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      topics
      ranged
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      Lord
     
     
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      Rings
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      any
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      the
     
     
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      2004
      page
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      though,
      and
      I
      even
      talked
      to
      some
      of
     
     
      the
      performers
      afterwards
      about
     
     
      what
      makes
      a
      good
      comedian.
      I
     
     
      thought
      maybe
      they’d
      have
      some
     
     
      insight
      on
      the
      chicken
      thing...
     
    

    
     
      Says
      Matt
      Stewart
      about
      being
      a
     
     
      comic,
      “People
      who
      come
      to
      these
     
     
      events
      want
      an
      excuse
      to
      laugh.
     
     
      They
      want
      to
      laugh
      until
      you
      give
     
     
      them
      a
      reason
      otherwise.
      The
      idea
     
     
      is
      just
      noticing
      the
      little
      things
      in
     
     
      everyday
      life.
      People
      don’t
      even
     
    
   
   
    
     
      @
      Robert
      MacPherson
      Gets
      a
      lesson
     
     
      In
      Love
      Linguistics
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      notice
      it
      or
      else
      everyone
      would
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      laughing
      all
      time.
      All
      you
      as
      a
     
     
      comic
      do
      is
      point
      it
      out.”
     
    

    
     
      If
      I
      saw
      a
      chicken
      cross
      the
      road,
     
     
      I'd
      point
      it
      out.
      I'd
      even
      swerve
      to
     
     
      avoid
      hitting
      it!
      But
      what
      the
      heck
     
     
      is
      he
      doing
      there?
     
    

    
     
      Lennie
      MacPherson
      might
      not
     
     
      know
      why
      any
      farm
      fowl
      would
      be
     
     
      wandering
      over
      the
      highway
      but
      he
     
    

    
     
      .
      does
      have
      his
      own
      theories
      of
      com-
     
     
      edy
      as
      well.
     
    

    
     
      “Here’s
      the
      trick
      to
      stand
      up
      com-
     
     
      edy,”
      divulges
      Lennie.
      “You
      get
      75
     
     
      percent
      of
      the
      audience
      to
      be
      your
     
     
      friends
      and
      family
      and
      the
      rest
      just
     
     
      laugh
      along.”
     
    

    
     
      I
      guess
      I’m
      just
      going
      to
      let
      my
     
     
      comedic
      aspirations
      lie
      fallow,
      and
     
     
      take
      on
      MacPherson’s
      advice.
      |
     
     
      mean,
      as
      least
      my
      mother
      thinks
     
     
      I’m
      funny.
      She
      happens
      to
      make
     
     
      some
      mean
      chicken
      soup,
      too,
      but
     
     
      that’s
      beside
      the
      point.