[On the other hand, he's used to being laughed at so it likely wouldn't bother him that much.]

Haven't had much luck volunteering to do a show. [He figured that'd be the easiest and quickest way to get a lot of people in a room. At least they'd know him even if he doesn't know them, and it'd have been a fairly generic icebreaker when he takes his time working through the crowd, see what everyone else is like, what tinfoil hat theories they have about being here, what they've found out about the staff and whatnot.]

We could always commandeer one of these venues and throw a party, I suppose. [John is always up for a party.]