Monday, March 30, 2009

The Weekend in Review

- Friday night, improv group Illegal Refill performed with PHIT resident group Everything Must Go at the Shubin Theatre. Says IR's Amie Roe: "Our show had some fun themes running throughout it, like law enforcement being terrified of violence, and music completely defining how a person thinks and acts. The audience was quiet at first, and we had to work hard to win them over. Eventually, we were able to get them to loosen up and follow along with us, and then they really started to respond with lots of laughter."

- Also on Friday, The N Crowd did their usual Friday night show at 8PM at The Actors Center but then tacked on a 10 PM show as well. Says N Crowd's B.J. Ellis: "We added a second show because our 8 p.m. had been sold out more than week in advance. We tacked on a 10 p.m. show to see if there was interest in our audience base to hit up a late night N Crowd show. there obviously was. Both shows were very well received by the audiences."

- On both Friday and Saturday night, stand-up comics Chip Chantry and Doogie Horner performed about a half hour each of material at the Shubin Theatre that was recorded for a possible CD and/or DVD. Says Chip: "The shows were a whole lot of fun. The crowds were great. By the end of the night the room was hot and steamy from the energy. Like right after a great basketball practice, or an awkward sauna experience." Yours truly hosted the shows and can concur with Chip's statements.

- Saturday, sketch group Secret Pants screened their short "Dead Hooker Theater" in the The Rocky Balboa Picture Show 2 - Rock Treatment (Shorts Program) of the Cinefest 2009 and Philadelphia Film Festival. Says SP's Brian Kelly: "every gag got the reaction that we were hoping for. The final beat in there, a tease for the next episode of Dead Hooker Theater, probably got the most positive response. With our videos, there tends to be an even split between people who think that we're sick and talentless, and people who think that what we have to offer is funny. This crowd seemed to be 75% in favor, which is a good sign. We're excited to see how it does when we release it to the internets."

- On Saturday night, Philly ComedySportz took on their New York brethren: a battle of Broad St. vs. Broadway as it were. According to the group's Twitter (everything is through Twitter now, isn't it?), NYC won the first show 30-27 and Philly scrapped out a win 27-26 in the second show. The group also just debuted their new website.

- We didn't talk to Joe Rogan, who was at Helium this weekend, but he had this to say from his Twitter:

Philly was wild and fun as fuck. One of the best weekend ever. Video soon to follow this week, we got a lot of great shit
and:
Holy fuck these shows in philly are awesome. I'm blown away. Some of the best crowds ever


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Thursday, March 26, 2009

PODCAST: The Potential Podcast with Chip Chantry, Aaron Hertzog and Dave Walk

The Potential Podcast w/ Chip Chantry, Aaron Hertzog and Dave Walk

There will be no C vs. A Radio Hour on G-Town Radio tonight, but today we've got a special podcast to keep you sedated.

A few weeks ago, Chip Chantry, Aaron Hertzog and Dave Walk got together to record a podcast of random discussion and ideas. The Potential Podcast is the final results in which the guys talk about comedy, Teen Wolf and tons of other things.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Sixth Borough "Live On The Radio" album

With internet video, TV, Netflix, DVDs and movies still raging on, comedians are still enjoying and creating comedy in the spirit of Fred Allen and Jack Benny. Yep, radio. This past January the Philadelphia sketch comedy group The Sixth Borough recorded a radio play at the Nexus art gallery in Fishtown/Kensington and have put it all up as MP3s. Says Sixth Borough member Pat Kelly:
A couple weeks ago we did radio show for Nexus radio in Philadelphia. You didn't hear it. It's not your fault. Even if you had tried, you wouldn't have heard it, unless you were parked in your car right outside the studio. Well good news! You can download the tracks and listen!
Topics touched upon in the sketches include monkeys, opium, the Romans, ghosts, and hats.

The Sixth Borough will be performing a new sketch show, DEPRESSION ISN'T JUST A RIVER IN EGYPT!!! on April 1st, 3rd and 4th at Connie's Ric Rac.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Rooftop College competition next Tuesday

For some, college is a time to decide and study what you want to do with the rest of your life. For others, well, a bevy of things. Perhaps a handful want to be comedians and the Rooftopcomedy.com College Competition may be their chance to shine.

Held at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom) this evening, the battle will pit scrappy state school Temple (Steve D'Agostino, Matthew D'Avella, Greg Forster, Greg Herzog, Nathan Jaiyeola, Rudy Mezzy, Aaron Miller, Stephen Sudia and Angela Porzio) vs. brainy Ivy League University of Pennsylvania (David Agyekum, Zachary Bell, Brian Brauntuch, Alex Livingston, Naima Pearce, Josh Rabinowitz, Marisa Riley, Joseph Romito, and David Jahnke).

Through a series of live on-campus and comedy club events and online elimination rounds, audiences will decide which comedy teams head to the National Finals in Aspen, Colorado.
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THIS WEEK: PHIT at the Shubin Theatre

It's time again for the Philly Improv Theater's week at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge St). The week actually kicked off Monday with our show, but the highlights of the week are still yet to come with longform improv from New York City, a stand-up CD/DVD recording and more.

Wednesday, March 25th
8 p.m. - Why Am I Not Famous?!?: A Comedy Talk Show w/ Kent Haines, $5. This month Philly's only comedy talk show welcomes NYC comedian and The Onion writer Mike Drucker and Philadelphia cartoonist and illustrator Jamar Nicholas. According to Kent: "there is an 85% chance of Watchmen talk."

10 p.m. - Guilty Pleasures w/ Brendan Kennedy, $5. Bringing you the best in awful scripts, acted out for you on stage. Listen to Brendan talk about the show on the C vs. A Radio Hour.

Thursday, March 26th
8 p.m. – Improv Comedy, PhD: Every Thursday the theater pairs up "today's comedy over-achievers and tomorrow's comedy legends." This month: UPenn's Without A Net with PHIT house team Fletcher.

10 p.m. - Cagematch: Traffic Jelly vs. reigning champs Angry People Building Things, $5. CAGEMATCH pits two groups against each other for 25-minute sets that can only use one audience suggestion. The audience decides the winner by secret ballot.

Friday, March 27
8 p.m. – Everything Must Go + Illegal Refill, $10. Longform improv from PHIT Resident Group Everything Must Go and PHIT affiliate group Illegal Refill, $10.

10 p.m. - Big Tabasco, $10. A DVD/CD recording featuring 30-minutes of stand-up by Chip Chantry and Doogie Horner. Listen to Chip and Doogie on the C vs. A Radio Hour

Saturday, March 28th
8 p.m. - Activity Book + The Wilhelm, $10. PHIT Resident Group Activity Book is joined by NYC's Peoples Improv Theater house team The Wilhelm.

10 p.m. - Big Tabasco, $10.

Sunday, March 29
7 p.m. - Tongue & Groove, $10. Ranging in ages 23-53, "ensemble members aim to reflect truthful expression of the human experience and focus on rich emotional, intellectual, and physical relationship exploration, both comic and dramatic in tone.
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Monday, March 23, 2009

TONIGHT: The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show!

Ladies and gentleman, the time is now! Come enjoy engaging and hilarious stand-up comedy in the wonderful confines of a theater ("theatre" if you're quaint).

Come out with all of your friends to:

The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show!
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
8PM
at the Shubin Theatre
407 Bainbridge St.
ONLY FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS (tickets on-sale soon)

Featuring stand-up comedy by:
Meg Favreau
Pat House
Conrad Roth
David James

Hosted by Dave Walk (he'll have some jokes too)

And did we mention it's BYOB?!?!?
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Friday, March 20, 2009

PODCAST: Omniana Battle: Doogie Horner vs. Dave Walk

Omniana Battle: Doogie Horner vs. Dave Walk
After the brief discussion between Doogie Horner and Dave Walk that was posted yesterday, the two battled it out in the game of wits known as Omniana.

Because of a split decision in the studio, we are allowing listeners of the podcast to determine the winner. Feel free to comment in this post or e-mail comicvsaudience@gmail.com with your vote. The winner will receive intangible things such as "bragging rights" and perhaps even the respect of their peers.

The next episode of Doogie's live comedy show Ministry of Secret Jokes is on Wednesday, March 25th at Fergie's Pub (1214 Sansom) starting at 8PM. And on Friday and Saturday March 27th and 28th, Doogie will be performing with Chip Chantry in the Big Tabasco show at the Shubin Theatre.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

PODCAST: Doogie Horner

Interview: Doogie Horner
Doogie Horner is a Philadelphia stand-up comedian, graphic designer and writer. He's the author of The First Timer’s Kit and the upcoming Everything Explained Through Flowcharts. He's also the host of the live stand-up/variety comedy show Ministry of Secret Jokes. Doogie talked to host Dave Walk about his comedy, Elvis and his favorite doomsday scenarios.

The MOSJ show will be Wednesday, March 25th at Fergie's Pub (1214 Sansom) starting at 8PM. And on Friday and Saturday March 27th and 28th, Doogie will be performing with Chip Chantry in the Big Tabasco show at the Shubin Theatre. Check back tomorrow as Doogie and Dave play a thrilling battle of Omniana!

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Comedy Sportz Tournament coming to Philadelphia in 2010

Philadelphia may never get the Olympics, but in 2010 we're getting arguably the next best thing. The fair city has been chosen as the location for the 26th annual Comedy Sportz Tournament. Over 20 Comedy Sportz short-form improv teams totaling some 150 improvisers in all will descend upon the city to vie for the Comedy Sportz...championship? Is there a belt involved?

This year's tournament takes place in Milwaukee where it all began 25 years ago and at the end of the tournament, the torch will be officially pass on to Philadelphia. The three days of shows will take place at World Cafe Life

[Tip hat to Don]
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

PODCAST: Stand-up comedy by Chris Cotton

Stand-up comedy by Chris Cotton
Chris Cotton is a Philadelphia comedian that you can catch this Thursday at his Kick Back Comedy at Rembrandt's Restaurant & Bar (741 N. 23rd) with Richie Redding, Aaron Hertzog, Luke Giordano, and Mykal Carter Jackson. You can also see him every Thursday at the Center City Comedy open mic at Raven's Lounge (1718 Sansom).

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Monday, March 16, 2009

PODCAST: Rob Baniewicz: Mixtape Guru

Rob Baniewicz: Mixtape Guru
When Rob Baniewicz isn't performing in the sketch duo Meg & Rob, he's helping people with their mixtape problems. Here, Rob provides a mixtape if your significant other has cheated on you.

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Friday, March 13, 2009

LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET by Gregg Gethard

We were high.

That’s how the discussion came about. My friends Sean and I were living together that summer. We also decided to work together. And Sean had the perfect place in store for us.

There was a new A&P Supermarket opening in South Plainfield, just a few minutes from our place. Sean had worked at a supermarket as a teenager. One part of his job entailed breaking up fights between homeless people camped out near the can and bottle return. That sounded like an ideal resume builder.

The next morning, we drove to the store.

***

We arrived to the AP hiring center the next afternoon. I felt kind of like I stepped into the set of The Warriors. The employment line was long and borderline violent, as made evident by the guy next to me who had a knife tattooed on his shoulder. Who knew that it was proper to wear a homemade wife-beater T that said “BLOW ME THEN LEAVE” to a job interview?

Sean and I finally made it to the front of the line. Bev, a woman pushing 400 pounds, was one of the hiring managers. In between echoing slurps of her 64-ounce Diet Coke, she asked us for ID’s and asked us about our arrest record.

Her eyes widened in shock when we told her that neither of us had been arrested.

She told the two of us to stand off to the side. A minute later, she asked us what department we wanted to work in. Sean said produce.

We were told that we’d begin our training the next day, at the store in Bound Brook.

****

The produce manager was Bob. He was about 30 pounds overweight, balding and wore an unfortunate mustache. Imagine Andy Reid with the sad eyes of a chat room addict.

We started the day by stocking various fruits and vegetables along the racks of the produce department as Bob supervised. Mostly, he stood around playing with his fat, filthy hands.

“Check this out.” That’s how he’d begin every sentence.

“Check this out. You want to turn the apples this way. They shine better under the light.”

“Check this out. The Concord grapes should be stacked this way, not that way.”

“Check this out. You have to be careful of wet spots on the floor.”

A few hours after checking things out, Sean approached me with a bet. He knew my financial status was dire. He told me that he would purchase my dinner that evening if I called Bob “master.”

I started arrange bags of iceberg lettuce. Bob walked towards me.

“Check this out,” he said. “Make sure you even out the bags of lettuce so they look fresh.”

“Yes,” I mumbled. “Master.”

Bob started to walk away. But then he stopped and turned back to me.

“What… what did you just say?”

“I said yes.”

“No… you said something else. What did you call me?”

“Oh… I called you ‘master.’”

Bob then put his arm around me.

“Son, you’ve got to believe in yourself. I’m not better than you. We’re all equals here in the supermarket,” he said. “Don’t ever...ever...call another man master.”

***

Annette worked in the produce department. She was a nationally ranked female bodybuilder. If that wasn’t creepy enough, she was also about 4’9” tall.

“I used to use creatine and all that stuff,” she said to me when detailing her diet and supplemental routine. “But I had to stop because my husband said I kept on coppin’ him a real nasty ‘tude.”

***

Bob was out sick the second day. In his place was his assistant manager, known to the world as Dirty Harry. Dirty Harry looked like his face was repeatedly burned with cigarettes. His eyes were squinty, his teeth were browned and he mysteriously smelled like sea water.

Dirty Harry gave us our marching orders. Sean was going to sweep up front. I was to cut watermelon hedges in the back.

I grabbed the watermelon knife. It was a giant blade that looked like it could have been a prop in Apocalypse Now. Earlier in the week, I watched a documentary about ethnic cleansing in Rwanda, where many people had their thumbs cut off. I immediately assumed this would happen to me.

I gingerly cut into the watermelon. My efforts did not result in the perfectly quartered watermelons that I had planned on making. Instead, they were something else. Perhaps an avant-garde sculpture?

I decided to serve these watermelons to the Bound Brook community nonetheless. I shrink-wrapped them and placed them out on the refrigerated shelves. I then went back to cut some more slices.

About two minutes later, Dirty Harry was on the intercom.

“WILL THE NEW KID IN THE BACK WHO IS COMPLETELY RETARDED COME OUT TO THE PRODUCE AISLE NOW!”

I assumed that meant me.

Dirty Harry’s arms were crossed, tapping his toes, just like a school principal in BDSM porn. He pointed to my watermelon hedges.

“Are you one of those retarded kids who lives in that home down the street,” he asked. I started to explain to him that I had just graduated from college.

“Oh, well, then you’se a whole new level of asshole,” he said. “In fact, you ain’t even an asshole. You know what you is?”

An elderly lady walked right past us.

“You’re a faggot cocklicker. Because you don’t even suck cocks. You just lick them.”

All day long, this continued. No matter what I did, Dirty Harry reminded me of how much I liked to lick cocks, no matter who was within earshot of me.

***

Our day with Dirty Harry was coming to an end. He called Sean and I into the back room.

“Look, I’m sorry if I was real hard on yas today. But you have no idea... YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA.. what these people will do to you,” he said as he nervously looked around the back room.

He then patted both of us on the back.

“Hey, did you guys ever crack the black boat?”

Sean asked him what that meant.

“You know, have you ever eaten out a black hooker?”

He was surprised when I told him that I hadn’t.

“Oh, man, you ain’t lived until you done that,” he said. “The whores love it when they see me. When they see Dirty Harry. They call me the man with the golden tongue in his mouth. You know why they call me that?”

No. Why.

“Because I catch every last drop.”

***

Sean and I finally graduated to the new store. We had orientation the day before it opened.

As part of orientation, we were told how to operate pricing scales. Leading us through this operation was Clara, a representative from the New Jersey Department of Weights and Measures. She was really hot.

That night, both Sean and I whacked off to her.

***

The store finally opened. Thousands of people were expected to come in that day, getting to get their first taste of what to expect at this new A&P.

Sean and I had to prepare boxes of salads. These were priced per pound. We were supposed to place them on the scale and then put the price tag on the top of the box. Instead, we pushed down with all our weight on the scales. This threw the price of miniature boxed salads a little off.

“Wow, this store is expensive,” said one older customer. “This box of salad costs $64!”

They didn’t really sell too well.

***

A special code was needed to use the intercom. Sean and I circled the intercoms like hawks whenever a manager made a storewide announcement. Finally, we figured out the code in order to make our own storewide announcements. I figured “abstract” was the way to go.

“Can I get a price check on a child’s smile,” I said. “Can I get a price check on a child’s smile? Oh wait, I forgot. A child’s smile is priceless.”

“Can I get a price check on a beautiful sunrise? Can I get a price check on a beautiful sunrise? Oh wait, I forgot. A beautiful sunrise is priceless.”

“Can I get a price check on memories of my dead grandmother? Can I get a price check on memories of my dead grandmother? Oh wait, I forgot. Memories of my dead grandmother are priceless.”

After about four straight hours, one of the store managers angrily kicked open the door to our department.

“Enough with the pages,” he screamed. “If there are anymore unsanctioned pages coming from produce, you’re all fired.”

This made Sean and I laugh. Everyone else we worked with were born in foreign countries. That meant if they were fired they’d be deported.

***

Sean didn’t even bother to go to work the next day. He decided he wanted to play Super Tecmo Bowl all day instead.

I was supposed to start my shift at 10. I clocked in at 10:45. I was supposed to unload boxes of apples onto the display table. I did that for a few minutes but got really tired. So I crawled under the display table and took a nap. I looked at the clock. It was almost noon.

I woke up. And then I decided I wanted to play Super Tecmo Bowl, too. So I just left about six hours before I was scheduled to leave.

Neither of us returned to the store. But I still have the uniform.

Gregg Gethard's next installment of his monthly show BEDTIME STORIES will be Wednesday, March 18th at Connie's Ric Rac (1132 S. 9). The theme is The Workplace.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

TONIGHT: The C vs. A Radio Hour!

Our bi-weekly comedy talk show returns tonight from 7-8PM EST with our friends at Gtownradio.com (The Sound From Germantown).

Your host Dave Walk will be talking to Philadelphia comedians, playing not-funny songs and other great stuff, so make sure to set your internet dial to Gtownradio.com. Who will be on the show this week?

Philadelphia comedian and writer Doogie Horner will be in the studio to talk about his many projects. Seriously there's too many to bother naming them now. Then, he'll play your host in a thrilling game of Omniana. Plus, stand-up comedy from Chris Cotton and mixtape advice from Rob Baniewicz.

Remember, that's 7-8PM TONIGHT Eastern Standard Time U.S.A., streaming at Gtownradio.com. If you want to join in, instant message us in the studio on AIM, Yahoo!, Gchat or MSN at CVSARADIO or through Twitter (@comicvsaudience).

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

PODCAST: Remembering Bill Hicks

Before our next radio show tomorrow, we've got one more podcast of The C vs. A Radio Hour on G-Town Radio.

This episode aired on February 26th, which was to the day the death of legendary stand-up comic BILL HICKS fifteen years ago. And to commerate the occasion, host Dave Walk played clips of Hicks' stand-up and talked to Los Angeles comedian from Chicago JIMMY DORE who saw Hicks some 60 times as he was starting his comedy career. Dore's new Comedy Central one-hour special Citizen Jimmy is out now on DVD and CD. He's also the co-host of the podcast Comedy and Everything Else.

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LOCAL COMEDY NEWS: No. 1 Comedy

The creators of the Center City Comedy open mic at Raven's Lounge (1718 Sansom) are starting yet another open mic just down the street. NO. 1 COMEDY (as the flyer says, "All You Can Laugh and Dim Sum") will be hosted by Conrad Roth and Chris Cotton every Tuesday at Cavanaugh's (1823 Sansom) at 7:30PM starting March 24th.


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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

COMING SOON: The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show!

Ladies and gentleman, it's been too long and you need a laugh. Come enjoy engaging and hilarious stand-up comedy in the wonderful confines of a theater ("theatre" if you're quaint).

Come out with all of your friends to:

The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show!
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
8PM
at the Shubin Theatre
407 Bainbridge St.
ONLY FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS (tickets on-sale soon)

Featuring stand-up comedy by:
Meg Favreau
Pat House
Conrad Roth
David James

Hosted by Dave Walk (he'll have some jokes too)

And did we mention it's BYOB?!?!?
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer (aka Spinal Tap) to tour, play Philadelphia 5/14

For years, I thought This Is Spinal Tap was a straight-up rock/roll documentary about a rock/roll band. I thought Rob Reiner took on the character of "Marty DiBergi" on screen because it was one of his first directing jobs and he needed an alter ego. And then, years later, I see the same three guys in a folk group in the film A Mighty Wind and I just figured, "ok, they changed their names and started a folk band, I can totally believe that."

Well, it turns out that all this time, those were actors, specifically three actors: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer. And for the first time ever they will be performing songs by Spinal Tap and The Folksmen as just themselves in their UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED Tour.

They are coming to Philadelphia and tickets went on-sale like 20 minutes ago:

Unwigged and Unplugged
Thursday, May 14th
8PM
$47.50-$62.50

Here's a preview of what you can expect, minus the wigs and electricity, of course.

Spinal Tap - "Big Bottom"

The Folksmen - "Old Joe's Place"


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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Paul F. Tompkins on the Philly bar Dirty Frank's

Via Philebrity, a clip from PFT's from his 1998 HBO special Driven To Drink in which he tells a story at local hole-in-the-wall bar Dirty Frank's. A lot can be learned about Tompkins' life in Philadelphia from television, like the time he told Conan O'Brien about working at Hats in the Belfry on South Street.

He can also be seen talking about non-Philly things every Friday at 11PM on VH1's Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins.
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Monday, March 2, 2009

PODCAST: Do It Rockapella!: Gregg Gethard on "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?"

In case you missed it for some stupid reason, our radio show The C vs. A Radio Hour aired again last Thursday. But never fear, we've got podcasts of the highlights.

Today, listen to Philadelphia comedian and writer GREGG GETHARD recount his tale of scandal, absurdity, triumph and love on the hit 80s PBS game show Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego? This story was written by Gregg Gethard and produced and edited by Dave Walk.

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