The Definitive Guide to Comedy
I got to see Jeffrey Ross gear up for his new one-hour special with a couple of run-throughs during the Comic Strip Live 50-hour marathon, which happened a few days before the taping in June. So you can click on that madness on my site to relive my first thoughts …
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 …
Jeffrey Ross explained a porn joke to one of the young Aussie lasses in the front row and made her snort Long Island Ice Tea out of her nose. Fist bump! "If I do it a second time, do I get my own record?" Ross asked. We’ll have to look …
Judy Gold gets dismayed by all of the foreigners in the crowd, but only because it’s making her work harder for her crowd work. She plows through nevertheless. Gold tells a joke about seeing an Asian baby…with Asian parents…as comedian Esther Ku (as seen on this year’s Last Comic Standing) …
As a child, returning home from vacation never sounded much like fun, but one of the few joys was seeing the huge pile of mail that awaited our return. Nowadays, it’s the TV programming all queued up on my DVR that I turn to. So…what’d I miss? First up: Larry …
If you happen to visit New York City anytime soon, let me put in a word for a stop at the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea. Or is it the Meatpacking District? The site says it’s in Chelsea, two blocks north of the Meatpacking District. Anyhow. I’ve already gotten away from …