I’m a big fan of Allyson Hood, but I’m also insanely jealous of her.  When I watch her on stage it really seems like she hit the ground running.  Relatively new at comedy, she’s only been performing for about the past year, Allyson already has a very distinct voice and point of view.  She’s self assured on stage with very deliberate timing.  I’m a firm believer in people having a natural talent for comedy and Allyson certainly backs up that theory in my mind.

When I interviewed TJ Miller, I did research and found an old interview with him from before he broke big.  Hopefully this will be the same case with this Allyson Hood interview.  I really believe she’s going to be big.  I’m proud to have shared the stage with her during my birthday shows and she’s a performer who I always look forward to seeing work.  Enjoy our chat.

What I find interesting about your start is that you got into comedy totally by yourself because it just became this thing that you got obsessed with.

Yeah.

What was that process that put you on stage the first time?

I just started looking up open mics at comedy clubs.  I just googled open mics in Detroit and I think Mark Ridley’s (Comedy Castle) popped up first.  So I just called and said, “Hey I want to sign up for the open mic.  I’ve never done this before.  What do I do?”

Did you get on the first week?

I got on the first week and I didn’t get on the next week, but I did get on the week after that.  I got on twice a month exclusively there after that.

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