Two mushrooms walk into a bar

Any comic seeking an off-the-wall venue [“Amusing Asides,” Jan. 25] should try making alfalfa seed growers laugh. As a comedienne who earns her living in the corporate convention market, I don’t have to combat drunken hecklers, but it’s tougher than you think writing company-specific material for dry bean producers, beauty school owners and executives at the Federal Reserve. Besides money and laughs, the payoff is learning about all the cool careers I missed out on -- I could’ve been a member of the Mushroom Institute.

JAN MCINNIS

Glendale