|
|
|
| The Comedy Soapbox - Comedian Blogs |
A note on blog etiquette:
This is a community - and the community members make the rules. This site is governed by its members and will continue to be governed by its members. If you do something to upset all the neighbors on your block, it's not the neighbors that caused the problem. Happy blogging!
|
Hocus Pocus Keep the Focus
Posted on 07/02/2009 at 05:56 PM by April Brucker
This past week and a half I have been struggling long and hard with anxiety. It seems just the smallest things distress me. I am paying my rent and the jobs are coming in, and sometimes I cant do them all. What’s the big deal? Then of course my mind . . . more . . .
|
0 Comments |
28 Views |
April Brucker Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Why I hate some (all) Vegans
Posted on 07/01/2009 at 09:29 PM by Michael Hayne
Is it just me or are Vegans annoying, insufferable, sanctimonious, irrational, pretentious, humorless eco-zealots that tout the writings of deceased annoying, insufferable, sanctimonious, irrational, pretentious, humorless eco- . . . more . . .
|
6 Comments |
127 Views |
Michael Hayne Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Posted on 06/29/2009 at 05:22 PM by Leighann Lord
We got sunlight on the sand
We got moonlight on the sea
We got mangoes and bananasYou can pick right off the tree
We got volleyball and ping-pong
And a lot of dandy games
What ain’t we got?
We ain’t got dames . . . more . . .
|
1 Comment |
303 Views |
Leighann Lord Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
I AIN'T DEAD YET
Posted on 06/29/2009 at 11:06 AM by Eileen Loveman
I took Ralph Tetta's comedy class recently and I have to say it was a lot of fun.
Graduation day consisted of performing at the Comedy Club in Webster last night in front of a crowd of 75 people who were either members of the other students f . . . more . . .
|
0 Comments |
345 Views |
Eileen Loveman Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Teacher
Posted on 06/29/2009 at 12:27 AM by Ralph Tetta
Tonight I want to extend a special congratulations to the graduates of my most recent comedy class. Earlier this evening, Anthony DiMuro, Eileen Loveman, Tim "Tizo" Maduro, Elliot Marino, Tim Shea and Steven "Sure Shot" Sorensen took the stage at Th . . . more . . .
|
2 Comments |
406 Views |
Ralph Tetta Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
But I'm afraid of the dark
Posted on 06/26/2009 at 02:08 PM by Matthew Melvin
In the days leading up to the Obama healthcare special (Wednesday night on ABC) Fox news and members of the "GOP" were very critical of ABC for allowing Obama to use their network as a venue to answer questions about his proposed healthcare plan. I d . . . more . . .
|
0 Comments |
553 Views |
Matthew Melvin Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
The Psychology of Comedy Part 3: Freedom (Continued)
Posted on 06/22/2009 at 05:16 PM by Brent Dawson
“A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true”—Steve Martin
Responsibility, Willing, and Action
An old Japanese proverb says: “To know and not to act is not to know at all.” Awareness of respons . . . more . . .
|
6 Comments |
1033 Views |
Brent Dawson Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
The Job Interview...
Posted on 06/21/2009 at 11:08 PM by Atlas Batterie
Before I get into tonight's discussion, let me wish all the fathers out there a happy father's day. I spent last night with my daughter, and kissing her goodnight and waking up on the floor next to her bed was worth the lack of sound sleep and being . . . more . . .
|
0 Comments |
1062 Views |
Atlas Batterie Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Sunday Pimp Shows
Posted on 06/18/2009 at 11:59 PM by Mike Trainor
Sunday night two audience members came in about five minutes after the show started: a man and a woman wearing identical purple pimp suits with feathered hats, white canes, brass knuckles, cat-eye contact lenses and gold teeth with built in fangs. An . . . more . . .
|
2 Comments |
1367 Views |
Mike Trainor Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Question Number Ten
Posted on 06/18/2009 at 10:45 AM by Harris Bloom
You tell one of your better friends in comedy that a new joke he has is extremely familiar to joke done by a popular comedian. He thanks you for telling him, but you notice he continues to do the joke.
Do you lose any respect for him?
har . . . more . . .
|
9 Comments |
1570 Views |
Harris Bloom Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
A few questions
Posted on 06/16/2009 at 01:58 PM by Chris Morris
1st. I am looking ot really start putting myself out there and try to make some money at this comedy thing and was wondering what should I expect to make? I mean at MC level?
2nd. Does anyone know of any good bookers out there who really help up . . . more . . .
|
13 Comments |
1767 Views |
Chris Morris Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
"We Are The World"... A Retrospective
Posted on 06/10/2009 at 02:25 PM by Jay Grove
It’s been 25 years since a group of our top American singers and songwriters, known collectively as “USA for Africa” got together to sing the Quincy Jones-penned “We Are the World” in an effort to raise money and awareness for African famine, while a . . . more . . .
|
1 Comment |
2158 Views |
Jay Grove Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Fun With Face Recognition Software.
Posted on 06/09/2009 at 01:39 AM by Dave O'Gara
I'm sure at this point everyone has tried the celebrity look-alike software available from heritage. Never one to leave well enough alone I decided to feed it some poison. This puts me in mind of my childhood sticking of things into the microwave. . . . more . . .
|
1 Comment |
2341 Views |
Dave O'Gara Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
Gotham Comedy Club this weekend - No cover for comics
Posted on 06/06/2009 at 10:50 AM by Josh Homer
This weekend Jessica Kirson is headlining at Gotham Comedy Club in NYC. The club has extended an offer to comics to wave the cover charge. I suggest you take advantage of it. I went last night . . . more . . .
|
6 Comments |
2333 Views |
Josh Homer Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
So ya wanna be a comic, huh?
Posted on 06/05/2009 at 11:54 AM by Steve Burr
Mornin' from room 211 of the Red Roof Inn in sun-splashed (today anyway) Livonia, MI, where internet service is currently on sale for only $7.95 per day. Fucking thieves. It's bad enough I have to stay in this piece of shit motel, but for them to add . . . more . . .
|
1 Comment |
2793 Views |
Steve Burr Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
So it's directions ye will be wanting?
Posted on 06/05/2009 at 10:21 AM by Shaun Eli
For some reason, very often when I go running someone stops me and asks me for directions. There's usually no shortage of pedestrians, so why me?
Maybe the logic is that a runner knows the roads well because he's on them a . . . more . . .
|
13 Comments |
2891 Views |
Shaun Eli Complete Blog |
Back to top |
|
|
|