How To Write Stand Up Comedy

What? You funny?

Honestly, I expect that reaction. Who made this nudnick the spokesmodel for stand up? By what authority is some would-be, who’s never been closer to a Comedy Central special than his TV remote, now the go-to guy on getting laughs?

Well, there’s your first and most important lesson in show business: You don’t have to be good. You just have to know somebody. And I know George Smyth. Continue reading

Posted in: Interviews at 12:54 am Sun, Dec 20, 2009.

Another podcaster pays the price

Dave Lee probably figures he’s built a solid foundation of work and a loyal audience over 65 weekly episodes of the U.K.-based Bugcast.

I, on the other hand, have absolutely nothing invested in the chat-and-music program, and see Dave’s archive as a soundbed of coughs, sighs, belches, grunts and assorted exclamations I can combine with a few non-sequiters to completely mischaracterize his intent.

In other words, I’ve alienated another podcaster who foolishly played one of my songs (The Ballad Of Morris The Cat, on Episode 56). Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 2:44 am Fri, Jul 3, 2009.

Whooo! Kahn Man drops Season 5 Finale

Seems like its only been a century since Tyrone Kahn took up podcasting, but he’s actually concluded two seasons of the Kahn Man’s Comedy Corner.

As the Season 5 (including three seasons streaming on the Live365 network) Finale drops on iTunes, the excitable Kahn Man is already planning new business for his return in September.

For one thing, the Season 6 opener will introduce Tyrone’s latest single. Can’t tell you the title, but think Beatles parody, following his 2008 mega-hit Let Me Pee. Continue reading

Posted in: Dementia at 5:22 pm Tue, Jun 30, 2009.

Rosie Koonunga-Hill exposed!

The veil has come off, and we now know that Rosie Koonunga-Hill, the voice behind the curious Chickenflaps intro, is none other than the female half of the unknown U.K. comedy team Sowerby and Luff, Georgina Sowerby.

“Originally hosted by Georgina Sowerby’s foul-mouthed Aussie alter-ego Rosie Koonunga-Hill, Chickenflaps is now produced and presented by Richard Cray. The show features the very best comedy songs from around the Internet…,” reads the Chickenflaps page on the re-designed and now nearly impenetrable Comedy 365 site. Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 7:41 pm Mon, Jun 29, 2009.

RIP, Poddycast

If only I’d gotten there sooner. I could have written a little something, promoted Marc’s show a bit, and perhaps Poddycast would still be with us.

But the U.K.-based podcast ceased production in January after 21 episodes, and its old domain returned to the soil, yielding only a 404 error. Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 11:57 pm Sat, Jun 27, 2009.