The next day was Friday. Mrs. Patterson always gives us 5 minutes to hang out before class officially starts, so I spent it the way I always do.
"'Sup Logan. Talia."
Logan looks at me then turns and nods to Talia.
"...What are you guys talking about?"
"The Talent Show," they said together. Talia triumphantly and Logan softly.
"Logan agrees with me. You need to do the Talent Show. Everybody will think you're hilarious," Talia says.
"Ok, I'll make you a deal. I'll try out some jokes today, and if I get laughs, I'll do the show."
"Ok..." Talia says skeptically.
"Bro, what jokes are you going to tell?"
"I don't know. I'll freestyle."
Mrs. Patterson comes into the room and heads to the SMART Board. She pulls up a physical map of North America.
"Ok, class, what do the colors of this map represent? Check the map key. Jamal"
"ARBY'S SAUCE"
Everyone laughs. Ugh. Not. Real. Comedy.
"I'm afraid that's incorrect. Leo?"
"The elevation of the land."
"Correct."
She pulls up a map of the entire world. "Preston, please come up and find America...very good. Class, who found America?
Silence. I try.
"Preston."
Ok, I swear I can hear crickets now.
"No, it was Amerigo Vespucci."
"I thought it was Columbus." says this kid Joey.
"Columbus discovered a PART of America. Amerigo discovered it originally. Our country is named after him." says Talia.
"Thank goodness they used his first name. I wouldn't want to live in Vispucci." I crack.
Nothing.
"Man, I wouldn't want to live in a place with the stupid name like Vispucci." says Jamal.
The room erupts. Jamal got more laughs than me again. I'm not doing the Talent Show. That's final.
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Comedy 101
Humor6th Grader Leo Price has always been a comedian. The thing is, he sees comedy differently. He prefers witty and sarcastic comedy, not gross and stupid comedy. And with the school talent show coming up, now is his time to prove that he is the funnies...
