Day: November 12, 2010

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The comedy management team of MacDonald-Murray experienced its own Mad Men plotline this summer, and it didn't involve booze. Not exactly. While the fictional Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce was facing a crisis over the loss of its biggest client, Lucky Strike, the very real MacDonald-Murray saw its biggest client, the glass-of-Scotch-holding Ron White, break from the firm this summer to join Michael Blakey and launch Yellow River Management. Without White's bookings and sales, the M-M team ultimately didn't hold. Alex Murray joined Brillstein Entertainment Partners earlier this month, and brought his bigger clients with him, including Jim Gaffigan, Chris Hardwick, Todd Glass and The Dan Band. John MacDonald, who had produced and/or executive produced Ron White's CDs and DVDs, is now running MacDonald Entertainment, with a client list that includes Roy Wood Jr., Chad Daniels, Drew Hastings, Josh Sneed, April Macie and Pat Dixon. MacDonald-Murray had formed in 2005 when both partners left Parallel Management...

You'd like to think that you can just harness the power of the Internet and become a success story, and that's certainly the case for most comedians today. You know, the ol' short-hand of Dane Cook getting 2 million MySpace friends and turning that into millions of dollars, movies and more. But what if that's not true? Meet young comedian Brandon Mendelson. This guy has upward of 878,000 Twitter followers at @bjmendelson. And you probably have never ever heard of him. You certainly haven't seen him perform stand-up at a comedy club or TV show near you. Because he doesn't tour. Not at all. Not as a comedian. Wait. What? What is going on here? He emailed me claiming to be "a comedian without a stage" in Glens Falls, NY. And he also claims to be writing a book called "Social Media is Bullshit." Well, is it? I asked Mendelson to explain himself. He did so. Sort of. First things first. What are you doing up in Glens Falls? Truthfully? I want to be ‚ÄúHacksaw‚Äù Jim Duggan‚Äôs hetero lifemate. He‚Äôs allegedly from Glens Falls. I‚Äôm also here because of my wife. Her family is from South Glens Falls, and being close to them is important to her. Where my family lives in Monroe, New York? The place is overrun with honkys. Honkys as far as the eye can see.  You...