Before going on stage a comedian listened with a bored expression as the owner of the venue where he worked berated him. The owner had been getting on the comedian's case since the audience numbers started to drop, and things hadn't improved lately. At first, the comedian was very good at his job, and the venue was filled with a lot of people who enjoyed the show, but things began to change when he became famous. The problem was that the comedian, intoxicated with crowd's laughter, started behaving like a clown and pulling pranks that people didn't like. This wasn't good for business, and the owner had threated to kick him out several times if he didn't fix the mess.