“It’s a tough, saturated market out there. You have to work hard, get as much stage time as possible, and take chances – work the room.” Of course, he readily admits that some audiences can be challenging, and the comics’ job is to find a way to win them over. “I played this club one time where the audience consisted of 200 white men between the ages of 30 and 60. I was the only black guy in the building, so my first line was, ‘They must have promoted this show at a Ku Klux Klan rally.’ They all fell about the place. It was risky, but it worked.” Paddy’s welcomes back Gary Sharp to our comedy stage this month.