What are some of my all-time favorite sketches?
Ass Pennies by The Upright Citizens Brigade
The Audition Sketch by Mr. Show
Taco Mail by The State
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Cool News!!!
Starting Thursday March 19th, my group Man VS Comedy, consisting of Jeff Kornberg, Boris Khaykin, and myself, will have a show every other thursday at the Broadway Comedy Club at 8PM! Each show will be a night of stand-up, improv, sketch comedy, and pretty much anything goes, and will feature some of the funniest groups and performers in New York City. If I were you, I'd make it my risky business to be there opening day. That's what I'd do, seriously.
In other news, I am seeing TJ and Dave in NY tonight. Pretty much everyone says they're two of the best improvisers out there, so I'm excited.
More other news. LOST has been good this season! Right? The first two episodes had some shaky dialogue and were a bit unfocused, but were still good. And I really liked the last one!
That's it for now.
In other news, I am seeing TJ and Dave in NY tonight. Pretty much everyone says they're two of the best improvisers out there, so I'm excited.
More other news. LOST has been good this season! Right? The first two episodes had some shaky dialogue and were a bit unfocused, but were still good. And I really liked the last one!
That's it for now.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
OOPS
So, Britney Spears is trying to make a comeback right now. And the headline on aol.com news right now is "Oops, Brit Did It Again". Really guys? Pretty old refference, don't you think? I think we can do better.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Sketch Plugs!
Hey everyone. My sketch group, Man VS Comedy, got this video we shot a while back on the front page of UCBcomedy.com! If you're a good friend who sees this today, you'll go watch it there even if you've already seen it, as more views will help it get featured on the site again.
AND my other sketch group, Lady Suite, is getting a SPANK show at the UCB theatre! Our show, Lady Suite Presents: No Hand Holding, will premier on Monday, February 16th at 6:30. If you're a good friend, you'll put this date aside to come see our 35 minute show full of hopefully dangerously gut-busting sketches! Yep, this whole post has been deticated to telling you what a good friend does.
AND my other sketch group, Lady Suite, is getting a SPANK show at the UCB theatre! Our show, Lady Suite Presents: No Hand Holding, will premier on Monday, February 16th at 6:30. If you're a good friend, you'll put this date aside to come see our 35 minute show full of hopefully dangerously gut-busting sketches! Yep, this whole post has been deticated to telling you what a good friend does.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Standing Up
"Perseverance is a great substitute for talent."
-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up
I finished Steve Martin's book last night and it is good. It might not be exactly what you're expecting, as I expected more about his stand-up philosophy and less about his life and got the opposite, but it is filled with funny stories and is a great read. Among my favorite anecdotes concerns the famous bit he used to do where he would get the entire audience to leave the venue with him and conclude his show outside, sometimes interacting with passerbys as the whole crowd watched. Martin says that the moment he realized he was really getting big was when he could no longer perform this bit as the audience got too large, and he "reluctantly dropped it". He goes on to talk about how he enjoyed himself a lot more performing for the small crowds. And when he looks back on his stand-up career that is what he misses most, "before comedy became serious". I find it kind of poetic in that we don't realize until later, after we've finally gotten what we've been chasing, that we were actually happiest while we were chasing it.
The quote above reffers to how when he was growing up he was always told he lacked talent, he couldn't sing, act, etc. And how he spent a lot of his career getting around that and using it to his advantage. He bombed often in clubs, at one point doing a 25 minute set "without getting a single laugh." But he didn't let it bother him. Actually that was a lie, he did let it bother him, and it helped bring him to severe depression several times. But he kept at it. And he got famous after years and years of writing and performing. I'm not sure what thing is particularly inspiring about all of this, but something definitely is.
-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up
I finished Steve Martin's book last night and it is good. It might not be exactly what you're expecting, as I expected more about his stand-up philosophy and less about his life and got the opposite, but it is filled with funny stories and is a great read. Among my favorite anecdotes concerns the famous bit he used to do where he would get the entire audience to leave the venue with him and conclude his show outside, sometimes interacting with passerbys as the whole crowd watched. Martin says that the moment he realized he was really getting big was when he could no longer perform this bit as the audience got too large, and he "reluctantly dropped it". He goes on to talk about how he enjoyed himself a lot more performing for the small crowds. And when he looks back on his stand-up career that is what he misses most, "before comedy became serious". I find it kind of poetic in that we don't realize until later, after we've finally gotten what we've been chasing, that we were actually happiest while we were chasing it.
The quote above reffers to how when he was growing up he was always told he lacked talent, he couldn't sing, act, etc. And how he spent a lot of his career getting around that and using it to his advantage. He bombed often in clubs, at one point doing a 25 minute set "without getting a single laugh." But he didn't let it bother him. Actually that was a lie, he did let it bother him, and it helped bring him to severe depression several times. But he kept at it. And he got famous after years and years of writing and performing. I'm not sure what thing is particularly inspiring about all of this, but something definitely is.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Best Place To Write
I have just discovered this recently but, apparently, the best place in the world to write comedy is behind the counter at Panera Bread in Woodbridge New Jersey. Lately, all of my ideas have been coming to me while on the job and I have to struggle to remember them or try to quickly scribble notes in my pad while my boss isn't looking. I wrote-or at least thought-through- three sketches at work this week and, today, I wrote a stand-up bit I think is pretty good. I wonder what it is about sandwiches and cinnamon rolls I find so funny.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Greetings
So, short animated videos like this one, made on xtranormal.com are gonna be the new fad now. And, why not. They're so easy to write and make. Unfortuneately, since they are so easy to make, we will be overwrought with them soon enough and get tired of them. Anyway, I made this one and I kind of like it.
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