Jim

Im a stand-up (open mike) comic and a freelance writer.It's really a great feeling when you make people laugh. I just wish I could do it...Some say I'm the second dirtiest comic in South Florida, a somewhat dubious honor.I'll never forget what Rodney Dangerfield said to me when I was just starting out: "Jim," he said, "you've got comedy in your blood, too bad you don't have comedy in your act."...I like to discuss comedy, the meaning of life and Zen Buddhism...In addition to being a comic, I also sell the "Jim Atkins Official Mime Kit," so comics can mime during their act. It consists of a blank CD for mime's to listen to, a jar of white face paint and a fan that produces winds up to 45 mpr, so you can practice walking into wind. Miming has really helped my act. For example I've added ventriloquism to my act, I use a dummy that mimes while I drink a glass of water. I guess my favorite mime joke is: A mime acts like he is walking into a place and acts like he is saying something to another mime. The second mime moves his lips like he is saying something back to the first mime. The first mime than acts like he is saying something back to the second mime. And what he acts like he is saying is really funny. Speaking of being funny, I do stand-up at Ray's in downtown Lake Worth every Monday. I've performed at The Improv in West Palm Beach and at the Hollywood Casino, and so on. I will never forget the first laugh I got while on the stage at The Improv. I hope someday I will get another laugh there...You can read my reviews of the local comedy scene by going to "www.comedysteve.com," then click on "forum," then click on "reviews." Look for items by donq10, a pseudoname I use so I can write bad reviews about my friends and they won't know it's me....I am on a quest, a serious quest, to find out why the chicken crossed the road. I am also searching for the fountain of middle-age...My best joke is a work in progress and it goes something like this: A blind giraffe with a broken leg, the Mummy and a one-legged midget transvestite limp into a bar. I wish I had a punchline for this joke, I bet it would really be funny.