When are the question Blog posting going to stop?

Hey Random Army,

I know you are probably thinking it by now... but I'm running out of titles for these blog postings.

Anyways... heres the next question:
What prompted you to start doing stand-up? Who were some of your inspirations early on?

Answer:
This is a normal question I hear... the only better one is "Did you always want to do stand up?" and And I think George Carlin answered it best when he said "Not in the womb, but shortly after"

Actually in my case I had a rough time with humor starting out. When I was younger people really didn't understand my humor. It was extremely extremely! dry and quick. I would normally get looks like "I can't believe he just said that!" I still get those looks but I do a better job now of setting things up. I think that what all comedians have to learn one way or another is the setup.

Anyways what "prompted" me to do stand up was I was watching someone.. I can't remember who ... doing a set and an idea for a bit jumped into my head. I wrote it down in full and then told it individual as if I was doing it on stage to several of my friends. I got some crazy laughs from them so I got curious if I could do it on stage. I want do to a Open Mic, got on stage and did the bit and had people rolling... its very very addicting when you make someone laugh. So that is how I got started and how I guess you would say "prompted" to do stand up.

I have to admit everyone was an inspirations to me in the early years. I had really bad insomnia when I was younger and so I would sit up all night watching stand up. I remember Comedy Central ... this is before the Daily Show... so that give you an idea of when I'm talking about. But really late at night would just play different stand up and then repeat it. And I would sit there and watch the same guys with the same acts 3-4 in a row. I think you have to be that obsessed with humor or stand up at some point in your life it your going to try and make a living at it.

I will say I have already talked about in other posting who my favorites are, who my style is most like.. or who I think it is like... etc. so I not going to do that again and bore you.