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rockfsh 
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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 Posted - 07/02/2010 : 21:15:55
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back from vacation.
Trip report here. Reno to Vegas |
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Wheelz 
"FWFR%u2019ing like it%u2019s 1999"
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Posted - 07/06/2010 : 18:21:40
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A fun read.
I'm not much of a poker player but your descriptions are entertaining. Sounds like you know what you're doing!
I have to say I'm very glad you enjoyed Mac King's show. I've known Mac for many years and he's a great performer and an even better guy. Our paths crossed a lot when I worked in the comedy biz, and I even opened for him once during my brief stand-up days. |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 07/06/2010 : 21:35:24
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What Wheelz said.
(I'm not so good at the game, but when my son was in Amsterdam, he joined a Texas Hold 'Em tournament, lost all his chips, bought in again and then came in 2nd - walking away with over 4000 Euro - NET!) |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 09:59:33
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Originally posted by Wheelz
A fun read.
I'm not much of a poker player but your descriptions are entertaining. Sounds like you know what you're doing!
I have to say I'm very glad you enjoyed Mac King's show. I've known Mac for many years and he's a great performer and an even better guy. Our paths crossed a lot when I worked in the comedy biz, and I even opened for him once during my brief stand-up days.
Can't say I'm a poker-gal, but thanks, rockfsh for a nice read!
But ... WHEELZ -- warm up, stand up ... we want details and we wannem NOW. Don't you roll away when I'm talking to you ... get back here!
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Wheelz
"FWFR%u2019ing like it%u2019s 1999"
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 14:27:23
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
But ... WHEELZ -- warm up, stand up ... we want details and we wannem NOW. Don't you roll away when I'm talking to you ... get back here!
It's not that exciting, really, but at the risk of hijacking rockfsh's thread, I'll tell the story.
When I was in my 20's, I took a part-time job at a comedy club to make a little extra money -- plus I thought it might be fun. This was in the late 1980s, when live comedy was very popular. We were open 6 nights a week; nowadays 2-3 nights is the norm.
So I was just selling tickets and seating people and such, but the cool part was getting to hang out with the comics. I met a few performers who were already well-known -- David Allan Grier, Shirley Hemphill, Pat Paulsen, Danny Bonaduce -- and quite a bunch before they got famous -- Drew Carey, Lewis Black, Jeff Dunham, Bill Maher, all of the Blue Collar Comedy guys, as well as a number of comics who went on to varying degrees of success that I actually grew to consider friends... It was a fun time in my life.
At some point I got bitten by the "I could do that" bug, and signed up for one of our open-mic nights. I did OK and really enjoyed it, so I kept doing it at various venues. Eventually I managed to parlay that into a small handful of (low) paying gigs, one of which was opening for the aforementioned Mac King.
I never did seriously consider pursuing it beyond that. I takes a lot of effort and dedication to make anything close to a living in comedy, the odds are against it, and I probably wasn't good enough anyway. So by the early 90s when the heyday began to die down and clubs weren't doing open-mics so much anymore, I quit doing it.
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 16:28:00
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Originally posted by Wheelz
It's not that exciting, really, but at the risk of hijacking rockfsh's thread, I'll tell the story.
When I was in my 20's, I took a part-time job at a comedy club to make a little extra money -- plus I thought it might be fun. This was in the late 1980s, when live comedy was very popular. We were open 6 nights a week; nowadays 2-3 nights is the norm.
So I was just selling tickets and seating people and such, but the cool part was getting to hang out with the comics. I met a few performers who were already well-known -- David Allan Grier, Shirley Hemphill, Pat Paulsen, Danny Bonaduce -- and quite a bunch before they got famous -- Drew Carey, Lewis Black, Jeff Dunham, Bill Maher, all of the Blue Collar Comedy guys, as well as a number of comics who went on to varying degrees of success that I actually grew to consider friends... It was a fun time in my life.
At some point I got bitten by the "I could do that" bug, and signed up for one of our open-mic nights. I did OK and really enjoyed it, so I kept doing it at various venues. Eventually I managed to parlay that into a small handful of (low) paying gigs, one of which was opening for the aforementioned Mac King.
I never did seriously consider pursuing it beyond that. I takes a lot of effort and dedication to make anything close to a living in comedy, the odds are against it, and I probably wasn't good enough anyway. So by the early 90s when the heyday began to die down and clubs weren't doing open-mics so much anymore, I quit doing it.
And that's pretty much it.
Cool! Thanks for sharing. I'm thinking rocky won't mind  
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 16:47:49
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| Thanks for sharing, rocky. Regarding Haile Selassie, you might want to check out The Emperor, by Ryszard Kapusciniski. A good read. |
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rockfsh
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 16:55:55
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Good story Wheelz. Mac is indeed a must see. Anyone without a Harrahs players card should sign up at Harrahs and ask for the Mac King promo. For $29 you get 2 tickets plus 2 drink tickets. Note that my comment to Mac was film related.  |
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rockfsh
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 17:12:14
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Thanks for sharing, rocky. Regarding Haile Selassie, you might want to check out The Emperor, by Ryszard Kapusciniski. A good read.
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