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It’s hard to tell whether the Sacramento comedian is in his stage persona as he flips dozens of hot dogs before a Friday night show in a Curtis Park garage, gleefully whipping his head side to side while entertaining guests. Maybe this isn’t an act. Maybe this is the real Mike Nordstrom.
Then again, who stops mid-set to ask a photographer if he has ketamine in his pocket? Or wears a brown tie that, as Nordstrom admits on stage, “Is way too short and much too wide.”
About 15 minutes later, reeking of hot dog juice, Nordstrom plops on a chair beside the stage. With heavy satisfaction, the 25-year-old scans the packed audience in this makeshift club.
“Not too bad,” he whispers, nodding his head, before the host calls his name.