 2009-August, 2010: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream/Sensation/Spirit/Conquest</strong></li>
<li><strong>November, 2010-July, 2011: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream</strong></li>
<li><strong>August, 2011-March, 2012: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream</strong></li>
<li><strong>April 27, 2012 -May 11, 2013: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream/Sunshine</strong></li>
<li><strong>July 27, 2013 - February 1 2014: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream</strong></li>
<li><strong>March 29, 2014 - May 24, 2015: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream</strong></li>
<li><strong>September 13, 2015 - October 9, 2016: Comedy Club Manager, Carnival Dream</strong></li>
<li><strong>January 29, 2017 - August 13, 2017: Comedy Club Host, Carnival Splendor</strong></li>
</ol>
jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274702013-07-22T12:00:00-12:002022-05-21T04:52:52-12:001986-1987<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1986</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>First time on stage: Sunday, August 16th, 1986, at the legendary Cleveland Comedy Club. I bombed so swiftly and so brutally that I bailed after three minutes. The MC, Mike Mailck, said, "Let's hear it for that Jeff Shaw kid. Kind of a short set. I caught it between strokes in the men's room."</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>The first person to congratulate me on surviving my first open mic was future superstar Drew Cary. He really liked one of my jokes: "My mom says I'm so slow I'd be late to my own funeral. I said, 'No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't even go. I never liked the bum in the first place.'"</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Regardless, I felt so humiliated that I quit my factory job the next day, packed up my car and moved to Chicago, IL, in order to work at a Czech restaurant called the Dumpling House. Having graduated from the Intermediate Czech program at the Army's Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, CA, a few months earlier, I figured I should create every opportunity possible to develop my language skills since I obviously had no knack for comedy.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>After watching the first episode of the 1986 season of SNL with Dana Carvey--my newest and instant comedy idol, I asked my mom to mail my comedy notebooks to me. I started writing jokes again, moved back to Cleveland, got a job delivering pizza, went to my Army Reserve drills every month, and readied myself to give open mics another try.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1987 (DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Unfortunately, I cannot find my date book for 1987. Fortunately, I do remember the following highlights...</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<ul> <li><strong>Sunday night, February 23. Six months after my first open-mic night, I shook off the humiliation enough to give it a second try. I did well enough tonight at the Cleveland Comedy Club to become a regular open-micer on Sundays at the Cleveland Comedy Club and on Mondays at the Akron-Canton Comedy Club.</strong></li> <li><strong>March 16th (Oscar Night): First paid gig, $25 to MC for Cleveland Comedian "Basil" at "Chicago's" in Rocky River.</strong></li> <li><strong>April: Can't remember the date, but I middled for Shang Forbes at a club near Akron U called "The Armadillo."</strong></li> <li><strong>April 22-26: First professional MC week at Hilarities in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The Headliner was Bert Challis and the middle act was Jordan Brady.</strong></li> <li><strong>June 17th: I quit my day job at Pizza Master in North Olmstead, OH, and started sending out promotional kits to bookers around the Midwest.</strong></li> <li><strong>July: I meet "Bob & Tom" star Tim Wilson at "Cartoon's" in Willoughby. I performed an open-mic set and he was the paid headliner. We hung out in his hotel room afterwards listening to Richard Prior tapes. Around 5:00am I drove Tim to the airport where he gave me the contact info for the Punchliner Comedy Club Chain based in Atlanta. A week later I had booked a five-week run in all of their clubs.</strong></li> <li><strong>August: I take a break from working local clubs and convoy to Ft. Bragg, NC with my reserve unit, the 350th PSYOPS Co. for two-week summer camp.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>I consider the third week in September, 1987 to be the official start of my career as a full-time touring comedian. I featured at the Toledo Comedy Club. Current Carnival comedian Hank McGauley was the MC at the time and blew me off the stage every night.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Some of the other gigs for the last quarter of 1987 were...</strong></p>
<ul> <li><strong>Wiley's Comedy Club, Dayton, OH.</strong></li> <li><strong>One-niter tour of Illinois for the Funny Business Agency. I remember being so excited about getting paid $500 for the entire run.</strong></li> <li><strong>Featuring for Drew Carey at the Funny Bone in Milwaukee for Thanksgiving week. I remember listening to Aerosmith's "Permanent Vacation" album on the tape player while driving Drew and myself over to the club owner's house for Thanksgiving dinner.</strong></li> <li><strong>The Punchliner Comedy Clubs in Columbia, SC; Greenville, SC; Columbia, SC; Sandy Springs, GA; North Lake, GA and Jacksonville, FL, where I opened for future "Tool Time" host and "Buzz Light Year," Tim Allen.</strong></li>
</ul>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274722013-07-21T12:00:00-12:002023-12-10T04:54:51-12:001988<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<ul> <li><strong>I do remember opening for The Amazing Johnathan at Hilarities in Cleveland sometime near the end of the month.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-21 Funny Bone @ the Market Place, Cincinnati, OH </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-28 Funny Bone, Knoxville, TN (w/Bill Keller)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-5 Holiday House, Monroevile, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-12 Funny Bone, Pittsburgh (w/John Joseph)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-19 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN (TV taping "Night Shift with Kevin Ferguson") (w/ Bud Anderson)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-26 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30-3 Funny Bone, Milwaukee, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-9 The Punchline, Greenville, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12 Zanies, Nashville, TN "Mid-South Laff Off" (Last place!)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-17 Comedy Zone, Biloxi, MS (w/J. Anthony Brown)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Club Rio, Pensacola, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20 Thunderbirds, Panama City, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-23 Comedy Zone @ The Ramada, Tallahassee, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24 Thunderbirds, Ft. Walton Beach, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-1 The Punchline, Charlotte, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-8 The Punchline @ Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA (w/John Mendoza)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUNE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-5 The Funny Bone, Shaumburgh, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-11 Norfolk Comedy Club, Norfolk, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-18 Toledo Comedy Club, Toledo, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-25 The Punchline, Columbia, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-3 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-9 Richmond Comedy Club, Richmond, VA (w/Gary DeLaney)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12 Mr. G's, Richmond, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 Ramada Inn, Columbus, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14 Ozzie's Balcony Saloon, Oxford, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20 Barnaby's, Owensborro, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Our Place, Muncie, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23 TJ's, Findlay, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2 Comedy Zone @ Mountain Inn Resort, Lake Lure, NC (w/David Sayh)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3 Comedy Zone @ Holiday Inn, Boone, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4 Comedy Zone @ Holiday Inn, Sumnter, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-7 Comedy Zone, Winston-Salem, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-14 Zanies, Nashville, TN (w/Finis Henderson)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-27 Wiley's 2 @ the Ramada Inn, Dayton, OH (w/Pat Sullivan)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31 Easy Street, Lancaster, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1 Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-10 Roanoke, VA (w/Rich Voss)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-16 Charlie Goodnight's (w/Robert Shimmel)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Comedy Zone @Omni Hotel, Chapel Hill, NC (w/Doug Doane)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Comedy Zone, Grayson, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-25 Comedy on Broadway, Lexington, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26 Frankfort, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27-2 The Funny Farm, Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Findlay, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 Monaca, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 Youngstown, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11 Paducah, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-16 Huntsville, AL (w/Killer Beas)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-23 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1 Funny Business, Saginaw, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-6 Connxtions, Lansing, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-10 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN (TV taping, "Night Shift w/ Kevin Furguson")</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Met Jay Leno backstage @ The Front Row Theater between shows. He fed me pizza & Pepsi, and gave me advice!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-23 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN (No TV taping)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Funny Business, Port Huron, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274772013-07-20T12:00:00-12:002021-01-13T06:24:52-12:001989-1992<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p><strong>I guess I've lost my date books for '89,'90,'91,'92. This sucks because these were four of my most productive years on the road. I worked the road 45-50 weeks each year, traversing the country many times and playing some of the best clubs in the country as a middle act, putting over 200,000 miles on my little white Yugo.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Some of the highlights of '89-'92 are:</strong></p>
<ul> <li><strong>Taping an episode of "Showtime's Comedy Club Network" at Hilarities alongside Steve Harvey. We got a multi-page write-up in the <em>The Plain Dealer.</em></strong></li> <li><strong>Performing with David Cross and Denny Johnston in the 1989 San Francisco International Comedy Competition and coming in 28th out of 40 with only two years' experience as a stand-up.</strong></li> <li><strong>Featuring for the late great Bill Hicks in January of 1990 at the Funny Firm in downtown Chicago.</strong></li> <li><strong>Fielding the phone call that landed Drew his first appearance on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson while sharing a "comedy condo" with Drew while working the Funny Bone in Arlington, TC. Drew did<em> </em>Carson on my birthday, Nov.8th, 1991.</strong></li> <li><strong>Thanks to Drew, Tim Allen and their manager Rick Messina, taping an episode of "A & E's Comedy on the Road" at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Detroit.</strong></li> <li><strong>Taking my friends backstage at the Palace Theater in Cleveland to meet and hang out with Tim Allen.</strong></li>
</ul>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274672013-07-19T12:00:00-12:002021-08-15T13:29:35-12:001993<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight:bold; text-align:left">JANUARY</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-3 Crackers, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-9 Reading Comedy Outlet, Reading, IN (w/ Vinnie Mark)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-30 Hysterical Management Tour of Midwest</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-6 Hysterical Management Tour of Midwest (w/Bruce "the Moose" Goodman)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-14 Comedy Cottage @ the Star Plaza, Merryville, IN (w/Leo DeFour</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-20 Funny Business, Flint, MI (W/Steven Cruiser)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-6 Portsmouth, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-13 Comedy on Broadway, Lexington, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-21 One-niter tour of Ohio (w/Kerry Pollack)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-27 Hilarities, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY (w/ Al April)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-17 Comedy Caravan, Kentucky one-niter tour (w/Al April)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Ozzie's, Oxford, OH (w/ Al April)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27-1 Funny Business, one-niter tour of Illinois $700</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-9 Funny Farm, Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-16 Italian Villa, Lancaster, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-23 Funny Bone, Monroeville, PA (w/Basil)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-29 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA (w/Paul Kelly)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Beaver Falls, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUNE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-5 Funny Business, Oxford, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 Quark @ Clock Tower Inn, Rockford, MI $100 (w/ Ken Evans)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9 Brass Rail, DuBuque, IA (w/ Ken Evans)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-12 Comedy on Main Street, Madison, WI (w/ Ken Evans)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 Stevens Point, WI (w/ Ken Evans)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-20 Funny Bone @ Westport Plaza, St; Louis, MO</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-27 Wiley's, Dayton, OH (HEADLINING w/Tommy Brogan)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-18 Laugh Factory, Memphis, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-24 Russo's, Grand Blanc, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-31 Connxtions, Toledo, OH (w/Steve Iott)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-7 Funny Bone, Cincinnati, OH (w Ron White)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-15 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (CO-HEADLINING w/ Mike Chiselka</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-22 Hilarities, Cleveland, OH (w/ Todd Yohn)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-28 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN ("Night Shift with Kevin Ferguson" TV taping 26th)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-5 Funny Bone, DesMoines, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-12 Funny Bone, Omaha, NE (w/ John McConnel)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-19 Funny Bone, Davenport, IA w/Destiny)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-25 Wagons Ho, Grand Forks, ND (w/ Steve Baird)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-3 Wagons Ho, Grand Forks, ND (w/ Steve Burger)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-10 Chaplin's West, Detroit, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-17 Crackers, Indianapolis, IN (CO-HEADLINING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-31 Funny Bone, Columbus, OH (w/Pat Sullivan)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong><strong>5-6 Reading Comedy Outlet, Reading, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-13 Mad Hatter's Comedy Club, Painesville, OH (w/Pat Sullivan)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-20 Comedy Zone Tour of North Carolina (w/ Vinnie Montello)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-28 Hilarities, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-4 Funny Bone, Springfield, MO</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Funny Bone @ Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO ("Best of St. Louis")</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-11 Funny Bone @ South County, St. Louis, MO (w/Buzz Sutherland)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-15 One-niter tour of IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-18 Funny Business, Kalamazoo, MI (w/ AJ Lentini & Johnene Getts)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274682013-07-18T12:00:00-12:002021-08-15T13:30:58-12:001994<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-6 Funny Bone, South Bend, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-13 Italian Villa, Lancaster, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-20 Funny Bone, Monroeville, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-26 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Beaver Falls, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-5 David Stein's Reading Comedy Outlet, Reading, PA (w/John Knight)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-19 Deja Vu, Columbia, MO</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-24 Comedy Zone one-niters across South Carolina</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-26 Comedy Zone, Charleston, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-21 Comedy Zone one-niters, Gulf Coast (w/Al Katz)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-23 Comedy Zone, Biloxi, MS (w/Al Katz)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-28 Comedy Zone one-niters, Florida Panhandle</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-20 Comedy Zone, Tallahassee, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-8 Wiley's, Dayton, OH (HEADLINING w/ Kevin Rude)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-14 Connextions, Toledo, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-19 Comedy Zone Tour, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-21 Comedy Zone, Greensborro, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUNE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-2 Funny Business one-niters, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-4 Funny Business, Kalamazoo, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-26 The Improv, Cleveland, OH (w/ Dan Chopan & Mark Knope)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-3 Funny Bone, Omaha, NE (W/Chicago Steve Barkley)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY-DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274692013-07-17T12:00:00-12:002021-01-13T06:32:39-12:001995<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY-AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>MAY 3 Cassette-only release of my first comedy Album <em>Jeffio</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Aug. 30-2 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN (HEADLINING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Comedy Zone, Biloxi, MS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Comedy Zone, Dothan, AL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 Comedy Zone, Ft. Walton Beach, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-9 Comedy Zone, Orlando, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-16 Wiley's, Dayton, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-23 Tour of Minnesota</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26 Huron, OH (opening for Chuck Booms)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 The Odeon, Cleveland, OH (In concert, opening for Chuck Booms)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-15 Skyline Comedy Club, Appleton, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Sleepy Hollow Inn, Liganeer, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-21 Dave Stein's Reading Comedy Outlet, Reading, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-28 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-5 Funny Bone, South Bend, IN (w/Bruce "Baby Man" Baum)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-19 Funny Bone, Buffalo, NY (w/Larry Reeb)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-26 Crackers @Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-29 Comedy Zone one-niters, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-2 Comedy Zone, Greensborro, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-10 Comedy Zone, Jacksonville, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 Comedy Zone, Starkville, MS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-16 Comedy Zone, Memphis, TN (w/Trip Wingfield)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Cagney's, Fayetteville, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20 The Attic, Greenville, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 Scoothes, Roanoake, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274782013-07-16T12:00:00-12:002013-07-24T10:48:37-12:001996
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>In addition to being another heavy touring year, 1196 was the year I started my writing career. While spending over 40 weeks on the year, I wrote dozens of 1,500 word essays for Cleveland's <em>Scene Magazine.</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>In may of this year I also started opening for James Gregory in top clubs throughout the Southeast. Traveling was fun again thanks to the bright red Ford Probe I bought new in February.</strong></p>
jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274662013-07-15T12:00:00-12:002021-08-15T13:34:25-12:001997<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>JANUARY</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>Dec. 31</strong> NYE @ the Beck Center, Lakewood, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>6</strong> Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>7-12</strong> Comedy Caravan, Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>15-19</strong> Funny Bone, Green Bay, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>29-Mar. 2</strong> Funny Bone, Evansville, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>5</strong> Comedy Zone, Greenville, NC (w/Dean Gaines)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>6</strong> Comedy Zone, Redford, VA (w/Dean Gaines)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>7</strong> Comedy Zone, Stanton, VA (w/Dean Gaines)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>9</strong> Comedy Zone, Fayettville, NC (w/Dean Gaines)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>13</strong> Comedy Zone, Harrisonburg, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>14-15</strong> Comedy Zone, Charleston, WA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>18</strong> Fairmount College, Fairmount, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>19-22</strong> Charlie Goodnight's, Raleigh, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>26</strong> Comedy Zone, Sumter, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>27</strong> Comedy Zone, Fayettville, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>28</strong> Comedy Zone, Lynchburg, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>29</strong> Comedy Zone, Winston-Salem, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>MARCH</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>12</strong> Vincennes, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>17-23</strong> Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>25-29</strong> Funny Bone, Buffalo, NY (w/Nick DiPaolo)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>APRIL</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>2</strong> Comedy Zone, Panama City, Fl</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>3-5</strong> Comedy Zone, I-Drive, Orlando, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>15-20</strong> Comedy Zone, Jacksonville, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>23-26</strong> Comedy Corner (w/Darryl Rhodes & Anna Collins)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>MAY</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>9-11</strong> Italian Villa, Lancaster, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>21-25</strong> Funny Bone Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>JUNE</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>10-15</strong> Funny Bone, Columbus, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>25-29</strong> Comedy Catch, Chatanooga, TN (w/James Gregory)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>JULY</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>2-6</strong> Funny Bone, Buffalo, NY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>8-13</strong> Star Dome, Birmingham, AL (w/James Gregory)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>15</strong> Comedy Zone, Clarksville, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>16</strong> Comedy Zone, Ozark, AL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>17</strong> Comedy Zone, Prestonsburg, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>18-19</strong> Comedy Zone, Knoxville, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>22-27</strong> Comedy House, Savannah, GA (w/James Gregory)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>29-Aug. 2</strong> Hilarities, Cleveland, OH (w/Rocky LaPorte)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>AUGUST</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>5-10 </strong>The Improv, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>4-6</strong> Main Street Comedy Showcase, Ann Arbor, M</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>16-21</strong> Comedy Zone, Charlotte, NC (w/Greg Ray)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>28</strong> First Run, Oxford, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>30</strong> Zanies, Nashville, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>OCTOBER</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>1-5</strong> Zanies, Nashville, TN (w/James Gregory)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>7-12</strong> Improv, Cleveland, OH (w/Finis Henderson)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>15-19</strong> Funny Bone, Evansville, IN (w/Heath Hyche)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>21-26</strong> Comedy House, Macon, GA (w/Greg Ray)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>7</strong> TV Show Taping, "Comedy @ Club 54," Ontario, CN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>25-30</strong> Improv, Miami, FL (w/Brad Stine)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>DECEMBER</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>2-7</strong> Improv, Miami, FL (w/Dan Bradley)</strong></p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274712013-07-14T12:00:00-12:002021-08-15T13:27:25-12:001998<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-4 Funny Bone, Green Bay, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-18 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-24 Main Street Comedy Showcase HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27-1 Crackers, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-8 The Italian Villa (w/ Scott Bruce)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-13 Shooters, Saginaw, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-21 The Mad Hatter Comedy Club, Painesville, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25 The Attic, Greenville, NC (w/James Vernon)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Comedy Zone, Lynchburg, VA (w/James Vernon)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1 Cagney's, Fayettevile, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-7 The Comedy Cabana, Myrtle Beach, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11 Funny Business, Flint, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-14 Gary Field's Comedy Club, Battle Creek, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Comedy Zone, Chapel Hill, NC (w/James Vernon)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Comedy Zone @ the Sheraton, Harrisonburg, VA (w/James Vernon)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-21 Comedy Zone @ the Ramada Inn, Charleston, WV (w/James Vernon)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-28 The Comedy Catch, Chattanooga, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-5 The Comedy House (Opening for James Gregory)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 Quark @ the Clock Tower Inn, Rockford, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 Funny Business, Egg Harbor, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9 Funny Business, Muskegon, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10 Funny Business, Petoskey, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11 Cadillac, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Private Party - F.O.P.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-26 Funny Bone, Evansville, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 Coo-Coo's, Carbondale, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-2 Art Vieluf's Comedy Etc.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Funny Business @ the Best Western, LaCrosse, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 The Brass Rail, DuBuque, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-9 Comedy on Main Street, Madison, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-17 Funny Bone, Green Bay, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-23 Dr. Grin's, Grand Rapids, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-1 The Comedy Zone @ Lake Norman, Charlotte, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUNE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-6 Connxtions, Toldeo, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-14 The Funny Bone, Columbus, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-27 The Improv, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-4 The Funny Bone @ Station Square</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-12 The Italian Villa, Lancaster, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-16 The Star Dome, Birmingham, AL (w/Etta May)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Holiday Inn, Jasper, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-22 The Comedy Cafe, Milwaukee, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-29 Charleston, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-6 The Comedy Cabana, Myrtle Beach, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-13 The Comedy Zone @ the Ramada Inn, Jacksonville, FL (w/ Tommy Davidson) $700</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-20 Uncle Funny's, Davy, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 Comedy Zone, New Albany, GA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Comedy Zone @ Thunderbirds, Panama City, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-3 Coconuts, Lakeland, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-10 The Improv, Miami, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-18 The Improv, Miami, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-24 Crackers, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27-31 The Comedy Caravan, Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-15 The Comedy House, Macon, GA (Opening for Time Wilson)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Co-Coo's, Carbondale, IL HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-21 Art Vieluf's Comedy Etc. HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-28 Crackers Comedy Club @ Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-5 Main Street Comedy Showcase, Ann Arbor, MI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-12 Jr.'s Comedy Club, Erie, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16 Funny Business, Mt. Pleasant, MI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-19 Russo's, Grand Blanc, MI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274732013-07-13T12:00:00-12:002023-12-10T05:30:27-12:001999<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-10 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH CO-HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-16 Comedy Cafe, Milwaukee, WI (w/Louis C.K.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-24 Funny Bone, Green Bay,</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-6 Reading Comedy Outlet, Reading, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-13 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN CO-HEADLINING (w/Greg Lausch)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-20 Connxtions, Toledo, OH HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-27 William Penn Inn, Harrisburg, PA HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-6 Comedy Zone Tour ending in Charleston, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-14 The Improv, Cleveland OH OPENING FOR ELAYNE BOOSLER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Zanies, Nashville, TN HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-21 Zanies, Nashville, TN OPENING FOR JAMES GREGORY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-27 The Comedy Catch, Chattanooga, TN OPENING FOR JAMES GREGORY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-3 Papa Pete's @ the Blue Dolphin, Kalamazoo, MI (w/Dan Still)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-10 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-17 Charlie Goodnight's OPENING FOR JAMES GREGORY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-24 Comedy Cabana, Myrtle Beach, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-9 Wiley's, Dayton, OH (w/Bruce "the Moose" Goodman</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-16 Funny Bone, South Bend, IN (w/ Tim Cavanaugh</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Comedy Zone, Sumnter, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-22 Comedy Zone, Greensborro, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23 Comedy Zone @ Cagney's, Fayetteville, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25 Comedy Zone, Clarksville TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26 Comedy Zone, Shefield, AL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Comedy Zone @ Holiday Inn, Prestonsburg, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><strong>28-29 Comedy Zone @ Holiday In, Johnson City, TN</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong>JUNE</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-5 Joey's @ Kicker's, Livonia, MI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-12 Comedy Zone @ Ramada Inn, Jacksonville, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-20 The Star Dome, Birmingham, AL (w/Mickey Dean)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23 Comedy Zone, New Orleans</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24 Comedy Zone, Ozark, AL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-26 Comedy Zone, Biloxi, MS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Slidelle, LA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-4 Funny Bone, Baton Rouge, LA CO-HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9 Private Party, Jackson, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-18 The Improv, Cleveland, OH OPENING FOR RODNEY CARRINGTON</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-31 Jr.'s Comedy Club, Erie, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2 Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-8 Comedy Caravan, Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Lafayette, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Decatur, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Terre Haute, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Bloomington, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-5 Funny Bone, Evansville, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-11 Reading Comedy Outlet, Reading, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-18 Snickerz, Ft. Wayne, IN (TV taping, "Night Shift w/ Kevin Ferguson") HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-25 The Juke Box, Peoria, IL HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-3 The Italian Villa, Lancaster, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-9 Jr.'s, Erie, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-17 Charlie Goodnight's, Raleigh, NC OPENING FOR THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3 Mount Vernon, OH (w/John Hope)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4 The Mountain Lair @ WVU, Morgantown, WV (w/John Hope)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 University of Cincinnati, OH (w/John Hope)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN (w/John Hope)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-13 Dr. Grin's @ The BOB, Grand Rapids, MI (w/John Rathbone & Ted Norkey)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-20 Crackers @ Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26 Morgantown, WV HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Wierdon, WV HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30-4 "Mad Mark's Comedy Tour" ending in Greenville, SC (w/Greg Lausch) </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> 7-12 Comedy House, Augusta, GA (w/ Willie Tyler & Lester) </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-18 The Comedy Cabana, Myrtle Beach, SC (w/Tom Simmons)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-1 Connxtions, Toledo, OH (w/ Mike Armstrong)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274742013-07-11T12:00:00-12:002021-01-13T07:25:44-12:002000<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-8 Funny Farm, Canton, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-16 Go Bananas, Cincinnati, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-30 The Sahara (opening for The Amazing Johnathan), Las Vegas, NV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-5 Crackers (Downtown), Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 Tiffin, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-12 Funny Farm, Youngstown, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-20 Comedy Catch, Chattanooga, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-27 The Looney Bin @ Overton Square, Memphis, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-5 The Star Dome, Birmingham, AL OPENING FOR BRIAN REGAN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 Comedy Zone, Biloxi, MS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16 Comedy Zone, Scattsborro, AL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-18 Comedy Zone, Tallahassee, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 Zanies, Nashville, TN HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-26 Zanies, Nashville, TN FEATURING FOR JAKE JOHANSEN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-9 Funny Bone, Columbus, OH (w/DAVE ATTEL)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-16 Comedy Zone, Charlotte, NC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 The Attic, Greenville, NC HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20 Comedy Zone @ Holiday Inn, Prestonsburg, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-22 Comedy Zone @ Ramada Inn, Charleston, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25 Comedy Zone, Clarksville, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Comedy Zone, Paducah, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 Comedy Zone, Johnson City, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-6 Comedy Zone, Jacksonville, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11 Comedy Zone, Harrisonburg, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-13 Comedy Zone, Williamsburg, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-27 Uncle Funny's Davey, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUNE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-4 Comedy Corner, West Palm Beach, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-10 Wacky Weaver's, somewhere in Florida</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15 Crystal River, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-17 Newport Richie, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Sarasota, FL, (some Jazz club)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-24 McCurdy's, Sarasota, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-9 <strong>Rascal's, Miami, FL (w/J.J. Ramirez)</strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-15 Catch a Rising Star HEADLINING (w/ Joe Matereese)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-22 Comedywood (Downtown), Toronto, ON HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-29 Comedywood (Suburbs), Toronto, ON HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-6 Italian Villa, Lancaster, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-12 Funny Bone @ Stations Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-19 The Comedy Cafe, Milwaukee, WI CO-HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-27 The Funny Bone, South Bend, IN (w/Mary Ellen Hooper)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 Quark @ the Clock Tower, Rockford, IL HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30-2 Art Vieluf's Comedy Etc. HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-9 Jackson, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-16 Laff Traxx, Gatlinburg, TN (W/JAMES GREGORY)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Morgantown, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-23 Jr.'s, Erie, PA HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27-30 Cozzy's, Newport News, VA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-7 Comedy Cabana, Myrtle beach, SC HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-14 Funny Bone, Sioux Falls, SD</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16 Bear's Place, Blomington, IN (w/Ron Shock)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY (w/Ron Shock)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-22 Comedy Caravan, Louisville, KY (w/Ron Shock)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-28 Crackers, Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31-5 The Star Dome, Birmingham, AL (W/JAMES GREGORY)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-18 Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Tiffin, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-26 Shooters, Saginaw, MI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-3 The Improv, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-9 Comedy Off Broadway, Lexington, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-16 Bonkerz@ Bally's Casino, Tunica, MS HEADLINING </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-24 Bonkerz @ Imperial Palace, Biloxi, MS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-31 The FunnyBone, Des Moines, IA (w/Tom McGillen)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274752013-07-10T12:00:00-12:002021-01-13T07:29:54-12:002001<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-6 Westward Ho, Grand Forks, ND HEADLINING </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10 Funny Business, Eau Claire, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-13 Funny Business, Appleton, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16 Missoula, MT</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Pocatello, ID</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Billings, MT</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Idaho Falls, ID</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20 Miles City, MT $875 for week HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23 Helena, MT</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24 Great Falls, MT</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25 Butte, MT</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26 ?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Pocatello, ID for week HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-3 Rapid City, SD HEADLINING (w/Jeff Klinger)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Lodestar Casino, Ft. Thompson, SD HEADLINING (w/Jeff Klinger)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-10 Ft. Dixon, SD HEADLINING (2/Jeff Klinger)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-18 Loony Bin, Wichita, KS (w/Eliot Treatt)</strong></p>
<p><strong>19-20 Loony Bin, Wichita, KS OPENING FOR DAVE COULIER</strong></p>
<p><strong>21-24 Loony Bin, Little Rock, AR (w/John Wesley Austin)</strong></p>
<p><strong>26-27 Loony Bin, Little Rock, AR OPENING FOR BIG-NAME ACT WHOSE NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-4 Loony Bin, Memphis, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 Comedy Zone, Somewhere in AR</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-10 Baudo's, Jackson, TN HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-18 The Improv, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 North Platte, NE (w/Jeff Klinger) HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-24 Penguins, Sioux City, IA (w/Jeff Klinger) HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 Iowa City, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 Burlington, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Clear Lake, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31 Cedar Falls, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3 Best Western, LaCrosse, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4 Brass Rail, Dubuque, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-7 Comedy on Main Street, Madison, WI HEADLINING (w/Curtis Jaye)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-14 Thorogood Inn, Virginia Beach, VA HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-27 The Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4-5 Richmond, VA HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-13 Funny Bone, Columbus, OH SPLIT WEEK (w/Tommy Chong)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-20 The Jukebox, Peoria, IL (w/Donna Watts) HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-27 Naggs Head, NC HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-2 Chicago Comedy Festival (on bill with Nick Swardson, John Roy and Charlie Viracola)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-10 Comic's Cafe, Rochester, NY HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-16 Comedy Nest, Montreal QE HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-24 Zanies, Nashville, TN 20-24</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25 Comedy Zone, Florence, SC</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Comedy Zone, Valdosta, GA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 The Comedy Loft, Columbus, GA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Comedy Zone, Harrisonburg, VA HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6-7 Comedy Zone, Williamsburg, VA HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-14 Charlie Goodnight's, Raleigh, NC Split-week with Emo Philips</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-22 Shooter's, Saginaw, MI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-29 The Punchliner @ Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 Quark @ Clock Tower Inn, Rockford, WI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-11 Giggles, Milwaukee, WI HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14 ?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15 ?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-19 Wileys, Dayton, OH HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Lafayette, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 Decatur, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23 Terre Haute, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24 Off</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25 Bloomington, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 Funny Business, Mt. Pleasant, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Val du Laques, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>31 -1 Comedy Cottage @ the Star Plaza, Merryville, IN HEADLINING</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-9 Loony Bin, Memphis, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11 I got the news about the Twin Towers while sleeping in my car in a rest area on I-75 between Lexington & Louisville</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14-15 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA (11-13 canceled)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-22 Comedywood, Toronto, ON (DOWNTOWN) CANCELED DUE TO 9-11</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-29 Comedywood, Toronto, ON (SUBURBS) CANCELED DUE TO 9-11</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3 Bowling Green, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4 Lawrenceburg KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Boone, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Carrowinds, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-13 Crackers (Downtown), Indianapolis, IN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18 Comedy Zone, Paducah, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-20 Comedy Zone, Johnson City, TN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-27 Casino, Brimely, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2 Private Show, Madison Pub, Sault Saint Marie, ON</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3 Private Show, Royal Bank, Sault Saint Marie, ON</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 ?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-10 Comedy Cafe, Milwaukee, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15 North Platte, NE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16-17 Penguins, Sioux City, IA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>20-24 Sanford & Sons, Kansas City, KS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 Iowa City, IA Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 ?, IA $200 Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30 Clear Lake, IA Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1 Cedar Falls, IA Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 TV TAPING-"Comedy @ Club 54, Burlington, ON</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12 Kirksville, MO Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 St. Cloud, MN Headlining </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-22 Catch a Rising Star, Princeton, NJ</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-30 Funny Bone, South Bend, IN Headlining</strong></p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274762013-07-09T12:00:00-12:002023-12-10T04:51:21-12:002002<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JANUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-5 Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, Royal Oak, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9 ?, Louisville, KY Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10 Comedy Zone, Harrisonburg, VA Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-12 Comedy Zone, Wheeling, WV Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 Private Show, Louisville, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-9 Upper Peninsula of MI $675</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-26 Holly Hotel, Holly MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29-3 The Improv, Cleveland, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FEBRUARY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-9 Thoroughgood Inn, Virginia Beach, VA Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12 Bowling Green, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13-16 Connxtions, Toledo, OH Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Mt. Pleasant, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-2 Russo's, Mt. Blanc, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MARCH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21-24 Rascal's, Springfield, MA Headlining (w/Jeff Klinger)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26 Funny Business, Flint, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27-30 Connxtions, Lansing, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>APRIL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4 Sandusky, OH Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-6 Saginaw, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 Flint, MI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9 La Crosse, WI Headlining</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10 The Brass Rail, Dubuque, IA HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>11-13 Comedy on Main Street, Madison, WI HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Skyline Comedy Club, Appleton, WI (w/Ted Alexandro)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>18-20 Comedy Cafe, Milwaukee, WI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-25 Comedy Zone, Jacksonville, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-27 Comedy Zone, Tallahassee, FL $300</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 Comedy Zone @ Ft. Walton Beach, FL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 Comedy Zone, Biloxi, MS HL $300</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MAY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-4 Bonkerz, Orlando, FL HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9-11 Funny Bone, St. Charles, MO</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14 Gilligan's, Manhattan, KS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-18 Jokers, Omaha, NE HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 Dickinson, ND HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 Mandan, MD HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>23-25 Mianot, ND HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUNE</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-8 Holly Hotel, Holly, MI HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19 Comedy Zone, Daleville, AL HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>21 The Attic, Greenville, NC HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22 Went to see Ronnie Bullard at the Comedy Zone in Charlotte. This meeting led to my career with Carnival.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>26-9 Comedy Zone, Charlotte, NC HL (w/Spanky Brown)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JULY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5-7 Richmond, VA HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-13 Nags Head, NC HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-27 The Jukebox, Peoria, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1-3 Gary Field's Comedy Club Battle Creek MI (W/John Roy) HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8-10 Jr's, Erie, PA</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14 Hunnington, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15 Parkersburg, WV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16 Port Huron, MI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Fremont, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>27 Casino, ?, NM</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28-31 Laff's Comedy Night Club, Albuquerque, NM $600 Co-headlining with "Hippie Man"</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>12-14 Bonkerz, Joliet, IL HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>19-22 Loony Bin, Wichita, KS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>24-29 The Punchline @ Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OCTOBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>2-5 Zanies, Nashville, TN $750 (w/ Nick DiPaolo)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 ?, IL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>9 Bowling Green, KY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-12 Comedy Zone, Johnson City HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17-19 Albany, NY (W/ Dan Still) HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-26 Charlie Goodnight's, Raleigh, NC HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 Bear's Place, Bloomington, IN HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>29 Two Keys Tavern, Lexington, KY HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>30-2 Loony Bin, Little Rock, AR (W/John Wesley Austin)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NOVEMEBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>5 Lafayette, IN HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>6 Kirksville, MO HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7 LaCrosse, WI HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>8 St. Cloud, MN HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>13 The Attic, Greenville HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>14 The Comedy Zone, Prestonsburg, KY HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>15-16 Comedy Zone, Charlestown, WV HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>17 Comedy Zone, Alexandria, VA HL</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight:bold">20-23 Comedy Cabana, Myrtle Beach, SC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>25-30 Hilarities, Cuyahoga Falls, OH </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DECEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>3-5 Carnival Jubilee (My first Carnival gig ever, thanks to Ronnie Bullard & Chris Prideaux)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>7-9 Carnival Holiday</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10-14 Funny Bone @ Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA $700 (w/Marc Britton) Marc & I got jumped by drunk rednecks in alleyway after the show. We lost the fight but got some real good punches in before security scared the guys off.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>16 Secret Santa Benefit, Funny Bone, Columbus, OH (w/Drew Carey) </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>22-4 Various Carnival Fun Ships</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>jeffthefundude.comtag:jeffthefundude.com,2005:Post/60274792013-07-07T12:00:00-12:002021-01-13T07:34:49-12:002003-2004<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(DATES MISSING)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Although I worked nonstop through 2003, I mainly did ships for Carnival. One cool land gig, however, was opening for Engelbert Humperdink in September at the Palace Theater in Cleveland.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>In early 2004 I got cut from Carnival's roster and found myself struggling for work through most of the spring. After my car's engine blew up in Indiana, I borrowed enough money from my parents to buy a used Grand Prix. Even though work started picking up in April I spent a lot of time trying to create new opportunities for myself.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>On July 3rd, 2004, I performed my last stand-up gig at a club called Casey's in Lorain, OH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>July 5th, 2004, was my first day as a staff writer for the Alternative Cards Department of Cleveland's American Greetings Cooperation.</strong></p>jeffthefundude.com