Tonight my friend Lisa ^[1] took me to a comedy show, How to Kick People ^[2], which I see has been mentioned here in the past ^[3].

The guy letting people in at Mo Pitkin’s ^[4] (which has a very pretty neon sign, as you can see) looked familiar, and after we sat down I realized he looked vaguely like someone who went to my high school upstate. I asked Todd the guy’s name, and sure enough, it was the same person. We didn’t know each other at all in high school — he was a wild, insane partier a year older than me, and I was a shy, dorky girl who didn’t talk to anyone. It was weirdly cool to run into him at a random NYC comedy show all these years later. Once I went over and said hi, he was totally friendly — he not only acted like he remembered me, but hooked my friends and I up with some free drinks. (Thanks, Dennis!)

As for the show: Todd Levin ^[5], Bob Powers ^[6] and their guests all made me laugh a lot. And I didn’t have any alcohol until after it was over, so this was real laughter. How to Kick People happens the last Wednesday of each month, and if I were going to be in town for the next one, I’d totally go back.

To hold you over until next month, here’s a shot of Todd in action. It’s the only photo I took at the show that didn’t come out blurry: