March 19, 2015: Barry Cauchon
Well, the history on this one is interesting. When I was younger, I wanted to try my hand at stand up comedy but my shyness kept me from it. Funny … since then, I’ve done a lot of public speaking, acting and even singing on stage in front of crowds of strangers. So why was getting up in front of an audience to tell jokes so difficult for me? I don’t know. To this day, I still have not prepared or done a stand-up performance, but the bug is still in me.
In the 1980s, I started writing jokes, sketches and other comedic endeavors in hopes of one day using them in an act. It never happened, but I kept the joke file. And today, that joke file is as precious to me as are my sketch books.
In December of 1989 I took one of first jokes I ever wrote and put it into the cartoon above. As you can see, I was very proud of that joke and thought it would get a huge laugh. Well … how time changes one’s perspective … LOL. Back then, I really believed it would have killed and perhaps it might have … BACK THEN!!!! Nowadays, I feel a groan might be more appropriate. Hmmm.
Have a great day.
🙂
Barry