"You'd walk offstage and into the booth and then you would know, from the look on (Hood's) face or the first words from his mouth if you had done a good job," Tucson comedian Nancy Stanley said. "It's going to be a long walk off the stage and past the booth. In a very real sense, I won't know what kind of comic I am without him."
Gary Hood — Comedian, face of Laffs Comedy Caffé
Josiah Loring, right, signs up with Gary Hood to perform at Laff’s Comedy Caffe’s weekly Thursday open mic night on June 13, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. Gary Hood hosted a weekly home-cooked dinner for a handful of comics at his eastside home.

