I was performing for the National Baptist Convention. My first joke poked fun at the executive who booked me and the lecture she gave me before my show, "Please don't do any material about politics. They'll be arguing all night. And please stay away from religious material of any kind. We don't want to offend anyone. Most of all, please, don't do any material of a sexual nature." All I could say after that lecture was, "So, ladies and gentlemen, thank you and GOOD NIGHT!" I was so scared I spent the next forty-five minutes talking about my grandmother.
