They say the key to comedy is brevity and comic timing.
Brevity is something I sometimes have to work on, but for lessons in comic timing, I only need to consult my Real Estate agent.
Real Estate agents have fabulous comic timing. Mine called me in the middle of bump-in day (when I was quite literally holding a ladder with one hand a phone in the other) and asked could we drive a key around to the real estate office because they couldn't find theirs and they wanted to do an inspection of the house, as arranged (hilariously) two days previously when they called in the middle of a meeting I was having at the Law Foundation.
Honestly, I don't know how they do it. The amount of research required in order to determine the perfect moment to call... it's beyond belief. It's an innate ability. It's a skill you're born with.
They called this morning (on the first day of the final week of our show) and gave us 60 days notice, in which we have to find a house and polish this one.
There goes my post-show holiday.