Carmen Goes to the Laugh In Comedy Cafe

I suppose you have been wondering where I have been.....I have been in cannoli time out for about 6 months and now I have been set free….I had been a bad cannoli and was not allowed to do anything or go anywhere. Even though I am out of time out I do have some community service to do and so my first duty was to be a chaperone. Back in my village couples do not go out without a chaperone. They are chaperoned until such time as they get married.

While I was in cannoli time out my friends Robin and Tim started dating and are now a couple. Seeing they posted this on Facebook I guess it is now official. So my job was to chaperon them when they went to the Laugh In Comedy Café. I was not the only chaperon. My friends Marie and Mary Anne also were there. From what they told me these two need 3 sets of eyes on them. I checked them out on Facebook and if you thought I was bad….these two certainly need chaperons.

We have comedy café’s back in my little village where the likes of Pat Cooper and Father Guido Sarducci have performed. They are quaint little café’s, dark and smoky that serve all sorts of village favorites. Being new to SWFL the two comedians we went to see were unknown to me. I think they were famous way before I created. The people we saw were Mark Price and Marsha Warfield. Marsha was on a TV show called Night Court. She played a character named Roz. Mark Price was on a TV show called Family Ties. He played a character named Skippy. If you were around in the 80’s I am sure you know them but of course that was waaayyyy before my time.

Marsha performed first and was really funny. She has a very sharp wit and I was rolling on the table laughing. Everybody was laughing. She kept saying she was old and calling herself granny. I guess she has not seen  a granny cannoli back in my village....What I was most curious about was why Marsha was wearing 2 different earrings. Is this a new fashion statement? I wonder how many other noticed. We were sitting close to the stage so I could not help notice it.

Mark performed second. He is nerdy. The facial expressions he makes during his act were as funny as he was. He closes his act with a dance routine with a person from the audience which was so hysterical we all were in tears. I did notice he had a brand new out of the package shirt on…we could see all the folds were still in it. It just added to his nerdy charm.

After the show of course I had to have my picture taken with them both. We all know how I love to have my picture taken with famous people. Mark…. Well he was afraid of me as he got me confused with a voodoo doll some girlfriend used on him. Voodoo dolls are just that a doll. I am not a doll….I am a real live cannoli but seeing he is not Italian he would not know that. Marsha on the other hand wanted to eat me. She said what else do you do with a cannoli. As long as she does not put me in her pocketbook I am good! I guess she never met a real live cannoli either.

The Comedy Café was nice enough but the food was not all that great. I was told the menu has not changed in 18 years but now has new owners and a new menu is coming in July. I did meet the owner and he is a very nice fellow and he was happy that I was there. He did not get all freaked out by me. Maybe he is Italian.

So overall though it was a really good experience and I was glad I got to go even though I had to chaperon. So I am hoping to be done with my community service soon. It is just so hard for a cannoli to behave sometimes….