Comedian Erik Myers Killed in Amarillo Just Days Before His Show at Hyena’s

Comedian Erik Myers, a Florida indigenous, died on Tuesday in a automobile accident in Amarillo although he was touring to Dallas to carry out at Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub.

Myers could do a thing quite handful of comics are capable of carrying out: He could make audiences and comedians chuckle.

“You form of get jaded a tiny little bit to headliners and comics in normal,” claims longtime Dallas comedian Seth Cowles. “It really is not that it is not funny, but your response is a very little much less viewers-like and far more of a comic dissecting their act or searching at different matters.”

Cowles says he generally stopped to enjoy Myers’ set when he arrived in town from the incredibly initially time he observed him perform a headlining present seven decades ago at Hyena’s.

“He was the guy I was laughing out loud at like I was an audience member again,” Cowles says. “He had this strength and relentless device gun of punchlines that you can convey to he worked so tough on his bits. I would actually uncover myself laughing out loud and it blew me absent that I was seeing a comic who’s carrying out this thing to me again.”

Hyena’s proprietor Randy Butler states Myers done at his club every 10 months considering that 2017. He acquired the sad news about Myers’ passing on Thursday, the day just before Myers was scheduled to do a weekend of headlining reveals at the chain’s Dallas site on Mockingbird Lane.

“It truly is just unbelievable and exceptionally unhappy,” Butler states. “He was just an incredibly sweet male to everybody. First of all, he was really super talented and had a special model and cadence. There was no one out there like him. It established him apart from everyone else.”

Myers worked as a paid standard at The Comedy Keep in Los Angeles in between displays and tours. He starred in his have specials at The Laugh Manufacturing unit and on Hulu with Dopeless Romantic. He also appeared on Tv set showcases together with Stay at Gotham and Andrew Dice Clay: The Blue Display. Myers wrote and starred in his personal animated pilot Court Ordered in which he played a version of himself as an ex-alcoholic seeking to keep sober, who is lawfully ordered to go to a self-enable team.

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His large scratchy voice and skinny frame served condition his fashion as a manic, hyper-observer of human conduct.

“He was just substantial power,” Butler says. “I do not know how he preserved that voice stage for a 45-moment established.”

Dallas comic Ryan Perrio states he initially observed Myers opening for Nate Bargatze at the Addison Improv in 2017 and afterwards received to open up for him at Hyena’s. Myers’ trademark energy was a frequent even when he expended an hour or much more on stage, Perrio suggests.

“The vitality you see in the Taco Bell and Uber clips is his strength in the course of the clearly show from start out to complete,” Perrio states. “Off-phase, complete 180. He was tender spoken and form and he appeared to so gracious to be in a club, while talent-wise you could undoubtedly see him currently being a massive title in comedy. He was just joyful to be doing it on any degree.”

Cowles suggests that Myers was eager to assist his fellow comedians even when they didn’t question for it.

“He was pretty generous with his time and his advice,” Cowles states. “I keep in mind the 1st time I came off, he came up and explained, ‘I cherished your things. Let us talk immediately after the exhibit. I have some notes and assistance.’ He was just a genuinely, truly wonderful dude to chat to.”

Myers’ vitality and commitment to his craft inspired a great deal of comics.

“He definitely played a section in my comedy philosophy in that at the conclusion of the day, you need to appreciate the capability to complete,” Perrio states. “I utilized to get off phase and lament jokes I forgot or items that did not get the response I desired. His pure gratitude was just as awesome to see as his comedy.”