Lucky Yates Talk Show

Sat. night we went to the Lucky Yates Talk Show @ The Vortex Bar and Grill in Midtown Atlanta. It's a talk show done in the grand tradition of talk shows... only it's not televised. It was a blast.

The show is hosted by none other than Lucky Yates. (who officiated at our wedding.. he's a licensed minister!) Lucky asked us to write his monologue jokes for the show, which we were happy to do. You can see Lucky delivering one of our finely crafted punch-lines here... Yikes. The jokes were mostly received with groans... Mission Accomplished!

Lucky's first guest of the night was native Italian and local gelato mogul Paolo. We got free gelato! Paolo runs a famous local gelato stand in The Virginia Highlands. He also makes pet gelato, and has a YouTube show where he cooks for pets! Apparently, back in Italy he was also a magician, and used to ride his Vespa Primavera to his magic gigs with trunks full of equipment strapped to the back. He made this sound like it was embarrassing, I can't think of anything cooler.

Also making an appearance that night was author, NPR contributor, and best friend of Jay Leno... Hollis Gillespie. She told mildly creepy stories about Laura Dern playing her in an upcoming TV show based on her books.

Roving comedian Slim Chaps made an unadvertised appearance. He did a tight 11 minute routine about pooping. Classic stuff. Slim Chaps is, in actuality, a bad comedian character that our friend Matt does. I would have to say that Saturday's performance was probably his best/worst yet.

The next Lucky Yates Talk Show opens Sat. June 2nd @ The Vortex.