Laugh Long Time!

Sometimes comedy shows are bad.  A lot of times, even if during the show is painful, the memory can be quite hilarious--especially when reminiscing with fellow comics.  My favorite story to shoot with comic friends isn't necessarily about a show.  The particular show I bring up was actually somewhat decent to perform at.  However, it was spawned from one of the most hilariously bad marketing pages I've ever had the honor to be a part of.

Early in my stand-up career I was asked to be part of the "Fresh Faces of Comedy X Tour" by Mullet King Productions.  Prestige just rings off those words, I know.  They needed a newer comic who might still have the sway among his friends and family to bring them out to a bar in Hillaird, I needed $20.  Only the latter was achieved.  While I had been performing long enough that said sway had weakened, I mostly just personally chose not to use what little I had left on this performance.  Mullet King Productions needed to get people out.  To the internet!

I can't believe this site is still live.  Hosting fees, domain name charges--someone is paying good, hard-earned money to keep this site alive.  For fear that it will go down any day, I've attached some screenshots.

This is the page.  Awesomely enough, almost everyone on this show went on to become, or are quickly growing into, great, working comics.  Save for Darren Butler.  You'd think that someone who won the clap-off at a local open mic with 5 of his friends in the crowd (out of a total 6 audience members) would be destined for stardom!  (Sarcasm).  However, he thought that.  He did buy the domain best-comedy.co.cc.  Don't try to go there, the domain has expired.  Oh, sweet irony.  You can still like "Best Comedy" on facebook.  You can be the 6th.  The other 5 must have been the people in the audience on that sweet, career-booming open mic night.

But don't worry, this show is packed with talent.  Like me!  I'm turning the heads of bookers and Hollywood agents!!!  Sadly, that is just as untrue today as it was about 3 years ago.  I'd like to, one day, have an agent.  A Hollywood agent would be nice, but I'm not picky on city of origin.  And I'm sure, if that day comes, his first piece of advice will be to do more 15 minute spots in Hillaird, Ohio.  The funniest thing to me though is the phrase, "You'll laugh 'long time.'"  I assume that is a reference to the movie Full Metal Jacket and the famous line it spawned.  Which prompted me to think 2 things:  Does the guy booking this show think I'm Asian?  And, if he does, does he think I will not be offended by this but instead welcome it in my bio?

Outside of my personal blurb, Travis Irvine's might be my favorite.  Simply, "Is he really running for the mayor of Bexley?"  Great pitch!  But, the funniest part may be, that out of all the bloated, unrealistic facts presented for each of the comics on this page, this is the one fact that could be Googled and immediately found to be true.

On a side, closing note.  R.I.P MCA.  I am a huge Beastie Boys fan and was very excited for their Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame induction earlier this year.  The Beastie Boys became part of the SAGAttack family early in its incarnation when the song "So What Cha Want" became the music for the opening of theme of "The Sumukh and Golak Attack" when it first hit the airwaves of Public Access.