Patton Smith's Stand-up Comedian Profile on Rooftop Comedy

Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean, and whatever else Johnny Cash said that sounds cool.

My story is like anyone else’s really. I was born at the age of 12 to a pair of single parents. It is hard being a single parent. Especially when there is another single parent around constantly trying to have sex with you.

I grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL, where I began wearing socks at an early age. Before you know it, I was typing paragraphs about myself on myspace.

At the age of 26, I decided that I should have been doing stand-up comedy for awhile now. Why? Because I’m never serious. And because I would very much like to earn a living being unserious. I would also like to earn a living making up words. Man, that would be swerific.