On Saturday night, we went to the Lakeshore Theater to catch Mike Birbiglia perform. As it turns out, he was rehearsing/previewing his new off-broadway show, Sleepwalk With Me.
First up, I have to say that hands-down, Mike Birbiglia is one of my very favorite comics. He’s got some killer bits that stand up [...]
In the hopes that I’ll get off my ass and do something, I fiddled around with my web sites. This here will remain my spot for random writing and updates about things going on, but I wanted a site separate from my personal space to put up some of the stuff from my comedy [...]
Sigh, I’m unrprepared again. I have some new stuff, but it’s too fresh and unrehearsed. Next week for sure.
George Carlin was among my first comic idols. It’s a real shame he’s not with us anymore.
Almost every eulogy and obituary I’ve seen on the talking picture box and the interwebs makes mention of his Seven Dirty Words bit, but he was much more than that. He was a great observational comic, a [...]
I don’t have anything new prepared. Did some skeletal writing last night, but I’ve still got nothing rehearsed, and I’m not going to make the same mistake and get up before people without having at least some polish on it.
I also have errands getting in the way, so all in all it’s just not [...]
(A) WTF is up with that picture on that story?
(B) That man is far too happy about tomatoes.
Link to full story.
Rust. There was plenty of it. It was a hot room, and I don’t mean that figuratively. And I was the last of 26 comics to go up. So, while the crowd was warmed up in the quite literal sense, it was not ideal.
I did okay. One of the new [...]
Over six months after my Zanies graduation, I’m finally going to get back on stage. I’m annoyed with myself that I let it go this long, frankly.
Last week, I went to the Edge Comedy Club for their open mic to check out the room and the crowd, but not perform. It was a [...]
Okay, so first, the video.
Craig Stacey on ComedyTraining.com
For those who are interested in my thoughts on the process and the performance, read on. There’s nothing funny in there, it’s just a deconstruction of the whole experience.
