Well, the year is almost over.  6 days til Christmas, 12 days til 2008.  I am excited for December to be over.  This year has been a great year for me, career-wise, but this month has been disastrous as far as fall-outs and horrible bookings go.  I am doing the best I can to solidify my 2008 bookings, but there is only so much I can do.  I just have to keep a positive attitude.

    My show on Saturday the 15th was one to remember!  I had a lot of friends and a TON of family in the crowd at the Comedy Cafe that show here in Milwaukee.  I had a fantastic set, doing mostly all new material (new to them), and then at the end, I pulled my mom onstage, told her it was time for me to give her her Christmas present, and handed her a pair of scissors.  It was dead silent for about 2 seconds til she realized it was for real and that I was letting her cut my pony tail off.  She had whined about it enough.  She got very excited and after much hemming and hawing, the ponytail was cut off.  She left a little rat-tail, which the crowd thoroughly enjoyed.  I went a couple days looking like a douchebag, and then had a friend clean it up.  I am once again just another short-haired run of the mill everyman.  Its exciting because I can pretend I am Jack Bauer a lot easier now, but I know that in a few days severe depression over the loss of my locks will set in, and the Johnny Beehner you all once knew will be gone for about a year and a half to two years.  Then it should have grown back.  Ha, actually we’ll see.  Is not that my hair was so beautiful, there’s no debate there, its that I was and am very lazy.  That is why I had long hair, that is why I have a beard.  It saves money and time not having to buy haircuts or shave.  Yes, I care about my appearance.  I love looking like Jesus.  Anyway,  if you would like to see a clip from the show where my mom comes up on stage, go to youtube and search for “beehner hair” and it should come up.  If you wanna laugh really hard again after you watch that do a youtube search for “Beehner fake selling tshirts.”

Just a quick note to any Milwaukee people,  I may be on Dave and Carol in the morning on WKLH this coming Friday at either 8am or 9am.  I will not know for sure until Thursday night so stay tuned.  Also, please be sure to come down to the Comedy Cafe on Brady street in downtown Milwaukee if you are around this weekend.  271joke.com  is their website.  Shows thurs-Sat.

    Well, my Thanksgiving day adventure was great.  I got to see the whole family and nobody died.  It’s midnight:01.  I did a private show for a company’s Christmas party the other night.  Usually, these are nice paying clean shows with an attentive eager to laugh audience.  Not this time.  That was a rowdier show than a lot of bar one-nighters I’ve done!  I know I was in trouble when one of the female employees got onstage to welcome everyone to the event and the BOSS yelled out, “Show us your boobies!!”  in a drunken stupor and then laughed really hard and probably pissed himself.  After starting the show out using every sexual innuendo I’ve ever heard, she brings me up.  Immediately the front row (one girl) turns around and starts talking to the second row (one girl).  I have never been personally and directly insulted so much at any show I have ever done.  The only thing preventing me from completely unleashing on their horrible behavior was the realization that this was their christmas party and they were having fun.  If they want to spend their christmas party verbally berating me, fine.  I’ll be your whore.

   I booked a bit of work today, so that was good.  Check out the schedule page and see if I’m coming to a town near you.  If you are in the Chicago aera, some good news:  The Gentlemen’s Hour made it into Sketchfest!  Check us out Jan 6 at Sketchfest in Chicago.  Our time slot is 4:00.  Details at www.chicagosketchfest.com.  Oh, also, I shot a silly little video and posted it at www.myspace.com/thegentlemenshour      See you soon hopefully.