Andrew J. Lederer

stopped by eugene mirman and michael showalter's show at union hall in park slope to see josie long, who won the if.comeddie (formerly perrier) best newcomer award last summer in edinburgh. i know her a little from the uk, plus her fiance, Matt Crosby, was in the show immediately before mine during the '06 fringe.


matt saw me immediately. i was glad he'd come to ny with josie; i'd hoped he had.

and josie was great -- as my friend said, "a pro."

but lingering in my consciousness at least as much as josie's success is the fact that, before she went on, eugene mirman came over to talk to her and when he saw me, said hello with a flash of disdain on his face as deep as it was brief.


now, i was gonna slam him here as a result, but as he told the audience during his set, he was very drunk.

and while i have no doubt his dismissiveness was real and might simply have been better hidden had he been sober, he asked the audience -- of which i was part -- to be kind in their blogs.


and so i will be.

this time.


i'll even mention he was very funny, though he has no idea whether i am.

-- okay, he probably has an idea.


but not based on knowledge. i'm just not in the right crowd and that sends its own message to him.


so he's a snob, basically.

an uninformed snob.


(gee, i hope i said that kindly.)