The Importance of Paying for Comedy Lessons

I used to have to pay for comedy lessons in order to do a comic's show. I had no idea what it meant to be an opener. Before I went on stage, it was no crowd work,. No sex jokes, no relationship jokes, and no dirty jokes. And then how about this? It was back when you had to pay for $60 for the luggage. You had to bring his merch, which was an 80 pound box or fucking roller bag. He picked up his kids every day from school. What? This is a comic you opened for? Yep. That makes total sense to me. But at the time, if you're like, that's not only should I