Live Comedy for $8.50

Well, the tickets were $8.50/each thanks to Gold Star Events (a website that sells discount entertainment items - it's incredible). There was a two-drink minimum at Cobb's Comedy Club (which obviously was not a problem since we were with our friends, Valerie and Chris (you may remember them as the winos who we've gone to Napa with and are members at a winery or two up there)).

So I was all fired up to see this San Jose comedian named Anjelah Johnson. She got famous for her "Nail Salon" bit with millions of hits on YouTube. We saw her clip while at Lindsay's bach party in San Diego and I attempted to stalk her since. She only has a MySpace page though, so I gave up rather quickly until I saw that she was OPENING for this guy named Tom Rhodes (who we had never heard of). Cobb's is general admission and they serve food prior to shows, so we decided to meet Chris & Valerie at 6:45pm on Friday night, when the doors open, to grab a bite at the club before the 8:00pm show started. I assumed there would be a line to get into the club when the doors opened, so Dave and I actually planned to get there at 6:30 to get in line. Happy hour and Ketel One martinis beckoned us instead, so we nervously arrived at 6:45pm. We walked into the club to meet up with Chris and Valerie, hoping it wouldn't be too difficult to find them in the rather large venue. Uhhh, nope! We were the ONLY ONES THERE!!! Thanks to Dave's handy iPhone, here is a shot of our seats:



Nonetheless, people did start filing in and the place was full by the time the 8:00pm hour rolled around. Oh, and the 2-drink minimum? Valerie and I both like bubbly, so we decided to split a bottle of J. Roget sparkling wine/champagne for $27/bottle. I had never had it before and it wasn't exactly Veuve, but hey - we got it down just fine. Turns out Valerie saw it the next day at BevMo for $3.49/bottle and that answered many headache questions from the night before.

ANYWAYS, back to the comedy show! Anjelah Johnson did not disappoint and was absolutely HILARIOUS! We really enjoyed her and she closed with her now infamous "Nail Salon" bit. Tom Rhodes seems to also only have a MySpace website (HERE). Since we hadn't heard of him, we didn't have high/any expectations. Let's just say that Dave literally spit his beer out within the first 3 minutes. He's a quirky comedian that doesn't take himself too seriously. He doesn't seem too canned and is definitely human above all else. I highly recommend both comedians if you ever get a chance to check them out!

We had a great night out and it reminded us to do things like this more often instead of just heading straight to the bar (considering there is indeed a bar IN the comedy club - best of both worlds!).