Friday Night Stand Up

My favorite way to "veg" is by watching Comedy Central and its lineup of stand up comedy. Tonight featurs comics from "across the pond" which is a much different type of comedy (usually much cleaner and a bit high brow)...One of my favorites is Sarah Kendall from Australia (not British...but still a bit far away).

What I think is interesting is that comics that perform internationally must use material that connects with all types of audiences, unlimited by borders and culture. That takes a bit more effort and brains.

Colin Mocherie, of "Whose LIne Is it Anyway" says there are three qualities that comics must have:

1 - a sense of being an outsider

2 - the ability to see the humor in everything

3 - soul-devouring bitterness

Dwayne Kennedy (a NY comic) is funny with a lot of religious overtures:

"I know bad stuff happened in the bible. Have you ever really looked? Things start going downhill about page 3."

"I'm atheist with a "B" plan...you don't want to be the only one on your block that finds out at the last minute that God really exist."

My brothers and I grew up listening to Bill Cosby records...we had them all memorized, probably can still quote them from start to finish. This was his "Fat Albert" era and a lot of things about his childhood. If you can laugh at something, you're one step closer to dealing with it.