Topics on the day include 80 year old rappers, George Clooney the honorary comedian, taking jokes and citing sources, why comedy always fails at the Academy Awards, playing to the audience, and how Saturday Night Live almost redeemed themselves…then didn’t. I love alpacas!
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This years Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival line-up has been launched, and I must say I am very disappointed. At one stage this was regarded as one of the best comedy festivals I the world. Now apart from Marc Maron and one or two others it just looks like the typical line-up of my local clubs. Is there a glut of festivals in the market these days, or is Ireland no longer a desirable destination for the funnymen of the world.
You can check it out here:
http://www.carlsbergcatlaughs.com/
Other Oscar-winning stand-up comedians:
George Burns (Best Supporting for The Sunshine Boys)
Jamie Foxx (Best Actor for Ray (which you actually mentioned in the show))
Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting for Ghost)
In the future please do not point out glaring omissions. It’s not classy.
Other than the obvious shitload of money one would make, I don’t understand entirely how a comic could rise up through the clubs and attain a level of popularity to where he could afford writers, and then use them. To have risen to that level, wouldn’t you have to have too much ego to accept that? It seems like it would take all the fun out of it. Or guilt would be a factor. Laziness?
Since I can’t phone in a joke-of the-week entry and would love to prolong the agony of the #1 of all time,I’ll post this and hope it’s gets some consideration.
Original: I recently got divorced, and realized, the difference between men and women is like the difference between men watching “Bonanza” and women watching “Jackass.” Men would like to save a blind adolescent girl from a creepy old man who might be some kind if 1870’s child molester and follow that up by singing a barbershop quartet version of Camptown Races. Women want to strap their husbands into a shopping cart and heave it out into expressway traffic
Ok, feel free to make any changes you see fiy..
Since I can’t phone in a joke-of the-week entry and would love to prolong the agony of the #1 of all time,I’ll post this and hope it’s gets some consideration.
Original: I recently got divorced, and realized, the difference between men and women is like the difference between men watching “Bonanza” and women watching “Jackass.” Men would like to save a blind adolescent girl from a creepy old man who might be some kind if 1870’s child molester and follow that up by singing a barbershop quartet version of Camptown Races. Women want to strap their husbands into a shopping cart and heave it out into expressway traffic
Ok, feel free to make any changes you see fit.
Nice premise Leonardo, but what’s missing is some dick-check material
Cosby would have benefitted from dick check material too. How hilarious would it have been if he had gotten chocolate cake all over his cock!?
By the way, the new Iowa Comedy Festival podcast is up:
http://www.iacomedyfest.podbean.com
I talk to Danny Franks this week. Danny is the manager of Penguin’s Comedy Club in Cedar Rapids and has done a great job helping rebuild the club since a flood in 2008 destroyed the old venue. They’ve since moved locations and moved on from the flood and are doing a great job incorporating local talent into their lineup and promoting from within.
Let me know what you think!
Ricardo, I see your point. Would you add dick-checking to the Bonanza part or the Jackass part? Probably the Jackass part. Maybe fire some tennis balls out of a cannon into the hubby’s sack, then a quick latex glove inspection…