I fucking hate that. "How old are you?" Y'know what, how old are you? I used to get asked this all the time, but not so much anymore. But tonight I was asked it on each show. Two women just didn't give a shit about what I had to say just because I wasn't born before the year 1975. Fuck that, man! They totally thought they were better than me for having more life experience. But they're not. Y'know what makes you better than someone? Being tolerant and patient. Not judging a book by it's cover.
Oh, also today I saw someone get hit by a car and met a guy who was stabbed on Wednesday.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
The Vibe In Here Is Great Right Now
Emmie said my favorite thing last night. "There's a great vibe in here right now." There was nothing really special that happened last night, but I ton of little cool things happened and I was a big fan of that. I was just so happy throughout the night. A little stressed at times, but all in all having a great time. Here's how it went down:
So in the afternoon Aaron Haber, Shannon Sutherland, Ed Murray and I had rehearsal and afterwards Aaron, Shannon, and I went to Lucky's for burgers afterwards. They were delicious.
Anyway, the shows then went very well. The comics were good, the audiences were outstanding, and almost everyone made money. Almost everyone. That's incredible. My sets ranged from sood to awesome and my new jokes did great on each show.
Some great people were around too. Ed, Mike Drucker, John Knefel, Jeff Sussman, Meghan Hanley, Jon Clarke, Eric I., Pat Dixon, Josh Spear, and so many more were on a bunch of shows. Jesse Joyce, Andy Hendrickson, and Keith Alberstadt were all hanging out and funny. It was also a night of great stories. Drucker and Ed told me a hilarious story early on, but John Knefel (http://www.myspace.com/johnknefel) took the cake, man. I hope he blogs about it, but either way I was dying.
On the 10:30 show I knew I did well and while I was getting off I made that ridiculous cocky effort to make eye contact with people I wanted compliments from. And it worked. And they stayed. And I got some phone numbers CAUSE I'M THE SHIT. All right, that's really arrogant. Fact is it almost never works for me and it worked perfectly last night so I'm proud. Can't a boy be proud of something? Please? Lara?
Everyone was just in a great mood last night. It was a fun place to be. We were sold out for the midnight show and it was just fun. It was fun to be at the Improv last night. I saw so many great people, talked to a ton, made people I know and don't know laugh, I laughed a lot. It was great. Thanks guys. See you tonight.
So in the afternoon Aaron Haber, Shannon Sutherland, Ed Murray and I had rehearsal and afterwards Aaron, Shannon, and I went to Lucky's for burgers afterwards. They were delicious.
Anyway, the shows then went very well. The comics were good, the audiences were outstanding, and almost everyone made money. Almost everyone. That's incredible. My sets ranged from sood to awesome and my new jokes did great on each show.
Some great people were around too. Ed, Mike Drucker, John Knefel, Jeff Sussman, Meghan Hanley, Jon Clarke, Eric I., Pat Dixon, Josh Spear, and so many more were on a bunch of shows. Jesse Joyce, Andy Hendrickson, and Keith Alberstadt were all hanging out and funny. It was also a night of great stories. Drucker and Ed told me a hilarious story early on, but John Knefel (http://www.myspace.com/johnknefel) took the cake, man. I hope he blogs about it, but either way I was dying.
On the 10:30 show I knew I did well and while I was getting off I made that ridiculous cocky effort to make eye contact with people I wanted compliments from. And it worked. And they stayed. And I got some phone numbers CAUSE I'M THE SHIT. All right, that's really arrogant. Fact is it almost never works for me and it worked perfectly last night so I'm proud. Can't a boy be proud of something? Please? Lara?
Everyone was just in a great mood last night. It was a fun place to be. We were sold out for the midnight show and it was just fun. It was fun to be at the Improv last night. I saw so many great people, talked to a ton, made people I know and don't know laugh, I laughed a lot. It was great. Thanks guys. See you tonight.
How L.O.E. Can You Go?
Last night Lara Yaz, Ed Murray, and Tim Warner produced a show at the Improv called Lack O' Ettiquite. It was good and I had a lot of fun. There were a bunch of people I hadn't seen in awhile and that alone was awesome, but the real treat was watching everyone perform that I knew and the one guy I didn't. They all just looked so good up there. Now I didn't see everyone's set regrettably, because I had to do some sets next door for The World, but what I saw was really good.
Josh Spear hosted the show and did a great job. He was a great anchor for the show. Everything blended together so nicely and there's something I really like about how Josh sits on the stool and no one else does. It's very comfortable.
I helped make the line-up and one criteria I was made aware of was that Ed Murray wanted to go up first. And he did. Ed looked fucking fantastic. Swinging new bits in with old ones, it was great. He closed on a bit that I haven't seen him do in a long while either and that was cool to watch.
Lara Yaz was the next comic I saw and she did really great. She opened with her Alcoholic material, which is all very well written. Again it was one of the most fun sets I saw of the night. She stuck to her set a lot and got a great reaction for it.
The one guy on the show I didn't know was Dan Curray and he rocked. Very jokey, very non-traditional, and very funny.
Tim Warner followed Dan and did what he does best: owns the stage. Whenever Tim is on stage you fucking know it. He doesn't really have to say anything, but it all still seems apart of the act. Most times it is. Some great jokes in there. What was cool was that the the really jokey stuff for Tim that usually kills got decent responses and the longer stuff that often will go unnoticed by a crowd went over huge. Everything in the GNR bit was great.
After Tim was Tom McCaffrey who destroyed the room. His premises were getting laughs. Then his punchlines. His tags. And his toppers. They all just rocked. He told maybe ten jokes in a twelve minute set, because people were dying.
Pat Dixon closed out the show and probably did a solid twenty or twenty-five minutes. Pat's sets flow so beautifully well. It's such a great thing to watch. It doesn't feel like he's telling jokes. It feels like he's just getting shit off of his chest. He closed on one of my favorite bits: the blow up doll. "Fuck you, air whore, I gave you life!"
It was a fantastic show, guys. Good job.
Josh Spear hosted the show and did a great job. He was a great anchor for the show. Everything blended together so nicely and there's something I really like about how Josh sits on the stool and no one else does. It's very comfortable.
I helped make the line-up and one criteria I was made aware of was that Ed Murray wanted to go up first. And he did. Ed looked fucking fantastic. Swinging new bits in with old ones, it was great. He closed on a bit that I haven't seen him do in a long while either and that was cool to watch.
Lara Yaz was the next comic I saw and she did really great. She opened with her Alcoholic material, which is all very well written. Again it was one of the most fun sets I saw of the night. She stuck to her set a lot and got a great reaction for it.
The one guy on the show I didn't know was Dan Curray and he rocked. Very jokey, very non-traditional, and very funny.
Tim Warner followed Dan and did what he does best: owns the stage. Whenever Tim is on stage you fucking know it. He doesn't really have to say anything, but it all still seems apart of the act. Most times it is. Some great jokes in there. What was cool was that the the really jokey stuff for Tim that usually kills got decent responses and the longer stuff that often will go unnoticed by a crowd went over huge. Everything in the GNR bit was great.
After Tim was Tom McCaffrey who destroyed the room. His premises were getting laughs. Then his punchlines. His tags. And his toppers. They all just rocked. He told maybe ten jokes in a twelve minute set, because people were dying.
Pat Dixon closed out the show and probably did a solid twenty or twenty-five minutes. Pat's sets flow so beautifully well. It's such a great thing to watch. It doesn't feel like he's telling jokes. It feels like he's just getting shit off of his chest. He closed on one of my favorite bits: the blow up doll. "Fuck you, air whore, I gave you life!"
It was a fantastic show, guys. Good job.
How L.O.E. Can You Go?
Last night Lara Yaz, Ed Murray, and Tim Warner produced a show at the Improv called Lack O' Ettiquite. It was good and I had a lot of fun. There were a bunch of people I hadn't seen in awhile and that alone was awesome, but the real treat was watching everyone perform that I knew and the one guy I didn't. They all just looked so good up there. Now I didn't see everyone's set regrettably, because I had to do some sets next door for The World, but what I saw was really good.
Josh Spear hosted the show and did a great job. He was a great anchor for the show. Everything blended together so nicely and there's something I really like about how Josh sits on the stool and no one else does. It's very comfortable.
I helped make the line-up and one criteria I was made aware of was that Ed Murray wanted to go up first. And he did. Ed looked fucking fantastic. Swinging new bits in with old ones, it was great. He closed on a bit that I haven't seen him do in a long while either and that was cool to watch.
Lara Yaz was the next comic I saw and she did really great. She opened with her Alcoholic material, which is all very well written. Again it was one of the most fun sets I saw of the night. She stuck to her set a lot and got a great reaction for it.
The one guy on the show I didn't know was Dan Curray and he rocked. Very jokey, very non-traditional, and very funny.
Tim Warner followed Dan and did what he does best: owns the stage. Whenever Tim is on stage you fucking know it. He doesn't really have to say anything, but it all still seems apart of the act. Most times it is. Some great jokes in there. What was cool was that the the really jokey stuff for Tim that usually kills got decent responses and the longer stuff that often will go unnoticed by a crowd went over huge. Everything in the GNR bit was great.
After Tim was Tom McCaffrey who destroyed the room. His premises were getting laughs. Then his punchlines. His tags. And his toppers. They all just rocked. He told maybe ten jokes in a twelve minute set, because people were dying.
Pat Dixon closed out the show and probably did a solid twenty or twenty-five minutes. Pat's sets flow so beautifully well. It's such a great thing to watch. It doesn't feel like he's telling jokes. It feels like he's just getting shit off of his chest. He closed on one of my favorite bits: the blow up doll. "Fuck you, air whore, I gave you life!"
It was a fantastic show, guys. Good job.
Josh Spear hosted the show and did a great job. He was a great anchor for the show. Everything blended together so nicely and there's something I really like about how Josh sits on the stool and no one else does. It's very comfortable.
I helped make the line-up and one criteria I was made aware of was that Ed Murray wanted to go up first. And he did. Ed looked fucking fantastic. Swinging new bits in with old ones, it was great. He closed on a bit that I haven't seen him do in a long while either and that was cool to watch.
Lara Yaz was the next comic I saw and she did really great. She opened with her Alcoholic material, which is all very well written. Again it was one of the most fun sets I saw of the night. She stuck to her set a lot and got a great reaction for it.
The one guy on the show I didn't know was Dan Curray and he rocked. Very jokey, very non-traditional, and very funny.
Tim Warner followed Dan and did what he does best: owns the stage. Whenever Tim is on stage you fucking know it. He doesn't really have to say anything, but it all still seems apart of the act. Most times it is. Some great jokes in there. What was cool was that the the really jokey stuff for Tim that usually kills got decent responses and the longer stuff that often will go unnoticed by a crowd went over huge. Everything in the GNR bit was great.
After Tim was Tom McCaffrey who destroyed the room. His premises were getting laughs. Then his punchlines. His tags. And his toppers. They all just rocked. He told maybe ten jokes in a twelve minute set, because people were dying.
Pat Dixon closed out the show and probably did a solid twenty or twenty-five minutes. Pat's sets flow so beautifully well. It's such a great thing to watch. It doesn't feel like he's telling jokes. It feels like he's just getting shit off of his chest. He closed on one of my favorite bits: the blow up doll. "Fuck you, air whore, I gave you life!"
It was a fantastic show, guys. Good job.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
BOOKS! The New Magazine!
I'm a fan of reading. No one seems to do it anymore, but everyone I know seems to always be reading something so maybe that's not true. Nobody rads enough. I know I don't. I read about two or three books a month. A year ago that number was closer to six and I was proud of that. I wasn't do shit else, but I was reading like it was my job and essentially it was. I just wasn't getting paid.
Right now I'm reading a book by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff, two comedians that I'm 90% sure you've never heard of. It's a collection of road stories by over 100 famous and non-famous working comics that vary from their worst experiences, successes, and just plain old bizzare stuff. The book's called I Killed and if you're a comic it's very interesting. If you're a citizen then you might still enjoy it. In the same way that I imagine you'd enjoy the movie "Comedian."
The next book on my shelf is Catch 22, which I'm really excited to pick up. I used to own it, but Dan Tovrov borrowed it from me in 2004 and I never got it back from him. I don't think I ever asked for it again. We used to trade a lot of books. You should exchange some books with someone else. Like a writing buddy it's a reading buddy.
I should fucking host my own book show. Like the new Reading Rainbow. Man, I hated that show when I was a kid. That was a show that would come on and I'd look for the remote like it was kryptonite and Superman was after me. That show was on for twenty-one years, from 1983 to 2004 and they still air reruns on PBS. That is a lot of children's books. How many times can Spot run across the yard? Apparently more than Terrell Owens.
Right now I'm reading a book by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff, two comedians that I'm 90% sure you've never heard of. It's a collection of road stories by over 100 famous and non-famous working comics that vary from their worst experiences, successes, and just plain old bizzare stuff. The book's called I Killed and if you're a comic it's very interesting. If you're a citizen then you might still enjoy it. In the same way that I imagine you'd enjoy the movie "Comedian."
The next book on my shelf is Catch 22, which I'm really excited to pick up. I used to own it, but Dan Tovrov borrowed it from me in 2004 and I never got it back from him. I don't think I ever asked for it again. We used to trade a lot of books. You should exchange some books with someone else. Like a writing buddy it's a reading buddy.
I should fucking host my own book show. Like the new Reading Rainbow. Man, I hated that show when I was a kid. That was a show that would come on and I'd look for the remote like it was kryptonite and Superman was after me. That show was on for twenty-one years, from 1983 to 2004 and they still air reruns on PBS. That is a lot of children's books. How many times can Spot run across the yard? Apparently more than Terrell Owens.
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