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48 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine AlAinMcclAughlinfornPr up comedy is its an endorphin producer both for the audience and the performer. So you literally get a chemical boost from doing it. Its something I thought Id like and boy once I did it once you taste that elixir its hard to go back. Im a stand-up comic through and through. When youre in New England wheres your secret place Some of the family I lived with when I was a teenager living in Manchester Mass. Whats your connection with Maine and Jonathans I did Jonathans for the first time gee like 10 years ago or something. The first time he picked me up at the airport I fell in love with him the minute I met him. Hes just a salt-of-the-earth maniaca great guy funny and practical. Jonathans itself has been there for a very long time its a fami- ly-owned business. It has great food and a lovely atmosphere a great venue. He most- ly has music and then occasionally hell have somebody like myself. The thing is Maine crowds are so much fun to work to the combination of the two makes it one of my favorite jobs I do all year. I always say when I work in Maine I look out over a sea of gray hair sometimes and its not because they are any older than the people I work to in other venues in other states but I think that people for the most part dont dye their hair. So theres something about them thats very real. And I dont dye mine often enough so theres always a gray streak down the middle. Im not fool- ing anybody. After my shows I come out and take pictures and hug people and talk and hang out. I dont do it every time but I do Poundstone is a regular guest on NPRs hilarious news quiz show Wait WaitDont Tell Me.