Bernie Mac R.I.P.
August 21, 2008 · Print This Article
BTB is back and Brian has a lot of catching up to do. In addition to the tragic passing of Bernie Mac, Brian made his return to the stage and it was almost as tragic.
Topics on the day include, making it hard for comics to follow you, the hardest part of stand up from a fan’s perspective, is a comedy club a good place for a first date, and the “funniest comic in the world is crowned”. I ain’t scared of you motherfuckers!
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Hallelujah the dry spell is over!
Man I hate the sound of my own voice. Don’t worry Brian I wouldn’t be calling you if I was paying full international rates, but thanks to the joys of Skype the call ended up costing me around 2c. And that 2c was well worth it to correct your pronunciation!
The dry spell is other….I was getting some BTB withdrawls big style!
Great to hear B-Mo back.
And cool to hear hear Brian from Ireland’s brogue on the voicemail.
I just wanted to ask yer man Brian (from Ireland) about his point about the correct pronounciation of Moran - as in Dylan Moran.
As a Brit of Celtic extraction, I’ve only ever heard the name Moran pronounced as “Mo-Ran” - like “meringue” but without the g-sound on the end.
So Is it really pronounced that differently in Ireland? I’m not denying it or anything - but am just wondering why Dylan Moran hasn’t corrected anyone about the correct pronounciation of his name whenever appearing on UK programs like the Jonathan Ross show, where he’s always introduced as Dylan Mo-Ran.
(You get the feeling he’d be the first person to set someone straight if they weren’t getting their facts about him right!)
Great episode and not just cause I was mentioned.
Never gave Bernie Mac all that much credit till I saw him in Bad Santa. I had to go back and check out his stand up. The guy could sure tell a story.
It’s nice to have this podcast back.
B-mo and others, has anyone ever attacked you for telling a bad joke?
Check out this CNN story: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/failed.joke.can.hurt.you.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
Ricardo, I think you’ll find that Dylan Moran isn’t as anal as I am. I heard an interview with him once on Australian radio where they asked how he pronounced it, and said MOR-an like I pronounced it, but that he didn’t mind one way or the other. Granted Moran is a very common name in Ireland, and I have never met one person here who pronounces it in the English way.
It’s the same story with David O’Doherty, his name always prounced D’oh (as in Homer Simpson) rather than Doh (with the ‘o’ sound as in moth).
Interestingly enough, Dara O’Briain always gives out that Irish people mispronounce his name while English people always get it correct. Irish people call him Dara O’Br-eye-an which is incorrect, it is pronounced O’Bree-an.
I do get anal about these pronunciations. When I lived in England my last name was always mispronounced but I let it go. I used correct peoples pronunciations of any celebrities with Irish names though, such as Liam and Noel Gallagher (the ‘g’ is silent), or soccer player Mark Kinsella (KINSEL-a, not Kin-SEL-a). Give me a few minutes and I’ll have loads of them.
Just think about how annoyed you feel when you hear Americans mangle the word ‘aluminium’ and you’ll know how I feel.
Fair comment, Brian C.
I’m about 90% Welsh , with a strong sprinkling of Irish taking up the rest of my gene pool, so like to think myself fairly sensitive to correct Celtic pronounciations. but it must drive you nuts as an Irish guy hearing Irish names pronounced incorrectly.
I always used to embarrass myself with a London Irish comedienne called Roisin i used to gig with. It took me about 4 seperate occasions to say hello and pronounce her name properly as “Ro-Sheen” rather than prounouncing it phoenetically as “Roy-Sin” or something equally dumb..
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By the way - is the G really silent in Gallagher, as in Noel and Liam Gallagher?
Because Gallagher pronounced without any G’s sounds like … Allah!
(I know the pair of them still both think of themselves as God, but even they would find that weird!)
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David O’Doherty wins the if.comedy award!
This is big. I am really made up for the guy, I know no-one else who deserves it more. David O’Doherty MC’ed my first open spot in the International Comedy Club back in 2001, and everyone who saw him that night said the he was a class above everyone else.
Ricardo, sorry I didn’t specify it’s the second ‘G’ that is silent in Gallagher. As in Gallaher.
Awwwww yeah!
DD0 FOR THE WIN!
The absurdists are officially back in form baby!
He’s just so fantastic. And I got to see him before his tickets cost 60 bucks!
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So, UK guys; what are your thoughts on Al Pitcher?
“So, UK guys; what are your thoughts on Al Pitcher?”
Gigged with Al Pitcher a few times.
A fine comic and a nice bloke too - what always impressed me about Al was how he never does the same set twice, and is always gigging new material. The guy is brilliant at riffing off a lively audience too.
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On the question of what looks the most difficult, I would have to say making the set look cohesive. Even when the topics appear to be random there has to be some thread of connection otherwise it is just a string of random stuff… which, now that I think of it can be the connection. Also, at least for me, the appearance of being comfortable on stage and with the crowd is a biggie. I am not a big fan of “lecturer” types of comics.
HOLY SHIT WHAT AM I DOING!!!???!!!
As I’ve mentioned before I’ve always wanted to give stand up a try and have been writing material for a long while now. In fact, it’s embarrassing that I haven’t been on stage yet. I checked out an open mic in my area the other week; sucked up the balls and asked for 5 minutes on the 16th Sept. Just been put down for it. this is it guys, my stand up debut; the comedy revolution starts here!
I’m really nervous but I’m a reasonably confident person; I’m just going to take one step at a time……and no abortion jokes straight off.
Nick
In other comedy news, I enjoyed this blog entry from richard Herring about the if.com awards for the fringe. The fringe is an amazing expereince but not with serious problems of finance and competitions.
Richard sums it up pretty well
http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup/warmingup.php?id=2122
Way to go Nick, you’ll never forget your first time. Just remember not to judge your entire comedy career on it, if it goes badly or brilliantly it’s just one show. But you’ll be bitten by the bug and want more I guarentee it.
Brian, that’s one less non-comic and one more comic listening to the show!
When the hell did this site turn into a linguistics forum?
Nick, as someone who teaches a class in which every student must get up in a front of a crowd and do his or her first set, I can tell you there’s no sure-fire formula to follow to calm your nerves and succeed, other than have good material, [b]know[/b] that material, and get out there and do it.
B-mo mentioned in the show that getting on stage completely shit-faced is a bad idea. The only bad grades I’ve ever given to my students have been because they got completely shit-faced before stepping on stage. So, I recommend you keep the drinking to a minimum until AFTER your set.
Best of luck.
yes you should absolutely wait to drink untill your sets done…then drink enough that you’ll need a liver transplant and maybe you’ll get lucky and forget about that bitch of a heckler who called you blathering cock.
god i wish i could blot out that memory.
It’s funny you should say that guys cause I actually quit drinking a while back…..I had my blowouts and addictions before I got famous!
So I’ll be stone cold sober…..in fact, it’s spurred me to do it; to get on with the things I want to do (and given me some great material.) I remember when I used to act at uni and the director used to say under no circumstances drink; think about the lights, the heat and the adrenaline.
i’m really indebted to the show; its awesome to have the support.
ive been meaning to talk about this and i just found the vid. apparently norm macdonald was on the roast of bob saget and he bobmbed on purpose apparently. i cant imagine why because we all now that macdonald is a great comic. is there any merit to bombing on purpose?
heres the vid:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179600
I saw that and thought it was hilarious. He basically thinks that roasts are an old fashioned idea, so he went up and intentionally told the oldest, hackiest insults he could think of. But then again, I have an unholy obsession with him.
If you are talking about one of the greatest guitar players ever Rory Gallagher its a silent g. If you are talking about Gallagher the fruit smashing comedy “legend” (as they say on his official website) I believe it is a hard g.