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Excited to visit right now with Brian Bretzman. He is
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one of the stand-up comics that we will have on
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the show tonight at the Grain Bin in Sioux Falls.
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First of all, Brian, I'm excited to work with you.
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Thanks for taking the time to chat.
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I'm glad to be here and glad to be coming
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to Sioux Falls.
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Now, tonight's show is a little different than a lot
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of the shows that we've done. It's a whole group
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of people. Instead of like one person or a couple
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of people, there's, I believe, four people on the show tonight.
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And it's called the Disableds Tour. And let's talk a
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little bit about the name and why you guys call
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it that.
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Well, we are a group of Minnesota-based disabled comedians. Everyone
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is either mentally and or physically disabled from something.
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And most of us are pretty different. Not everyone can
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make the show tonight, but we've got a deaf guy.
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We've got a blind guy. We have a guy in
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a wheelchair from cerebral palsy. And a couple of us
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are just cuckoo bananas. I had to come up with
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the name of a group and that just stuck in
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my head. And I said, how about this, guys? And
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they're all like, yeah, OK, let's do this.
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I love it.
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Now, you said that not everybody in the group is
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going to be there. There's four of you tonight. How
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many are there total?
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There are six core members.
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And then we have special guests that come in summer break.
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Fairly new at comedy and.
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Uh we just actually our last show we had someone
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who came to one of our shows this summer as
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a fan and he's non-verbal and he actually has his
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own radio show uh the computer obviously speaks for him
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but he asked if he could uh try it out
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and we gave him five minutes the last show and
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it was very good and now a friend of his
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a young woman who's also non-verbal in a wheelchair she
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wants to try it too and she sent me a
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little clip of what she came up with.
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And it's solid stuff. So we're actually growing as we
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go on. I love that.
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Well, it's really cool. And I am so excited for
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the show tonight. And anybody that wants to join us
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can come out and join us. And we're at a
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place called The Grain Bin. It's the back room of
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the Red Eye Bar on North Cliff Avenue in Sioux Falls.
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And one of the gentlemen has already been there because
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he was there like a month and a half ago
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for a different show. And that's when he was saying, hey,
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you should have the whole crew come here. And then
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we connected, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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And tonight is the night. And I know you've already
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got some fans here, because I had people reaching out
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to me asking details about the show. And they said,
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I've got to get there and see this. These guys
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are really good. So I'm excited for the show as well.
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I've been doing this since the 1900s.
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I've taken some time off for medical reasons a few times.
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But I don't know how many shows I've done. It's
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been a lot. But with this group, it's been.
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The most fun, the funniest, and most ridiculous shows I've
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ever been a part of. Every one of them is
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just all-around entertaining. And we haven't had any bad reviews yet.
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People just love the show. And I do, too. I
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couldn't be happier with the way it works.
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And you know how it is.
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I mean, it's hard enough to get a group of
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five or six comedians who, A, all get along, and.
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There's not any drama, and our acts all work together,
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and everyone's funny. It's just hard to do. And I just.
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happened to stumble upon these guys randomly around Minneapolis-St. Paul
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and put them in a group message and said, hey,
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you guys want to start a group and do this together?
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And immediately every one of them said, yeah, let's do this.
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Well, we are excited to have you touch down in
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota tonight. Have you performed in Sioux
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Falls in the past?
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I did maybe a year or two ago.
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I did, I can't think of the name of it,
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just outside of town, but they do the monthly contest.
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Okay, yeah. So would that have been in tea back
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when it was bosses over in tea?
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Yes, that's it.
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Yep.
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And that facility is now got a new name. It's
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called the Dakota Gathering. And there's some comedy that's coming
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back to that. And there's there's all kinds of fun
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comedy things happening in Sioux Falls. And Like I said,
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we're excited to have you here. And what are the
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names of the other gentlemen? So there's going to be
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four people total, and it's you and who else?
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It'll be Raymond Joseph, who was in Sioux Falls earlier
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this year.
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And we're going to have Whitney Haverstock.
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And Dakota Fornes and we actually have we're gonna bring
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in a local guy who's blind named Rob.
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Rob Mo yeah I'm excited to have him work with
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you guys that's really cool.
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Yeah he's gonna swing in because we have a blind
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guy and I don't believe he's gonna make it he's
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also a musician which makes me feel extremely untalented when
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he could do comedy and he's a musician and blind
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So I don't know if he's going to make it
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because of his band does a lot of Halloween-type gigs.
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So we got Rob coming in. I'm hoping we can
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just start things off in Sioux Falls and then come
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back again maybe next spring or summer and do a
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big event.
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I think that sounds like an absolutely awesome idea, and
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we would love to have you back. Folks, come out
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and join us tonight at the Grain Bin. Doors open
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at 7 o'clock. The show is at 7.30. You can
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still get tickets at SiouxFallsComedyClub.com. And I'm giving away a
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VIP table for four people.
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That'll be like right up front.
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If you'd like a chance to win, you can find
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that at SiouxFallsComedy.com. And again, we're super excited for a
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great show tonight. Every Friday night, 7.30. Coming soon, we're
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going to bump that up to 8 o'clock. But for
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the next couple of shows, 7.30 every Friday night at
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the Grain Bin on North Cliff Avenue. It's the back
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room of the Red Eye Bar. Again, get all the
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details and see the upcoming schedule. at SiouxFallsComedyClub.com and register
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to win right now at SiouxFallsComedy.com.
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good for you. Learn more at BetterEnergyDrink.com. Use promo code
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Excited to visit right now with Brian Bretzman. He is
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one of the stand-up comics that we will have on
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the show tonight at the Grain Bin in Sioux Falls.
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First of all, Brian, I'm excited to work with you.
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Thanks for taking the time to chat.
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I'm glad to be here and glad to be coming
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to Sioux Falls.
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Now, tonight's show is a little different than a lot
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of the shows that we've done. It's a whole group
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of people. Instead of like one person or a couple
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of people, there's, I believe, four people on the show tonight.
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And it's called the Disableds Tour. And let's talk a
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little bit about the name and why you guys call
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it that.
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Well, we are a group of Minnesota-based disabled comedians. Everyone
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is either mentally and or physically disabled from something.
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And most of us are pretty different. Not everyone can
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make the show tonight, but we've got a deaf guy.
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We've got a blind guy. We have a guy in
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a wheelchair from cerebral palsy. And a couple of us
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are just cuckoo bananas. I had to come up with
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the name of a group and that just stuck in
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my head. And I said, how about this, guys? And
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they're all like, yeah, OK, let's do this.
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I love it.
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Now, you said that not everybody in the group is
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going to be there. There's four of you tonight. How
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many are there total?
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There are six core members.
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And then we have special guests that come in summer break.
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Fairly new at comedy and.
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Uh we just actually our last show we had someone
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who came to one of our shows this summer as
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a fan and he's non-verbal and he actually has his
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own radio show uh the computer obviously speaks for him
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but he asked if he could uh try it out
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and we gave him five minutes the last show and
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it was very good and now a friend of his
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a young woman who's also non-verbal in a wheelchair she
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wants to try it too and she sent me a
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little clip of what she came up with.
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And it's solid stuff. So we're actually growing as we
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go on. I love that.
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Well, it's really cool. And I am so excited for
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the show tonight. And anybody that wants to join us
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can come out and join us. And we're at a
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place called The Grain Bin. It's the back room of
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the Red Eye Bar on North Cliff Avenue in Sioux Falls.
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And one of the gentlemen has already been there because
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he was there like a month and a half ago
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for a different show. And that's when he was saying, hey,
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you should have the whole crew come here. And then
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we connected, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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And tonight is the night. And I know you've already
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got some fans here, because I had people reaching out
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to me asking details about the show. And they said,
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I've got to get there and see this. These guys
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are really good. So I'm excited for the show as well.
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I've been doing this since the 1900s.
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I've taken some time off for medical reasons a few times.
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But I don't know how many shows I've done. It's
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been a lot. But with this group, it's been.
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The most fun, the funniest, and most ridiculous shows I've
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ever been a part of. Every one of them is
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just all-around entertaining. And we haven't had any bad reviews yet.
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People just love the show. And I do, too. I
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couldn't be happier with the way it works.
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And you know how it is.
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I mean, it's hard enough to get a group of
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five or six comedians who, A, all get along, and.
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There's not any drama, and our acts all work together,
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and everyone's funny. It's just hard to do. And I just.
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happened to stumble upon these guys randomly around Minneapolis-St. Paul
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and put them in a group message and said, hey,
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you guys want to start a group and do this together?
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And immediately every one of them said, yeah, let's do this.
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Well, we are excited to have you touch down in
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota tonight. Have you performed in Sioux
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Falls in the past?
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I did maybe a year or two ago.
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I did, I can't think of the name of it,
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just outside of town, but they do the monthly contest.
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Okay, yeah. So would that have been in tea back
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when it was bosses over in tea?
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Yes, that's it.
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Yep.
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And that facility is now got a new name. It's
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called the Dakota Gathering. And there's some comedy that's coming
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back to that. And there's there's all kinds of fun
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comedy things happening in Sioux Falls. And Like I said,
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we're excited to have you here. And what are the
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names of the other gentlemen? So there's going to be
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four people total, and it's you and who else?
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It'll be Raymond Joseph, who was in Sioux Falls earlier
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this year.
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And we're going to have Whitney Haverstock.
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And Dakota Fornes and we actually have we're gonna bring
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in a local guy who's blind named Rob.
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Rob Mo yeah I'm excited to have him work with
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you guys that's really cool.
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Yeah he's gonna swing in because we have a blind
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guy and I don't believe he's gonna make it he's
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also a musician which makes me feel extremely untalented when
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he could do comedy and he's a musician and blind
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So I don't know if he's going to make it
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because of his band does a lot of Halloween-type gigs.
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So we got Rob coming in. I'm hoping we can
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just start things off in Sioux Falls and then come
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back again maybe next spring or summer and do a
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big event.
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I think that sounds like an absolutely awesome idea, and
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we would love to have you back. Folks, come out
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and join us tonight at the Grain Bin. Doors open
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at 7 o'clock. The show is at 7.30. You can
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still get tickets at SiouxFallsComedyClub.com. And I'm giving away a
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VIP table for four people.
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That'll be like right up front.
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If you'd like a chance to win, you can find
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that at SiouxFallsComedy.com. And again, we're super excited for a
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great show tonight. Every Friday night, 7.30. Coming soon, we're
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going to bump that up to 8 o'clock. But for
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the next couple of shows, 7.30 every Friday night at
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the Grain Bin on North Cliff Avenue. It's the back
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room of the Red Eye Bar. Again, get all the
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details and see the upcoming schedule. at SiouxFallsComedyClub.com and register
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to win right now at SiouxFallsComedy.com.
