The main act? Somebody, who is in my opinion, the absolute best Canadian stand-up comedian ever. Mike MacDonald. His personality off stage is a testimate to his persona on stage. A humble, but strong minded man, and it was a great honour to have both met the man, and see him perform.
During the performance itself, there was a very VERY annoying drunk in the front row. "There's always one, and they're always in the front row" (Mike MacDonalds words).
Matt did an excellent job at playing this guy and keeping the show going. But, as the night went, the drunken baffoon, Jim, only got worse. And, the audience was ready to lynch this guy. And, within minutes of taking the stage, so was Mike MacDonald.
It took about half an hour of dealing with this guy, but eventually Mike dealt with him in the best way I had ever seen.
Mike looks down from the stage to Jim and asks, "How much did your ticket cost? Twenty dollars?"
He pulled a $20 bill from him pocket, put it on Jims table, told him to leave, and asked security to escort him out, also making a brilliant off-hand sarcastic remark to Jim, "You should really pay every other member of the audience $20, since you're ruining the show they came to see"
Bravo Mr MacDonald, bravo.
Once security removed the intoxicated individual, Mike then, being ever the proffessional, told the audience that out show starts when he can start is practived routine, so, once Jim was removed, our show started "now".
From there, we had an most excellent show, from both comedians. I most certainly tip my hat to the both of them.
I had a picture with Matt Billon taken as well. I'll post it as soon as I can, but it was taking on a friends camera, so I'm just waiting for her to post it on her Facebook.
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