Comments on: A Battle For The Ages http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages Stand-up Stripped Down Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ricardo http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4100 Ricardo Wed, 21 May 2008 21:25:28 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4100 go here for the link.. http://comedyuniversity.com/freemind/ ..And i'd really like to hear interview this huckster about comedy sometime..... . go here for the link..

http://comedyuniversity.com/freemind/

..And i’d really like to hear interview this huckster about comedy sometime…..

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]]> By: Ricardo http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4099 Ricardo Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:19 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4099 Hey Brian. Just wanted to know if you've had any joy recovering the Greg Dean interview yet? ( so want to hear the 2 of you debating together..) By the way - do you recall that Texan guy called Steve Roye who pioneered something dodgy called The Killer Comedy Stand Up System which i mentioned on the Comedy Book podcast ep of BTB ? I've just found out he's now trying to sell some new NLP bullshit product on his website called the Free Mind Mapping Software Program. (!) Check this out: " This particular type of software has a wide range of applications for a number of creative processes for a variety of endeavor = not JUST stand-up comedy or entertainment related activities...."(?) It's like even HE has given up the stand-up comedy part of his whole snakeoil operation. How weird is that? Hey Brian.

Just wanted to know if you’ve had any joy recovering the Greg Dean interview yet? ( so want to hear the 2 of you debating together..)

By the way – do you recall that Texan guy called Steve Roye who pioneered something dodgy called The Killer Comedy Stand Up System which i mentioned on the Comedy Book podcast ep of BTB ?

I’ve just found out he’s now trying to sell some new NLP bullshit product on his website called the Free Mind Mapping Software Program. (!)

Check this out:

” This particular type of software has a wide range of applications for a number of creative processes for a variety of endeavor = not JUST stand-up comedy or entertainment related activities….”(?)

It’s like even HE has given up the stand-up comedy part of his whole snakeoil operation.

How weird is that?

]]> By: Margaret France http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4098 Margaret France Mon, 19 May 2008 23:57:24 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4098 Patrick Aka Smiley, I think John Waters and Kevin Smith are drawn to stand-up as an uber-low-overhead way to write and direct original material. John Waters especially is an amazing filmmaker-- if you like his stand-up at all you should check out his movies. They're uneven but insane. Much more interesting than Kevin Smith, who has this awful compulsion to warm hearts. Men can be such pussies like that. Sina, Marcus has a really great look. He will do well on LCS. Patrick Aka Smiley,
I think John Waters and Kevin Smith are drawn to stand-up as an uber-low-overhead way to write and direct original material. John Waters especially is an amazing filmmaker– if you like his stand-up at all you should check out his movies. They’re uneven but insane. Much more interesting than Kevin Smith, who has this awful compulsion to warm hearts. Men can be such pussies like that.

Sina,
Marcus has a really great look. He will do well on LCS.

]]> By: Sina Amedson http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4097 Sina Amedson Mon, 19 May 2008 23:48:40 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4097 Our local impressionist made it on the show this year. Check him out and make your own judgments. www.myspace.com/marcuscomedy He wins every fucking comedy contest he enters so I'm expecting him to go far in this thing. He's only been doing comedy for like 2 or 3 years. One of those years he's been doing mostly his own material. ;) Sina. Our local impressionist made it on the show this year. Check him out and make your own judgments.

http://www.myspace.com/marcuscomedy

He wins every fucking comedy contest he enters so I’m expecting him to go far in this thing. He’s only been doing comedy for like 2 or 3 years.

One of those years he’s been doing mostly his own material. ;)

Sina.

]]> By: Patrick AKA Smiley http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4096 Patrick AKA Smiley Mon, 19 May 2008 16:32:51 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4096 also, quick thing. the other night i was up late and flipping around Showtime looking for some kind of porn when i ran across what looked like a stand up special by a guy named John Waters. i wasnt familiar with him so i googeled him and it turns out hes a filmaker. this is a sort of trend ive seen lately with him, kevin smith, Ect. obviously this isnt stand up, but what exactly is it. also, quick thing. the other night i was up late and flipping around Showtime looking for some kind of porn when i ran across what looked like a stand up special by a guy named John Waters. i wasnt familiar with him so i googeled him and it turns out hes a filmaker. this is a sort of trend ive seen lately with him, kevin smith, Ect. obviously this isnt stand up, but what exactly is it.

]]> By: Patrick AKA Smiley http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4095 Patrick AKA Smiley Mon, 19 May 2008 16:28:59 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4095 is she the one with the foul mouthed monkey? I f so i think she won an awrd recently with kristen schall from the FOTC show. is she the one with the foul mouthed monkey? I f so i think she won an awrd recently with kristen schall from the FOTC show.

]]> By: Sando http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4094 Sando Mon, 19 May 2008 10:17:48 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4094 Any of you guys like Nina Conti and her puppet? She has a pretty cool act, and is cute, which always helps. I think that's why I liked Arj Barker, cause I'd really like to pone that cute little bastard. Even though she uses the same 5 mins for all her tv work... which seems to be a cool way to keep your shit fresh if you aren't generating all that material? Any of you guys like Nina Conti and her puppet?

She has a pretty cool act, and is cute, which always helps. I think that’s why I liked Arj Barker, cause I’d really like to pone that cute little bastard. Even though she uses the same 5 mins for all her tv work… which seems to be a cool way to keep your shit fresh if you aren’t generating all that material?

]]> By: Margaret France http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4093 Margaret France Mon, 19 May 2008 03:09:40 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4093 If I am on this season of LCS, it will be dressed as a bunny. I may be too creepy for NBC, but I'll tell you one thing I learned from the process: Bill Bellamy is a damned handsome man. No shit. Handsomeness aside, it would be much more exciting to meet George Carlin. Congrats Sina! If I am on this season of LCS, it will be dressed as a bunny. I may be too creepy for NBC, but I’ll tell you one thing I learned from the process: Bill Bellamy is a damned handsome man. No shit.

Handsomeness aside, it would be much more exciting to meet George Carlin. Congrats Sina!

]]> By: Ricardo http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4092 Ricardo Sun, 18 May 2008 23:06:37 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4092 Great show - especially seeing how quickly it had to be put together after the Greg Dean boo-boo. Regarding at what age it's best to start doing comedy, I didn't perform my first gig until I was 30. I don't think i could've gone near a microphone if i had been my insecure neurotic 20 year old self, let alone know what the hell to talk about. Some of the awful early gigs I did would've put my younger off performing stand-up for life, plus as someone else said, when you get to 30 you have a better world view and more subjects to talk about. Part of me wishes I'd started when I was 25, but then I was too busying staying up all night partying and have having a fantasic time, so no regrets in starting stand-up a little late for me, really. Great show – especially seeing how quickly it had to be put together after the Greg Dean boo-boo.

Regarding at what age it’s best to start doing comedy, I didn’t perform my first gig until I was 30. I don’t think i could’ve gone near a microphone if i had been my insecure neurotic 20 year old self, let alone know what the hell to talk about. Some of the awful early gigs I did would’ve put my younger off performing stand-up for life, plus as someone else said, when you get to 30 you have a better world view and more subjects to talk about.

Part of me wishes I’d started when I was 25, but then I was too busying staying up all night partying and have having a fantasic time, so no regrets in starting stand-up a little late for me, really.

]]> By: Nick http://behindthebricks.com/a-battle-for-the-ages/comment-page-1#comment-4091 Nick Sun, 18 May 2008 12:16:10 +0000 http://behindthebricks.com/?p=107#comment-4091 The whole LCS thing is awful for me....for all the reasons discussed on the show. For me I'd like to know why comics still audition for it. Would the comics on this board still audition? For exposure? For the money? For just extra stage time? I guess what I'm really asking is.....is all the crap that you have to go through in auditioning worth it? The whole LCS thing is awful for me….for all the reasons discussed on the show.

For me I’d like to know why comics still audition for it. Would the comics on this board still audition? For exposure? For the money? For just extra stage time?

I guess what I’m really asking is…..is all the crap that you have to go through in auditioning worth it?

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