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My improv troupe (see most awesome picture above), Jackie, is perform tonight at the Flashpoint Theater in Chinatown. This marks the beginning of the second weekend of shows for the WIT Fall Run and if last weekend was any indication of how things are taking off, be sure not to miss this weeks gland pack funny. Does that make any sense?
Tonight we perform with Exes and Oh's. Check the review i wrote about them a few days ago and then take my advice and see them. Then see us. Then go grab a drink with the cast.
916 G Street NW
$10 @ door
www.washingtontimptovtheater.com
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Because of my aforementioned thumb cast (don't worry about how it happened - NOBODY TALKS BACK TO "THE KID!" - I call myself The Kid now - Please call me The Kid! It'll be sooo cool!) it is very difficult to write down jokes. I think of jokes all the time, because I am a comic genius, but it is physically difficult for me to hold a pen so I have to just store it in my brain. Even that is almost impossible because, as you know, 99 percent of my brain meat is used up by my legendarily huge Spank Bank. It reminds me of one of my favorite Mitch Hedberg quotes that I will share with you right now:
"I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny."
-Mitchy
That's how I feel. So scan down and look at my picture from the last post and commit it to your own spank bank. Then masturbate while thinking of me. Then tell me how it was in the comments. I love you DC.
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I have been given possibly the most positive cast anyone could ever hope for. Who can feel down in the dumps when all you have to do look down and see the permanent thumbs up that God has given me as a result of the horribly painful hand surgery he also gave me. Just read this transcript of an actual conversation that occurred between me and my priest last week:
"Hey Nick, I've been feeling down lately and have been contemplating suicide. Do you think I should do it? Thumbs up? It is done."
God works in mysterious ways, my friends.
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Yeah, ya know autumn is like my favorite freaking season right? Seriously, the weather is awesome and a welcome change to how hot it was all summer here in DC. WHOOHOO! So psyched about football, Halloween, my birthday and……..(settle down)……Autumn also marks the beginning of Washington Improv Theater’s Fall Run of Shows: Up and Autumn! HAHAHA see what they did there?? Yikes…Anyways, bad puns and my over reaction to Fall aside I had two shows with Jackie last week, including one on Saturday night for the Opening Reception
I also had the chance to see Exes and Ohs, Justin Purvis and Natasha Rothwell’s awesome two person show about relationships. Not only do they both kick ass on stage, the show has a pretty cool structure that I like alot. They establish characters at the top, getting great personal suggestions from the audience about their past lovers annoying characteristics. Then both of them take on several characters at a time using those suggestions and then interact with each other in a way that naturally heightens the story. The show Thursday night had the two lovers struggling to decide whether or not to look past their obvious flaws and stay together. Justin’s “smelly” boyfriend character was especially funny. Plus, there was “face raping” and I quote Natasha on that.
Check out Exes and Ohs this Thursday and next @ Flashpoint Theater.
So anyways, Saturday night had Jackie, Caveat and One-Sixty-One performing for our “Opening Night”. Jackie’s show was a lot of funny fun funny, with my personal favorites being the thought bubbles that came from people’s heads as they got distracted in various scenes. I am digging what we are doing now with our new show. We have incorporated “Ghost Edits” where one person begins a scene having a conversation with a “ghost”. A few lines later another person comes out to take the “ghost's” place. The best of these scenes are when we surprise each other. Example being when I was starting a scene as a stoned guy in a dorm telling someone that I wasn’t going to class, Joe later entered and took the role of my father. Nothing more was needed; just the reveal that my father was in the dorm with me. Those types of surprises are great for us.
Caveat is now down to four people after the departure of Anne and Cissy, but I feel that the four guys (Justin, Dan H., Joe and Dan) are really starting to gel great together. I was talking to them about it after the show and I have to say I am a big fan of 3-4 improv groups. I believe it helps the chemistry build quicker among the cast members, but more importantly I think it engages each cast member into the show more by having them be more involved in each scene. It doesn’t give a person a chance to rest, so the energy is always up. I know some groups that try to keep a 6-8 person minimum in case of absences, but I really feel that when a group is always incorporating new people it tends to keep the core group from clicking as best they can. Get 3-4 people who really love performing with each other and you have a kick ass show. Caveat is a testament to that.
One-Sixty-One had a great show as well and it was a smaller cast situation, too. I am telling you. There is something to be said about it. A lot of the shows this run have smaller casts (Exs and Ohs, Shrimp on a Barbie, Your Phone Company, Etc.) and they are making me laugh a bunch.
Then after show we had a reception Except for the Keg Stand Gone Wrong that I, stupidly was a part of everything went smooth and it was alot of fun. I shouldn’t come within 10 feet of someone who is upside down drinking beer. Lesson learned.
So come see Jackie this Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights! And be sure to check out the other great shows that WIT is putting up this month.
http://www.washingtonimprovtheater.com
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I have met both these ladies and they are great. Two DC girls that have moved to LA. FUNNY and cool. Check them out. please on the links tab! Read more!
Thursday night was the usual great local showcase The Bomb Shelter at 18th & Red. This weeks attendance was a little low due to the opening of the NFL regular season. Oh well, you can't win them all. But the show was really good and the people who came out to the show were fantastic; except for the 8 douchebag motherfuckers who stumbled in to take shots with the door guy with about 10 mins left in the show. I really hate people that look like the people I grew up with (Southern Republican type look).
Daniel Tosh was at the Improv this weekend and every show was a sell out. Local comic Tim Miller hosted almost all the shows. He had some car trouble on Friday, and I got to fill in for him on the first show. Thanks Tim for not checking your oil! The feature act was Andi Smith, and she is funny. And more than being funny she was a real comic who loved stand-up. She called a hack a hack and would talk some shit with me. That's a great pereson. I love meeting comics who love stand-up and will talk shop all night. But more importantly express their opinions and not sugar coat something. It's so fucking boring to talk to comics who don't want to hurt someones feelings because every conversation is "Well, he's alright, or she's pretty good, or I like that one joke they have." No you don't. If you think that they're comedy sucks, say it. I like that in a comic. It's something you don't see much around DC.
Daniel was a great to watch as well. I'd say it was about 85% new material so I was entertained. Do youreself a favor and find his one joke about To Catch a Predator. Hands down my favorite one of the week. Also, I owe him a huge Hot Cock. He doesn't Hot Cock he's a grabber and that hurts.
This weeks Bomb Shelter is going to be great. Rob Maher, Jared Stern, Kojo Mante, Bryson Turner, and Mike Way. John McBride or myself will host it but we'll all be there. It's gonna be Super Duper Fun Balls.
That's All.
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Whenever I tell someone I am comedian, they eventually ask me to tell them a joke. God, i hate this.
But, then i discovered the perfect way to quelch this while travel this week.
When someone asks me to tell them a joke, I tell them this one.
"What is black, blue and hates sex?"
"The girl in my trunk."
Shuts them right up.
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