Get Up, Stand Up

I set out to write a story on open-mike nights. But the joke was on me.

"That one's for you, Cayton-Holland," he says.

This starts a bizarre string of comics getting up on stage and telling a joke, or at least part of a joke, that belongs to one of the other comics in the room. No one in the audience really understands what's going on, but the comics love every second of it. It's funny in a way that only we see -- the ultimate inside joke.

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Did you hear the one about...? Author Adam 
Cayton-Holland takes the stage at the Squire.
Anthony Camera
Did you hear the one about...? Author Adam Cayton-Holland takes the stage at the Squire.

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I feel right at home.


I don't know what's next for me. I've been working with Comedy Central on a cartoon about life in a rural Colorado mountain town and am developing a script with Miramax about four guys in New York City who capture ghosts that I feel has a lot of potential. I'm sure you'll see my face on television sometime soon, most likely September or October.

If not, you can always find me on Colfax.

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