Tickle Your Bone “TYB Fan Mail!” – From Saskia Bee!

The Tickle Your Bone Weeky Comedy Festival is always glowingly reviewed by CEO of Comedy Sean McCarthy after each show. I always look forward to this recap because I get to have a little mental encore. You know those feel-good chemicals that your brain makes when you remember Fun and Interesting schtuff? Those come out, and it makes for a yummy headspace to reflect on everyone’s set. How marvelous is it to experience how someone’s material evolves? Or how their delivery adapts? Or to see someone new and amazeballs for the first time ever? This is the schtuff that makes me clack my Barbies together.

There’s a spirit of allowance at TYB. It’s not born of rah-rah-ing, but born of understanding the artistic process and the nature of performance. Comics get stronger in this room because of it. A place where experimentation is recognized and encouraged is rare, so from a comic’s perspective, I am thankful for that latitude. (Though I strive not to be the guy always “trying something.” I’m not gonna put a goldfish in a blender or anything.*) And from an audience perspective, the growth of other performers fascinates and captivates me. Permission to be clever, dirty, silly, dark, and different has been granted to these people. Where does that freedom lead?

*True story from college!

-Saskia Bee