Valley comedienne hits Las Vegas, opens for Louie Anderson

SUN CITY, AZ - A Valley comedienne is about to hit the big time, opening for Louie Anderson in Las Vegas.

Teri Lynn Crompton is her stage name.  You may have caught her act at a few of the comedy shops across the Valley.  But after meeting Anderson at a comedy workshop in Washington, she is now opening for him this week. 

"He is a great guy," said Teri.

But go back to 1987 and things in Teri's life weren't so funny.  She was in a terrible car crash that killed her friend and left Teri in a coma.  When she came out she had total amnesia.

"I couldn't do anything and I didn't even have bladder control and other things you should know how to do at 18," she explains.

But Teri found that having a sense of humor about what happened helped her recover.  And now she uses the accident and her lasting injuries in the act. 

"I have a joke about my bad memory.  Before the accident I used to have a photographic memory, now it's like Etch-A-Sketch.  If I shake my head too much I forget," she says.

But Teri is looking forward to her stint as the opening act at the Excalibur Casino in Las Vegas this Tuesday night. 

"If nothing happens I'll be okay.  I have a great family and friends and I can always entertain myself," she says, laughing. 

You can catch Teri in the Valley this summer, on July 10th at the Comedy Spot in Scottsdale and on the 14th at the Tempe Improv.