Louis Ramey
From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central Presents…”
8PM, $10, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, 215-496-9001, ticket website.
Louis Ramey
From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central Presents…”
8PM, $15, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, 215-496-9001, ticket website.
Louis Ramey
From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central Presents…”
8PM, $20, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, 215-496-9001, ticket website.
Louis Ramey
From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central Presents…”
10:30PM, $20, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, 215-496-9001, ticket website.
A new podcast!
Folks, in my free time when I’m not writing here (which is pretty much most of my day), chances are you’ll find me either reading, listening, playing or watching basketball. So the new podcast I’m doing with local comics Gregg Gethard and Aaron Hertzog, The Holding Court Podcast, makes sense. We just recorded our first show of this weekly podcast that will try to take a humorous glance at the National Basketball Association. You really don’t need to know a lot about the league, or even care at all, but hopefully we are being funny with it. So check it out, follow through Facebook and Twitter, and let me know what you think!
Bring Paul F. Tompkins Back to Philadelphia!
My memory is a little hazy, but I think it’s been about two years since Philly-native Paul F. Tompkins has performed his own night of stand-up in this town. He was around here last Christmas singing and telling jokes with Aimee Mann at the Keswick, but man, it’s been way too long.
Why do I bring this up? Because last Friday Tompkins blogged about his interest in performing outside of the usual comedy club experience. The problem is, crowds are not easy to come by, so PFT has put out a challenge out: “you provide the audience, I’ll provide the show.” If cities can get 300 people to pinky swear to come to a show in that city, he’ll do it.
Luckily for Philadelphia, a chap by the name of Joe Moore has started a Facebook group to get PFT to our fair city. So if you’d like to see the man live, why don’t you join? As of my typing of this, there are 127 people committed towards the 300 goal. Get on it and bring the man back home!
And while you’re at, you can pre-order Tompkins’ sophomore stand-up album, Freak Wharf, now through AST Records. Released December 3rd, if it’s any improvement over his incredible debut, Impersonal, look out.
The Twitter Feed!
Perhaps you’ve heard of this Twitter thing that Oprah made popular a few months ago (OMG, can you believe she’s ending her show?!?)? Well, a few weeks back I created a Twitter list that made it easy to read what Philadelphia comedians are up to, but what if you don’t actually have an account yourself? Well, set your eyes up a bit, the Twitter Feed is an easy way to stay informed. Ok, I don’t really have a way to end this post, so there you go!
SLAMDANCIN’: A Journal of a Stand-up Comic #6
This week, Gregg Gethard tries out the evil side of comedy.
Last week Dave Walk wrote about how much he loved pro wrestling growing up and how funny it is. I have said, many times, that I think professional wrestling is America’s greatest form of art. But, I can assure you, I’m not.
There is no other form of performance that suspends the fourth wall as much as seen in wrestling. By now, most people know that pro wrestling is staged and planned out. However, that doesn’t stop people from buying in completely to what they’re seeing while they’re watching.
I would say that professional wrestling has had the greatest impact on my comedy style. This is because of how committed wrestlers are to their characters. I want, no matter what I’m performing, to have that level of commitment that makes the audience forget that what they’re watching is a theatrical act.
My favorite wrestlers, for the most part, have always been heels (bad guys). And, in particular, I am a fan of obnoxious, arrogant, rich jerk-offs who relish in the knowledge that they are indeed better than the audience in every way possible. I have taken my love of snob heels too far at many moments in my life.
Gary Gulman
From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”
8PM, $25, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, 215-496-9001, ticket website.
Gary Gulman
From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”
10:30PM, $25, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, 215-496-9001, ticket website.
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