'He's a seasoned comedian and it's time for his shot.'
Pat McGann and Sebastian Maniscalco stood in the back of a dark, empty theater only lit by stage lights studying monitors to make sure the setup was proper. Everything had to be perfect.
"He makes me laugh and now to be behind his special, I think he's ready. This guy's been on the road with me for the last two years doing a bunch of different theaters, arenas. He's a seasoned comedian and it's time for his shot."Maniscalco, from Arlington Heights, a northwest suburb of Chicago, felt a connection with McGann from the first time they worked together around eight years ago at Zanies comedy club in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
"I have Sebastian talking to me like, 'This is just a walk in the park, you're home, you know the stuff, this is what you do all the time.' And I've been running it, I've run the set for the last ten-straight days almost. I ran it in front of some pretty average crowds. "He writes thank-you cards, 'Hey thanks for helping me out,'" Maniscalco said."He got me a gift, you know he's very thoughtful in that way and I like that. I mean that stuff goes a long way, especially in this day and age where everybody's like texting and emailing you know...Sebastian turned to grab an envelope on an end table next to him in the green room.
"I've been around comics all the time and he's different in that he just works so hard and he's focused and just always flipping the material and always is able to turn it on and perform and bring that energy," McGann said. It was McGann's turn to take the mic and deliver not at his biggest venue, but the biggest stage of his career.
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