Andrew J. Lederer

i've heard from a second "scout" for the perrier/if.comeddie awards who confirms that the decision-makers don't listen to their recommendations. as i've said before, if scouts is ignored as a matter of policy, they are not scouts, they are a potemkin village, built for show.

i don't think the awards have to consider everybody but they pretend they do and so, as judged against their own expressed intentions, the awards are (again, as i've said before) bogus.

that doesn't mean brendan burns didn't have the best show of the year or that he doesn't deserve his award. but let the award authorities acknowledge that the winners are the best of the pre-selected and unexpectedly buzzed-about, but not of everybody.

i know some may think it hubristic for me to be harping on this, said hubris built upon a foundation of delusional self-importance leading to a sense of betrayal.

fair enough.

but back to scouts --

i'm now at elise harris' show at the ship in borough and a just for laughs scout is in the crowd. i did a spontaneous, weird, sleep-deprived set that actually pleased me a bit (though it might not have thoroughly pleased the audience).

i was followed, after a while, by a funny gay guy with props and music and the scout seemed to thoroughly enjoy this thoroughly enjoyable fellow, but seemed to have a hard time making eye contact with me as he left for the interval.

if he liked that other guy but not me, he's an idiot, unworthy of his job. (i wanted to end on that but he's been sitting in back of me talking while i've been writing this and he seems like a real nice guy.)

hey -- here's big news! two fans of this blog came up to me at tonight's show.

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