This post originally appeared on Chris Gethard’s blog, please feel free to visit his site. He’s the funniest comedian around and a good friend of the Bungalo.

“I Walked A Pace Behind Him At The Soundcheck, He Was Just The Same As I Am!” is paraphrase of a lyric in one of my favorite songs by the Smiths. Now, I assume if you are on this blog, you know I’m a fan of Morrissey, if only because of the name of the blog. I won’t get too melodramatic about it, but Morrissey is literally the artist that I hold closest to my heart. Not only is his music amazing in my eyes, but the principles he puts out in that music have influenced me greatly as both a person and a performer. Morrissey’s music has at some of the worst times in my life been the last crutch that I have been able to lean on. I even stole the guy’s haircut, for Christ’s sake.

Anyway, last night Moz played the Jimmy Fallon show. I have some friends who work there so I called in (begged?) a favor and got tickets to the show. I was hoping to hang out backstage to meet Moz, but wound up sitting in the seats. At a certain point, I was like, “Oh well, guess today ain’t the day I meet the man.”

Then at the end of the show, my friend grabbed and was like “You can leave through the V-VIP exit in the hallway,” and me and my buddy Nick Mougis ran out there. Read the rest of this entry »