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Archive for the 'Seattle Comedy' Category

Embrace the Fail

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Last night was my first open mic in a while. I did not do very well. As a performing art, stand-up comedy is a lot like a sport: you have to practice.  If you don’t practice for a while, you get rusty — and you can only get better by practicing with effort and consistency.  Preparation [...]

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Consider the Elephant

Friday, December 24th, 2010

I am less than fond of talking on the phone, in the same way Hitler was less than fond of upper lip waxing. I would 100% support a national program to round up all of our nation’s cell phones and fry them in a racist series of ovens. I’ll still spend plenty of time on [...]

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RIP Seattle’s Giggles Comedy Club, 1985-2010

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

I’ve been putting this post off for a while. But it’s time to rip the band-aid off and examine the festering sore underneath… Giggles, my former home club, is closed; its ownership has changed hands; it has now become a strip club, renaming itself Jiggles. Yes, comics backstage did indeed joke about various rebrandings of [...]

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Seattle drivers in snow = pure comedy

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

For those of you outside the Seattle area, Puget Sound is currently going through its charming annual ritual of absolutely losing its shit whenever a few inches of snow fall on the ground. Yes, a few. Literally. And while all the rending of garments is silly enough, the spectacle’s comedic highlights are the hilariously inept [...]

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Also published on the KOMONews.com Edmonds community page… Edmonds, WA hosts stand-up comedy competition The Seattle International Comedy Competition came to Edmonds on Wednesday, with ten stand-up comedians taking the stage at the Edmonds Center for the Arts for an evening filled with laughter. With the field of competition recently narrowed to ten semi-finalists, the [...]

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