LISA DENTON: Hey, Barry, you’ve heard about that old trick to calm yourself for public speaking where you imagine the people in the audience in their underwear?
I like to start out that way, then ask the handsomest – and, by that, I mean bearded – men to move where I can see them better. “You, you and you … please move to the front please.”
I got the idea after I was asked to move to the back once, but that’s another story.
BARRY COURTER: I once had a friend who tried to be helpful and actually showed up in just his underwear. Needless to say, the effect was counterproductive.
LISA: There’s a comedy show Tuesday night at JJ’s Bohemia that puts a new twist in that trick. For the Underwear Comedy Party, the comedians will be in their underwear. And it’s possible that part of the audience will be, too. If you show up in your underwear, you get in free. Otherwise, the cover charge is $5.