The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Stuck in a netherworld where you cannot sleep yet cannot stay awake, I’m here to report that the comedy show continues past hour 36 inside the Comic Strip Live. Tom Shillue’s easygoing storytelling manner is easy on the ears, but for someone who’s been up this long, perhaps a bit …
My Thursday morning quandary: I only seem to stay awake if I keep moving, and yet if I keep moving, I cannot sit here and type new blog posts. Hmmm. Good thing Al Ducharme’s voices and sound effects have arrived again, which perk up my ears for a few minutes, …
"I don’t want to be a downer, but I was just on the Internet, and Dane Cook just turned in a 51-hour set." — Moody McCarthy, 6:55 a.m. Thursday
Apparently, at least 10 customers need to be in the audience to constitute an audience to keep this record bid afloat. And we’re teetering on the edge of this number at 6:15 a.m., when Ryan Hamilton takes the stage. And somehow, the few remaining audience members feel compelled "to help." …
Is it early or is it late? Either way, we’ve made it through 33 1/3 hours. And as night turns to day once more, everyone has a bit of an edge. Erik Rivera jokes about real and imagined relationships with the comedy club’s employees. Brian McFadden compares the event to …
Earlier in the hour, Mike DeStefano had no problems provoking the crowd with his thoughts on race and gender, saying he was here not for them but for himself to help set this world record. His closing bit even lasted a few minutes longer as he told audience members about …
"There isn’t one married couple left in here, is there?" Tom Van Horn just observed from the stage, before launching into his relationship material. "They’re all home or dead now."
Everyone seems a little feisty. Except me. I’m oddly calm. Some new audience members have filled in the vacant front seats, while other corners remain packed with comedy fans who’ve been here for the past six hours or so. The young man with the pillow had disappeared for a bit, …
"Damn! You were here last night? Now I’ve got to tell new jokes," Chuck Nice told the fans who said they came back for more tonight (which is now the first minutes of Thursday morning). "I was drunk last night. What’d I talk about?" So he asked for a beer …
Within the past 15 minutes, seemingly half of the capacity crowd has made their moves for the exits, following Jeffrey Ross toward the door at the end of his 50-minute set. I happen to be in the lobby when this happens, having filmed a short improvised riff with Rory Albanese …