Ok, if that Spaff thing changes, let me know.  Filiming?  I'm not sure I want my likeness out there - not sure that people would want my likeness out there.  Certainly I'll be there to cheer you on - unless one of those better offers comes up.  I'm really interested to see the set up and how it goes - I'd really like to prepare a five minute monolgue and do it, as they say, some night in the next few months.  You'll have to fill me in on the logistics.  By the way, you perform and I'll buy you the beer.  Where's the after party - someplace in Union Square?  The Brewery?  The Coffee Shop?
Later
bob

OK, today's the 15th. That means the performance was last night. Well, how did it go Glenn? Did you use any of the tracks I sent you? Let us know, man!

He used your when I'm 64 track, and that went well but I suppose I'll leave the details to the performer

OK, today's the 15th. That means the performance was last night. Well, how did it go Glenn? Did you use any of the tracks I sent you? Let us know, man!


The whole experience ruled, pretty much. I got to go on early in the show because I managed 7-people to come see me. My cousins Jay, Matt, my Uncle Pete, my other cousin Steve, Alamelu from my internship, Ethan (who you already know) and my friend John were all in attendance. I was really nervous when I first got up. At first I tried out some Santa Clause jokes which didn't do very well (Yay, my first public BOMB is out of the way) but when I moved onto parodies things got better:

1st I did the first half of 'We are the Fellows' where I got the audience of around 50 people to do the clap from 'We are the Champions' as I belted out my LOTR lyrics. The whole front row seemed really confused for most of the song, but they kept the clap going anyway, which was very cool.

2nd I did 'The Reasons Why Women need Men' to a recording that my Uncle Eric made. That went over better, but there were still some people in that damn front row looking confused. I had to pull out the big guns.

Last I performed 'When I'm President' to Rick C's very excellent doctoring of a 'When I'm 64' midi. My slogan was 'I'm on the throne, You're on your own' and it went over very well, even with the front row.

I lugged in some video equipment from my current internship and recorded myself from a side view and then made a DVD the next day so I could show the family and friends who couldn't make it. The audio sucks and the lighting doesn't work, but that's all technical and funny in and of itself anyway.

I wouldn't trade the experience for anything and I'm fixing to do it again in February if not sooner.

Pictures will be forcoming.

Thank you all for the support.

-Glen

Glad to hear it went well Glen (even if the front row people needed a sense of humour injection)

Way to go, Glen! It is important to get that first BOMB out of the way. If you recover from it gracefully (as it sounds like you did), it will help you down the road.

I remember, about a year ago, I tried standup (without singing) and, I had written a joke that the audience groaned audibly at. I had written the joke about a year and a half ago. I was doing a bit on amusement parks. Here's the joke.

"Speaking of amusement parks....that new Superman ride at Six Flags is aptly named isn't it? You go on that ride and you'll end up like Christopher Reeve!"

Well, Reeve had just passed away 2 weeks before and, someone had been killed when they fell off of the ride a few months before. Needless to say, it was in poor taste and it bombed.
I had told myself I wasn't going to use it but, in my nervousness onstage, I couldn't think of another joke at the time and, it just slipped out.

I adlibbed a joke out of their groaning. I said something like, "Hey, is my wife here?" "That's the same sound she makes whenever I tell her I'm horny!" That got a big laugh and it was smooth sailing after that.

OK, sorry to hog your thread here. I'm happy it went well for you, Glen! Glad to help too.

Great job Glen, sounds like you ruled. Things could have gone much worse, at a comedy show I was at recently the main act was PHYSICALLY STOPPED and asked to LEAVE THE STAGE. I suppose humor about farts and various bodily fluids during dinner time weren't the best ideas. Or maybe it was mentioning the curiousity of cats during sex attracted to "hangy things".

Oh, look foward to the pictures.

Jack

Congrats, Glenz! I hope this is merely the first step in a long and illustrious career.

And it's a relief to hear that Bob Pagliaro wasn't there.

xoxox
Spaff

Sorry about the HUGE delay. I had a bunch of family stuff going on and afterwards I was too stuffed from Christmas meals to get move. Here are some photos from the night I did stand-up. I hope you enjoy. You'll notice in both I look a lot like Satan. My buddy Jon was manning the camera and although it's not really his fault, I'm still holding him personally responsible for my resembling Satan.

And here's another one...

And here's the after-party late-night snack. From left-to-right it's Ethan, my cousin Steve, and myself.

And here's one of the performing stage area, free of performers and crowd.

And just for kicks, here's one of me lugging all the crap I brought to the show. That list includes: A boom-box to play the music, my general bag for city travel including maps and change of clothes, a high-end camera from my internship to record myself, and a tripod to sit the high-end camera on. Believe me when I say I only just barely fit through the subway turnstiles on the way there.