“I like the winter; I like playing in the snow and doing all that stuff,” says comedian and Minnesotan Chad Daniels. “But I have to tell you, this past winter, with the 30-below days and a foot of snow every other day — that was a bit much.”
Fortunately, Daniels can escape to other parts of the country.“I split custody of my 15-year-old daughter, so I’m home as much as I can be,” he says, “but if I have to take her with me on the road, she loves it.”
Last year, Daniels did a run through the South, allowing him and his daughter to see the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated (now the Civil Rights Museum), as well as MLK’s birthplace in Atlanta.
“We went through Alabama and it turned into a civil rights trail. Very cool,” he says. Onstage, Daniels talks about being a divorced dad, having a daughter going through puberty and also having a son in college. His one-hour special, Dad Chaniels, is on Amazon Prime. 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 and Saturday, Jan. 11. $22. Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com. — P.F. WILSON
This article appears in Dec 25, 2019 – Jan 7, 2020.