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Between Kusadasi and Sarande 10-13-2009
By Milt Abel | November 20, 2009
| November 20, 2009Between Kusadasi and Sarande 10-13-2009
I’m still having trouble with my circadian clock. I thought I had it licked but two nights in a row of waking up after just four hours of sleep and then napping for the remaining four hours at different times throughout the day tells me I’m still holding on to Pacific Time here in the Eastern Mediterranean. I’m straddling two continents in my pajamas. At least I’m doing that extra thorough get-ready-for-bed teeth-brushing several times a day.
When I do sleep, it’s the sleep of the dead. The other day, after a late afternoon -early evening nap I found a chocolate and daily program set on my bedspread that wasn’t there when I had drifted off. My cabin stewart, Ade (pronounced add-day) had knocked on my door and visited me without rousing me. Knowing how I snore it’s no surprise I didn’t hear the knocking, he could have tumbled butt over shoelaces into a drum set, and I wouldn’t have stirred. Usually when people visit you in the night unannounced, they take something rather than leave it. It’s just odd to wake to see an offering at your feet and not be a deity.
I had two shows last night and they went quite well, despite that we were still in port. Usually the evening’s entertainment when a ship is still docked is a film in the main theater, or at least only one performance, not the usual two-seating times accommodation. But both shows went well and I tried a new joke about Kusadasi’s main tourist attraction and a tour that most everyone went on. Ephasus is an ancient city 20 miles outside of town that rivaled Rome or Athens in its heyday and now is nothing but ruins. It’s a pretty lame joke really, but anything can get a strong response if you sell it right.
The Joke: I went on a low-cost tour of Ephasus where the tour guide banged a cymbal each timed he mentioned something. Did any of you go on this one? It was called Ephasus with emphasis.
Lame, but it could be fun. The first audience, which was twice the size of the late show, moaned. (and who could blame them) here is a live recording of that first attempt.
Ephasus with Emphasis early show
Here is the second show’s recording of that same joke. It was a sparse but appreciate crowd and they enjoyed the joke. I did execute a little better too.
Ephasus with emphasis late show
But it gives some insight into how subtle and ever changing the craft of stand-up comedy can be.
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