Hey Guys! Want to watch me perform way out of my weight class this week?
Thursday night at 10:00 PM, I’ll be a “Celebrity” guest judge for Theatre Arlo’s PowerPoint Karaoke.
As an improv structure/show, PPK is one of my absolute favorites. Bill and Melissa do a great job coming up with hilarious slides and they are always able to get a great lineup of comedians to assist. This week’s presenters are Jill Bernard & Eric Heiberg, Joseph Scrimshaw, Sharon Stiteler and Tim Uren.
I will be judging their comedic skills along with my other (actual) celebrity judge, Trace Beaulieu (he was part of a show you might have heard of and also currently works with Cinematic Titanic).
There is no false humility at work when I publicly wonder what I did right to appear on the same stage as these other wonderfully talented comedians. Frankly, I agreed to judge because I figured it was a great way to get myself into the show for free.
I know it’s a little late on a school night but I can’t recommend the show highly enough. The premise is funny. The slides are funny. The people are funny. They sell beer there. What’s not to like?
For information on other performing I do around the Twin Cities and on the web, you can always check out my upcoming performances page on this site.
I don’t want you to feel comfortable about being a bigot
I wrote a radio play for Vaudevilification Tennis and because the show took place during Pride, I decided to include a “public service announcement” against the gay marriage ban. My opinion on the issue should be clear but I saw a good opportunity for some comedy that also made a statement that is important to me.
When it came time to put that script in the CONvergence show, I initially balked at the idea of including the public service announcement because I felt that CONvergence is not a political convention and the announcement might be out of place.
Two things changed my mind.
Vilification Tennis Podcast #2 is LIVE
Our first podcast went so well, we decided that we wanted to go bi-weekly rather than monthly. This time, Matt Allex, Chrys Vanderkamp and Amanda Hofman-Frethem join me to make jokes about Hitler’s birthday, consuming enough Coke to cause death, penguins and our favorite show themes.
Click here to enjoy Episode 2: Noose Gengrich and the Fuckin’ Puppets or subscribe to us on iTunes!
Grail Diary 