Laughs, Sitcoms, and Stand-Up: A Comedic Countdown (Hour 2)

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Welcome back!

It is time for Act 2, here of Nightlight on this Monday edition, coming to you live from beautiful city deck landing in Green Bay.

Pardon me.

Connor, how you doing?

You hanging in there?

Yeah, you know, just mailing it in, like you said.

Alright, get your feet off the board.

Great show tonight, folks.

Lisa Hale is still with us.

We're going to be back with Lisa in just a moment.

She's agreed to stick around a little bit through the news so we can rank our top five all-time sitcoms.

Very much looking forward to that.

Conrad's going to weigh in, too.

I think his will be more contemporary a little bit, but we'll see what happens.

Coming up at 6.35, comedian Kristen Lighty will be here in the studio.

We always love having Kristen come in.

She's going to tell us about her plans for New Year's Eve that involve comedy and laughter.

And you probably will want to be a part of that.

And then at 7.05, you ready for this con?

I'm ready.

More comedy.

Is it 7.05?

We have Dez?

Yeah, 7.10.

Dez Mulrooney.

Another comedian will be here who's going to be performing at Memories Ballroom in Port Washington on New Year's Eve as well.

If you haven't ever been to a comedy show on New Year's Eve, folks, it is such a great way to ring in the new year.

Who doesn't need more laughter, especially as we venture into another year?

And then at 735, we are going to be talking about a gigantic, and I mean gigantic, big cheese drop in Plymouth with Donna Hahn.

And that's a real thing, Khan.

New York has the ball they drop.

Plymouth, Wisconsin is the cheese capital of Wisconsin.

According to Plymouth, Wisconsin.

We'll push Donna to explain that a little bit as well, because I think we have cheese.

You know, what?

Everywhere.

What type of flavor do you think the cheese is?

I've

already.

I don't know.

Hopefully it's a smoked Gouda.

Gouda?

I hope it's a nice smoked Gouda.

I don't know.

It's a real block.

It's like an 80 pound block of cheese.

So it could crush you if you were underneath it.

Yeah.

You're done for.

All right, all of that.

Our question of the night, folks, is what is your favorite card game yesterday was National Playing Card Day?

So we will read some texts to coming up.

But first, let's get back to our guest, Lisa Hale.

She joins us from our Civic Media Oshkosh Studios.

Lisa, do you have plans for New Year's Eve?

Yes, I do.

They involve pajamas, crochet, maybe a fluffy blanket.

Oh, that sounds like a great New Year's Eve.

Now as your husband, are you guys kind of on the same wavelength there or is he like to go out and party type or is he just fine staying into?

No, he is definitely not the go out and party type.

He would much rather be at home watching Doctor Who or whatever geek related thing he wants to watch.

He's through your husband under the bus.

No, well, I'm I'm right there with him.

I'm watching the same

show This is from wallet hub.

I don't know if you saw this The the most popular thing or way to ring in the new year is watching Netflix or some other streaming platform 35% of the people said that 24% said go to a New Year's Eve party 20 said get some sleep

We have turned into a pack of nerds, people.

What do you think about that, Lees?

It sounds like you're more on the Netflix side.

I've been a nerd since high school, so it just makes sense to me.

Embrace it.

I do

embrace

it.

There is nothing wrong with that.

It's great to have you here, Lees, so we love when you come by here and talk about TV and movies and all this kind of fun stuff.

Before we get to our all-time sitcom lists, you're watching a show called Robin Hood that you seem to really like.

I do really like it.

It's on MGM plus just like from is and it's it's a telling of the Robin Hood legend.

Okay.

And it's it's kind of taking a different tact to it a little bit.

It focuses on the differences of the Saxons and the Normans.

I'm really just enjoying it.

I like the Robin Hood legend anyway.

It's one of my favorite stories.

So being able to delve into this over 10 or 12 episodes has been really fun.

Let me ask you this.

When you have so many derivations of this story, like, I like the story too, but there have been movies, comedies, they've redone it.

Like, at what point do you go, all right, I've seen enough.

I mean, how into it are you knowing that?

But you have to remember, Pete, that

Well, we may have seen the Costner and the LAs and all of these other versions.

A Gen Zer may not have.

And

I know a Gen Alpha hasn't.

So, you know, this is a good way to introduce them to the story and maybe get them brought in.

And the production value is very good.

It's not like,

so.

What do you, what is Generation Alpha?

I don't think I've ever heard that.

You've never heard of Gen

Alpha?

They're the ones that are coming up behind Gen Z right now.

So right about now, they're 11, 12, 13.

Okay.

And Gen Z ends at like 28 or 29 right now, maybe?

I think so.

Don't get me started on where things block off because I don't know exactly.

All I know is that my nephew is a millennial.

I am an older Gen X.

My

friends

have gen alpha kids.

Wow.

That's a lot to remember on top of all your spider information.

I'm also Gen X, Con your Gen Z, right?

I think so.

Okay.

See, that's such a Gen Z response.

I don't know, man.

Yeah, sure.

Why not?

Yeah, I'm a Gen

Z. All right, Lees, let's get to your list of all time favorite sitcoms.

Most death not a weak link in the bunch and I love you You went different eras to mine are mostly 70s or I would say 80s 90s You've got you're kind of spread out here.

You've got number six.

What's your top six actually?

We can start with number six number six is a tie.

Yeah a coupling I don't know that show

you don't know coupling.

I don't think so

Uh, coupling is a UK sitcom.

Okay.

And I think they had maybe, I want to say six seasons, but I'm probably very wrong in that.

And, you know, UK sitcoms are very, very short.

You get

like

maybe six episodes

in a season.

They're great.

Yeah, I love it.

And

they're very funny.

And Steven Moffat wrote the couplings.

And I don't know if you know his name, but he's also connected to the Doctor Who universe and everything.

Coupling is extremely funny, and it is friends before we had friends.

Oh, so that's why you put, like, a slash friend.

Okay.

Right, right, because they're very similar.

It's a group of, you know, basically back then it was Gen X.

So a

group of Gen X friends that are all together.

coupling up, decoupling, recoupling all that, you know,

just

like in friends.

All right.

So that's number six.

Number five is a show.

I did watch this for a cup of coffee back when it first came out.

I don't know why I went away with it, but it's a great cast, too.

Hot and Cleveland.

Hot and Cleveland.

I love it.

It was me TV, right?

I think that was the me TV network.

That was one of the first big ones they put out, or maybe I'm mistaken.

But anyway, hot and Cleveland is a great show.

It is.

You know, Valerie Bertinelli and Betty White, you cannot go wrong

with Betty

White in any sitcom.

I'm sorry.

I just adore that woman so much.

She's so great.

I know.

All right.

So number four.

Her reminder?

Number four on your list is Ghosts.

I don't know this show either.

I mean, I've heard of it.

Okay.

So Ghosts.

Ghost is also an American version of a UK sitcom.

You can tell my humor lies in the UK.

It really does.

It's about a innkeeper who fell and now she hit her head and now she can see ghosts.

And there are like many generations of ghosts that live in this old home that

she's

speaking.

It's hilarious.

It

is really

funny.

Very

well written.

Did you ever see the Ricky Gervais film Ghost Town?

I think...

No, no, I did not see that one.

He has that issue too, like where he can see ghosts and it's people asking him to make amends for them.

They've passed on before they got to make amends.

It's a great premise.

He's really funny and it's very sweet.

And Greg Keneer plays one of the ghosts too that he sees.

It's a great movie.

I'll have to put that on my list.

Lisa Hale is here.

She is the very talented news bureau chief here at Civic Media for Northeast Wisconsin.

It is great to have her here talking TV.

We are working our way through her list of her six favorite sitcoms.

We are at number three, the IT crowd, Lisa.

The IT crowd and again, a UK sitcom.

Yeah.

You've seen it, right?

I've seen the pilot.

Is that where he gets up in the middle of the board meeting and just jumps out the window because.

Yeah, because he knows they're going under or something like that.

Yes.

Yes.

Great thing.

And it is a fantastic...

Yeah, I got to check that out more.

It's just really funny.

I mean, if you've ever heard anybody say, have you tried turning an on and off again when referring to anything IT related?

All right.

Imagine that constantly.

One of the characters actually had a...

Like real to real cassette recorder kind of things

right

up next to his phone and he would answer the phone it and hit the button.

Have you tried turning

it

on and off?

Yeah, I gotta check that out.

I laughed hysterically at the pie.

Some of these, I don't know, you just, you watch so much, you forget about it, or a couple of years goes by before they release another season, and you're like, oh yeah, I used to watch that.

That's the

problem with UK sitcoms is

it

can be years.

Yeah, and years wait for a six episode season.

I like that their seasons are shorter because I think they're tighter and they're funnier, but I'm with you.

So number two on your list, Conrad can maybe relate to this because he likes one of the spin-offs, is the Big Bang Theory.

Absolutely.

I absolutely love the course.

I'm a big nerd.

I'm a huge nerd.

And I'm sorry, but Sheldon Cooper is also my brother.

So, you know.

You say you're a nerd, but you know, there's very few nerds I've met in my life and they're lovely people, but I would not be scared of most nerds.

I'm a little scared of you,

sometimes.

I'm not going to hurt you.

I promise.

Okay.

All right.

I'm okay with it.

Conrad, are you scared of Lisa?

Like you just have,

you have an

edge to you sometimes where I just would not want to get into your bad side.

Is that

fair?

No.

And that's one thing that my husband does say, you know, don't get on Lisa's bed.

She'll go scorched earth.

And I probably would.

All right.

Number one, the golden girls.

Great show.

Yes.

Betty White again.

Betty White, best sitcom ever.

And you know what's funny is I still watch it to this day.

I will do complete series rewatches.

It's my comfort

show.

And I will put that on and I will giggle just as hard as I did the first time I heard it.

It's a great show.

And so many people on the show, because we talk about TV a lot, have said it's their comfort show as well.

So it just has that vibe to it.

Conrad, you want to share your favorite?

Well, you're a young Sheldon guy.

I like young Sheldon.

Yeah, but it's one of your faves.

I put it at like five for me, probably.

Okay.

And tell DC your number

one.

I think the post is in yours, isn't it?

I really do like Ghost.

That's a fantastic show.

I've seen that.

I haven't seen the newest season yet, but I've watched all the other ones.

Really good.

Tell her your favorite

show.

How I met your mother.

I've seen it like 10 times, probably more than that probably actually

now.

Have you

seen that, at least?

I have seen how I met your mother.

I have.

And it's it's probably top 20 for me.

Okay.

But yeah, I definitely think that that's no slouch.

It's not a slot.

I mean, Alison Hannigan is is hilarious.

Her

comedic

timing was really good.

And so I have to give and oh, come on.

Come on.

Neil Patrick Harris.

He's great.

Mario.

Come on.

That's classic.

Alright, I'm gonna give you my five.

Can we keep you for just two more minutes, Lise?

We have a really short break here.

You just like, I get talking to you and we have so much to talk about, so I'm blaming you.

Lisa Hale is here.

I swear, just for two more minutes, I'm gonna give my top five shows and I want her opinion on them.

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Welcome back You really were mailing in there and so was I like you're starting the intro music I'm off talking to our next guest and I'm not paying attention And we've got Lisa Hale waiting in the wings here very patiently for us Lisa Hale covers news here at Civic Media for Northeast Wisconsin She is the bureau chief and she has a blast to talk TV with so all right Lisa you're ready for my top five.

I am

I'm ready for this I've got actually six as well and and an alternate so

I broke the rules, but I'm going to go backwards.

Larry Sanders, the Larry Sanders show.

You ever see that with Gary Shanling?

Yes.

Love it.

I did not count the animated, like The Simpsons is one of my all time favorite shows too.

I left that off the list just because.

I

don't count animated as sitcoms, even though they kind of aren't.

They are.

Yeah.

I don't know why.

All right.

So number five for me is All in a Family, All in the Family, I should say.

OK.

classic Norman Lear.

Number four, the American office, even though it was derived from the British office, which at that time was one of my all-time favorite shows, 12 episodes.

That was it.

And it was all tight.

In some ways, I admire more what they did in America because they had to fill an entire season.

And I thought they did that beautifully.

So I kind of tipped my hat to that show.

I thought it was great.

And I love Steve Carell.

I think the reason why I didn't get as much into the American office as I should have is spending time in the corporate world.

I didn't want to see it.

It hurt.

It hurt to watch.

Number three, modern family.

Love modern family.

Love Cam and Gloria.

I just think and Phil Dunphy loved the show.

Oh yeah.

Number two, cheers.

Okay, go wrong a staple in American sitcoms and then number one I had to go Seinfeld because I just think it was groundbreaking for network TV at the time

It was groundbreaking.

I have to give Seinfeld that it was ground-breaking.

There was times when I didn't find it funny But there were other times when I just lost it

and

could not stop laughing

This is so much fun, always.

And please forgive me for keeping you so long.

I will be cognizant of your time next.

I just, I cannot believe when we start yakking away, it's like all of a sudden we haven't even talked about one thing yet and we're like 20 minutes into the conversation.

So thank you.

What happens because we have such similar tastes.

Exactly.

And you're just, you're a great conversationalist and I love your tastes and your opinions on movies and TV.

So it's always, and spiders for that matter.

And spiders.

Always so much fun, my friend.

Keep doing a great job here.

media.

Love listening to you on the radio.

And next time we do this, I'll get you out of here sooner.

Hey, whatever floats your boat.

All

right,

Conrad, we're keeping her for the whole show.

Thank you, ma'am.

Have a great New Year's and we'll talk to you soon.

All

right, thanks.

That's Lisa Hale, folks.

She does outstanding work here at Civic Media, and she's always fun to have on the show.

Coming up in just a few minutes after the news, Kristen Lighty will be here, a Northeast Wisconsin-based comedian.

She's going to tell us where we can see her.

She's a very funny comedian.

She'll be playing locally for New Year's Eve here in Northeast Wisconsin, but she's got a lot of other dates coming up, too.

And we'll talk to her about what she's been up to as well, lots to talk about in the way of comedy and New Year's Eve fast approaching.

Um, so this was kind of strange count.

What do you, where do you fall on this list?

You've got Netflix or another streaming platform, 35% of Americans.

That's how they'll spend their New Year's Eve.

24% will go to a party.

20 will catch up on sleep.

And, uh, the rest 10% will scroll through social media on their phones.

Yeah, that sounds awesome.

Scrolling on your social media for New Year's.

How about you do that while you're watching a streaming platform?

You get to kill two birds with one stone.

You know, I think the Netflix one will be a little bit higher this year.

Yeah, because of Stranger Things.

Yeah, with the two-hour movie that they're putting out for the last episode.

What are you going to do?

Are you going to see it in the theater?

Are you going to watch it at home?

I do want to go see it in theater kind of, but also, I don't know.

I'm going to a party and one of my friends in Milwaukee, so.

Same.

Not to that party, but I'm gonna party it up and then I'm gonna crash at your huge apartment before your lease There's nothing in there so you can sleep on the floor By the way, the remaining 11% said other or no preference So just sitting in silence just a bunch of bums.

They don't want to do anything Just sitting in silence and just that's it pulling a putty and staring at the wall the putty character of course from Seinfeld

Um, so there you go.

That breaks it down.

I'll be going to a party and probably watching Stranger Things because I'll probably ring

in

the new year at 11 because there will be some younger kids at this party and the parents will have to leave.

Uh, and then I'll probably watch Stranger Things with the kids.

We'll go home.

It's two hours.

Two hours long.

That's not too bad.

I can handle that.

A new year's eve.

I can handle it.

Yeah.

We, you know, I'm definitely, as soon as, uh, I get home the next day, I'm instant.

I think.

Either I'm gonna go with the Aiders or watch it at home.

I haven't decided yet, but

I'm watching it.

You're definitely gonna save it for New Year's Day.

What about football?

Football?

Yeah.

There's football in a New Year's Day, right?

And we don't need it.

Oh, wow.

That's so much to this stranger things.

That's from

the sport dude himself, Conrad, just downplayed football on New Year's Day.

But yeah, this is like the big deal.

I mean, there's a brilliant marketing tactic.

Oh, yeah.

It came

out.

Thanksgiving with four episodes three episodes were released on Christmas Eve This is the last season and then they're going out with a bang with two episodes on New Year's Eve.

I think it's brilliant So we'll do that.

I'm gonna tell you at some point I got to get to these two This is the the top cities for New Year's Eve.

If we have time we'll get to that tonight.

It's Marinette on there Christmas City USA is not on the New Year's list.

I know it's a bummer.

There were two

Uh, Wisconsin City's on there though in the top 50.

Keywascom?

Keywascom is not on there.

Uh, it's because people like you move.

The true party animals leave.

Yeah, that's true.

That's true.

And, uh, but that's as good a city as any to watch Stranger Things in.

So, uh, ladies and gentlemen, coming up after the news, comedian Kristen Lighty will be here in the studio.

We'll get caught up with Kristen and find out where you can see her on New Year's Eve.

That's coming up next.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are halfway through this evening live shows tonight and tomorrow and then taking a few days off the rest of the week to ring in the new year with family and friends.

Hopefully you all have great parties to go to and will be safe out there.

Such a fun week the week between Christmas and New Year's so fun We had to invite our next guest to come in here and join us in the studio She's been here several times before and she makes me laugh and she's on top of all that.

She's a very nice person The very nice comedian

Thank you.

That's

a

great intro.

Well, you know, it's all goes downhill after

that.

You know, right now it's going well.

Absolutely.

I had a doctor's appointment this morning and I made the nurses laugh and that always feels like

yes.

Oh, so.

Can I can I ask you to elaborate like did you tell a joke?

Did you how did you do that?

I try to just sneak in little aside.

Yeah, like

little funny comments, and they'll always pause for a moment and then Like yes, I got him

like do they know you're a comedian.

No,

no, okay.

No that would break the rule

Is that okay?

Is that a rule because I feel like if if I made someone laugh

So my urge would be to go, hey, you can see me New Year's Eve, just to get some more butts in the seats.

See, you're better

at marketing than me.

I should have had you tag team there.

I

was never that good at it.

But I did learn when I was a standup that you have to be, especially when I moved to LA, you had to.

you had to promote yourself because no one else is gonna do it.

So are you, you're not

a fan of doing

that

typically?

I just don't think about it and I'm not good at it and I love the idea.

I'm a 90s kid so I came out of like everything is organic

and if it's

meant to be, it'll happen.

You just gotta follow your path and don't be a corporate sellout and now I'm learning corporate sellouts, make a lot of money.

Well and you have an advantage because with what you do, you can bring that to someone else's day.

Rarely does a nurse or a physician's assistant get to.

Inject themselves into people's lives.

I suppose if there was an accident or something horrible, they could do that.

Yeah, that's true.

My injection is more fun.

You could show up and tell jokes at a car accident.

Hey, I think we need a little laughter here.

It's great to have you here.

How have you been?

How are things going?

I've been so good.

I am officially engaged.

Yeah, he made an honest woman out of me.

Look at that.

Well,

congratulations.

Yeah, he did it in Mexico after a cemetery tour that we run.

I feel like he knows me so well.

Cemetery tour, like you could make the obvious joke there, you know, I hope, you know, whatever it is, but you like cemeteries.

They're kind of

fascinating.

Yeah, he tells me any trip we go on, he just Googles that city and haunted and finds something for us to do that he knows how love and he's never been wrong.

Did he propose at the cemetery?

He

did,

yeah.

Whoa, do you think that could be a bad omen in any way?

No, actually, they said in Mexico, it's really good luck.

So he didn't even know that.

So we're just on that right path.

All right, very good.

When's the big day?

We're thinking October 2027.

We

just

moved into a new house and we have to put a lawn in.

We have to save a little money.

Yeah, we gotta save up for that open bar.

Yeah, you gotta have open bar, right?

Here's what I.

I was warned, I got married in Wisconsin too, my wife is from here, and they said don't do open bar, because Wisconsinites love to sample drinks and use that opportunity.

I've never had a Harvey Wallbanger before, let me try it and I'll take one sip, but I didn't find that to be the case.

No, they will always finish a drink.

Correct.

We are talking about Wisconsinites here.

Are you a native Wisconsinite?

I am.

I

was

actually, I grew up in Green Bay and then lived there until 2008, 2008 to 2018.

I lived in Chicago and then I came back

in

2018.

So what your husband to be, is he supportive of your stand up career?

Is he a stand up?

What is his line?

Oh, he is absolutely supportive.

Like I've never met a man that was more ride or die that supports me

so much.

He loves going

to shows.

He loves going to open mics.

He'll even go.

to open mics with

me when we're on

vacation.

I know.

I was

like, you're the best.

Yeah.

And he loves coming to shows.

He loves meeting all the comedians.

And, you know, sometimes he'll give me a note or two and it's helpful.

And sometimes when shows don't go well, he'll give me the, you did your best champ.

And that

always

feels good

too.

I love this guy.

This sounds like a great catch.

So congratulations.

So.

Alright, so I have to ask you before we get into the comedy, the nuts and bolts of the comedy racket, do you have a favorite card game?

Yes, I love War.

Oh nice, okay.

Yeah, just

a real quick, like no thought really, just bam, bam, bam.

One of those games that you don't glaze over when people are telling you what the rules are because it's so simple.

Yeah, if you got more than three rules, I'm out.

What is the rule with the ace though in War?

Is it lower high?

I think it's high.

I think it actually

depends

on who you're playing with.

I think you call it from the beginning.

Okay.

So what if you're playing with a cheater?

Yeah, yeah, you

gotta watch out for those

cheaters.

Although the Lighty family, they loved poker.

I learned poker before I was six.

So that was

maybe

indicative of problems.

I don't

know.

Jeez, no kidding.

What what poke like Texas hold them or the various

change the diaper was a big one.

I

don't

even remember it now.

I just remember the name made me giggle

and play hold them.

My dad does.

My dad can

walk into any casino and win five hundred dollars.

I did

not inherit that gift.

I love Texas Hold'em, that's my game.

I don't know.

Oh yeah, me and my dad, we get along.

We would.

We could become a force.

But what's the change to diaper?

How does that

happen?

I don't remember.

I'll

have to

Google it later.

My great

grandma would be so disappointed in me.

Is she listening?

No, she's long gone.

But I'm sorry, Hazel.

Oh, that's a great name for a great grandma.

All right, so tell us about, you got a great gig coming up.

Locally, love that too.

Tell us where you will be.

New Year's Eve.

Yeah, New Year's Eve.

It's going to be a change.

I won't be in bed by 10.

I'm going to be at Skyline Comedy featuring for John Caperulo.

Tell us about this night.

Okay, this is either two shows or one, will you be on stage at midnight ringing in the new year?

You

know, there's gonna be two shows, one starting at seven, one starting at 10, 30.

So

yeah.

It's a big, you can get a nap in between.

Yeah, I hope

so.

We're gonna be doing, I'll be doing like 25 to 30 minutes, I imagine.

And then John is in

a

row.

Yes,

in a row, yes.

Whoa, that's impressive.

Yes, and then John is a force of nature.

He'll probably get up there and do an hour 20 or something.

He's so funny.

He's got such a huge catalog of jokes.

He's really, really wonderful.

If you haven't seen him, you should come on out.

He is just like the sweetest, funniest dad.

He draws comic books.

He's

really great.

So is he a clean comic for the most part?

You know, he's not.

Overly dirty, but he's definitely not a hundred percent clean.

Okay.

Let's say he kind of strides the line

What about you?

Where do you fall in that?

Are you

you know?

I I don't like limitations

and I

don't like being told I have to do clean comedy I usually will like not do those shows, but the majority of my comedy is not really dirty

I'm with you.

That's a great answer actually.

Do you find we were talking about this a little bit before you came on I always loved and I had spent years since I've done what you're doing, but

I loved opening for someone who had a following because when the crowd shows up there

They're ready to just listen and not heckle and be jackasses or over drink.

They pay to see the show and that's what it should be every night.

They're so well behaved and so on board and so excited to be there.

Like a lot of times if you're opening for someone that doesn't have a following, it's like prove yourself to me,

you know,

and there's this attitude within the crowd and you got to break them and bring them on board.

But opening for Brian Posey and John Caparillo, Kristen Key, you know, they have such a huge following that it just like.

It feels like getting into a warm bath.

It

feels

so

welcoming.

Yeah, because it's like this idea that if the person they're there to see trusts you, they trust you.

That's a, wow, great answer.

How did you get connected with this, John Capparulo?

Yeah.

Did he choose you to be on the show, or is it?

You know,

I submitted to Skyline a few years ago, and we just hit it off.

I think we're both quiet nerds, and we enjoyed the energy we bring

to

the green room.

So a lot of times when he's come back, he has selected me to be his feature, which I'm very grateful for.

That's excellent.

And listen, when you're headlining, you want that.

you want someone who's gonna set the table, right?

That's kind of your whole job.

Get him riled up and then he comes in and closes and it's great.

Oh, absolutely.

We

were talking about this too.

New Year's Eve used to be, you couldn't not work it if you were a comedian because it paid so well like double or triple sometimes

even.

But you said it's a little more now.

Yeah, I would say it's about 50% more than

you

make on an average night.

But of course that probably varies throughout the country.

No, will your fiance be at the show?

He will,

yeah.

Okay, so that's good.

See, sometimes I would travel, and then it's me and the other guy who I don't really know that well on midnight ringing in the new year, and all these couples are hugging and kissing and popping champagne, and it's like, shake hands and saying, all right, come back to the hotel, you know?

Yeah, do a face bump.

Exactly.

Yeah, except he's normally in bed by nine, so I don't know how he's gonna do a 1030 show.

Oh, wow.

We'll see.

My wife and I are like that.

I'll stay up.

to like one o'clock or whatever.

And now the kids are home, so we're all staying up watching movies and she's in bed.

She can't make it past 10 o'clock and she feels like left out.

So I'll tell you.

Someone's gotta wake up

early and take the mom shift.

I'll tell her you said

that.

You got sympathy tonight.

Hey, Kristen Lighty is my guest.

She's a very funny comedian from here in northeast Wisconsin, Green Bay born and raised and kicking it out in the burbs these days.

But you can see her at the Skyline Comedy.

Is it the Comedy Club or Comedy Cafe?

I

think it is comedy cafe.

They

do serve a

mean pretzel bite.

But you can see her there.

New Year's Eve.

Tell us what other gigs do you have.

I was looking at your schedule.

pretty full play.

Yeah, I'm really excited.

In two weeks, I'm going to be out in San Diego and I'm going there for work.

So I just kind of like threw a last minute line

out nice

and comedy Heights is a really great theater show there.

They're having me on again.

I was I did their show a few years back.

So it's always nice to go back.

They run a really fun room.

So I'll be there the 16th and 17th.

And then at the end of this month, we are doing Don't Tell shows, which are

pop-up shows.

I love that's such a great concept.

Yeah, we're doing those the last weekend of January, Friday will be in Appleton and Saturday will be in Green Bay and the location's a secret.

So I know that I've had people like from Comedy City on the show and stand-ups on the show.

Is it a mixture sometimes of improv and stand-up?

Do you ever do that, or is it typically this or typically that?

You know, for the don't-tells, we do strictly stand-up,

but John

Egan is one of the co-producers, and he is an improv phenom, so maybe we should, I don't know if we could incorporate that, maybe.

That might be fun.

I'd love to be a

phenom of some sort.

I think John is the first time I heard that from, that term, don't-tell comedy.

Oh, yeah.

I just thought it was such a great...

That's so great.

Yeah, John's

awesome.

And Trevor Klumpner also helped

us run it.

Oh,

Trevor

was here just a couple of weeks ago, yeah.

Did

you introduce me to Trevor?

I did.

Okay.

Do you get commission for that?

No.