On stage at Bart's years and years ago.

I just scrapped about two pages worth of feelings about the closing of Club Bart.

Club Bart was a great place for food and music.  Bart who owned the place loves both and that showed.  Many years ago PJ Butland brought comedy to Bart’s.  Later Joel Fragomeni took it over and turned it into a free comedy show that more often than not was less of a comedy show and more of a freak show.  Joel sort of ran the show with his friend Corey Hall who aren’t terribly welcoming to new comedians or anyone else they view as lesser than them.  They’re bullies.  The comedy show at Bart’s was often times a very negative place.

With all that being said, I’m glad that I did a set there just about every Thursday night my first year as a comedian.  I feel like being a Bart’s veteran made me a tougher comedian and prepared for everything I could ever expect to face on the road.

The end of the comedy shows there is like a funeral for an uncle who molested you, you’re glad it’s gone, but you kind of miss it because it was family.