There’s an old saying in comedy, “If you have to explain the joke then it wasn’t funny to begin with” Although I think I can remember the great Anthony Clark actually dispelling that rumor, but that’s what great comics do: they break the rules. I digressed.
First show is done, we went long and the chemistry that made Matt and John so wonderful to watch and be a part of wasn’t fully back yet. It would be silly to expect us to immediately just gel after so long, although there is this dialog between friends that I hope will keep emerging. It was actually what inspired us to even attempt this.

However somewhere in this first show… am I explaining? Maybe a bit, you should know it’s an improv, sure we both have brief notes and right before we record we throw ideas at each other, but a scripted piece this is far from!

Some of the issues we first tackled I know are going to upset people, there are a few friends that I know will take umbrage. That’s ok; you see that’s what’s been lost in this country the ability to have a rational discussion without it becoming an argument.

Certainly the issues are inflammatory, we have evolved beyond the argument clinic in Monty Python “No you can’t” “Yes I can” It should also be noted that we’re not closing the doors on anyone here, express your opinion, just no silly name calling and try to limit a holy book to being your only defense.

I used to say if I was a superhero my name would have been “The Instigator” I have the unique power to start an argument with little kindling; I think I was bitten by a malcontent centipede. Hopefully as the show progresses we’ll be having guests of all sorts; I know both of us are already generating a list.

I think the very format of the show will undertake some morphing as well, maybe more bullet points on the comments, I loved John’s Joe Biden idea yet somehow we ran way over time.

So what are my thoughts on the first show? I thought it showed promise, the ball is definitely rolling.