It has been pointed out before that comedy is a brutal endeavor. “Dying is easy, comedy is hard,” is the old saying. Comedians destroy rooms, or they bomb. They crush clubs, or they get eaten alive. And, ultimately, they either die or they kill. Such terminology is usually reserved for when a comedian is on stage. But what if comedians killed off stage?

The following column first appeared in AntithesisComedy.com. I’ve added pictures and a little more words so you can feel like it’s new.

“Do you do your act in Asian?” is a question I get asked a lot by nimrods who just found out that I do comedy shows in Asia.

When I tell them that “Asian” is not a language, they reply with, “Oh, my bad. Do you speak Chinese?” It’s a good question, though still incorrect in that Chinese isn’t a language either. But I get what they want to know.