Random Thoughts
Real original title John. My next blog entry will be called "This is a Blog Entry."
1) First, congratulations to my friend and fellow comic Mark Morfey (www.markmorfey.com) for his appearence on "The Bob and Tom Show" last Thursday. Mark's a great guy who's helped me get a lot of work and I couldn't be happier for him. Getting on that show is a huge deal for a comic and hopefully it'll open up more opportunities for him.
2) Because they know I do comedy, I've had several people at work ask me how I feel about the show "Last Comic Standing". Here's my take on it for what it's worth. If you're a comic looking to break through, getting on that show is huge. It can really open up doors for you. My only problem with it, is the way the show is getting billed. I've heard the network say several times that "these are the best comics in the country". Well first thing, comedy is very subjective. Secondly and it's not like this is a big secret, many of the comics that are picked to be on that show aren't necessarily strong stand-ups but rather comics who NBC feels they can build a sitcom around. Which is great, NBC is in the business of making money and what comic doesn't dream about having their own show. If you can get on LCS and it opens up doors for you, more power to you. I just think the way the show is being billed, is a disservice to many of the terrific hard working comics today who are paying their dues in clubs all over the country. Now with that said, there have been some terrific stand-ups who have been on LCS and these are comics who've paid their dues like Chris Porter, who's a great comic and future star. I worked with John Heffron a couple of months ago in Tampa and he killed every night he peformed. I was very impressed and defintely learned a lot just by watching him. I'm also a big fan of Rich Vos, Dave Mordal and Rob Cantrell.
So what Im getting at is this, don't bill the show as "Here are the best stand-up comics in America", but rather, "Here are a group of comics who have some kind of back story that we can feel we can build a show around, and oh yeah btw many of them are really good stand-up comics who have paid their dues". (Damn that'd be a long ass title for a show). Because that's what the show is ultimately about, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'd love to have my own show but know I'm not carismatic enough for people to watch, except for my mom. And she'd only watch if Law and Order wasn't on. Damn you Sam Wasterson.
(Note: I will be at next year's LCS auditions and if I get voted in, I'll proclaim it to be the greatest show ever, because deep down inside I'm a hypocrite.)
3) Got to meet Don King a few weeks ago. He was very nice and I got to have my picture taken with him. So now the list of famous people I've met include: Don King, Cheryl Ladd and Flavor Flav. Here's hoping I run into Corey Haim.
4) The finals for the "Best of Saint Louis" contest is at the Westport Funny Bone this Tuesday. Go on over and check it out. My money's on Bill Davis.
1) First, congratulations to my friend and fellow comic Mark Morfey (www.markmorfey.com) for his appearence on "The Bob and Tom Show" last Thursday. Mark's a great guy who's helped me get a lot of work and I couldn't be happier for him. Getting on that show is a huge deal for a comic and hopefully it'll open up more opportunities for him.
2) Because they know I do comedy, I've had several people at work ask me how I feel about the show "Last Comic Standing". Here's my take on it for what it's worth. If you're a comic looking to break through, getting on that show is huge. It can really open up doors for you. My only problem with it, is the way the show is getting billed. I've heard the network say several times that "these are the best comics in the country". Well first thing, comedy is very subjective. Secondly and it's not like this is a big secret, many of the comics that are picked to be on that show aren't necessarily strong stand-ups but rather comics who NBC feels they can build a sitcom around. Which is great, NBC is in the business of making money and what comic doesn't dream about having their own show. If you can get on LCS and it opens up doors for you, more power to you. I just think the way the show is being billed, is a disservice to many of the terrific hard working comics today who are paying their dues in clubs all over the country. Now with that said, there have been some terrific stand-ups who have been on LCS and these are comics who've paid their dues like Chris Porter, who's a great comic and future star. I worked with John Heffron a couple of months ago in Tampa and he killed every night he peformed. I was very impressed and defintely learned a lot just by watching him. I'm also a big fan of Rich Vos, Dave Mordal and Rob Cantrell.
So what Im getting at is this, don't bill the show as "Here are the best stand-up comics in America", but rather, "Here are a group of comics who have some kind of back story that we can feel we can build a show around, and oh yeah btw many of them are really good stand-up comics who have paid their dues". (Damn that'd be a long ass title for a show). Because that's what the show is ultimately about, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'd love to have my own show but know I'm not carismatic enough for people to watch, except for my mom. And she'd only watch if Law and Order wasn't on. Damn you Sam Wasterson.
(Note: I will be at next year's LCS auditions and if I get voted in, I'll proclaim it to be the greatest show ever, because deep down inside I'm a hypocrite.)
3) Got to meet Don King a few weeks ago. He was very nice and I got to have my picture taken with him. So now the list of famous people I've met include: Don King, Cheryl Ladd and Flavor Flav. Here's hoping I run into Corey Haim.
4) The finals for the "Best of Saint Louis" contest is at the Westport Funny Bone this Tuesday. Go on over and check it out. My money's on Bill Davis.
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