Outside Reading 3

The next chapter deals with his realization that he truly wants to be a stand up comic. Everyday before his gig he would walk by many other more famous clubs where many other comic became noticed such as the Smothers Brothers, the Kingston Trio, and Lenny Bruce. He would finally come to the club he worked at, The Coffee and Confusion. He would always survey the audience and noted that there were only 15 people attending. His gig that night didn't go so well he thought. He played music and encouraged the audience to sing along, most didn't, he did a magic trick which had him stick his tongue through a napkin. Surprisingly he was asked to perform again next week as an opening act. Later he found out that he was only asked to perform was because the owner needed to hire a union worker. Steve had entered the musicians union because he thought it would look good, and because the musicians union was the cheapest to join. The opening act, as it turns out, was used to lure customers into the club. He would spend the most of the time talking to no one until someone finally comes in. After a week of this act he realized that his act was more of a parody of a stand up comedian, and with this realization he worked on more material with this in mind.