Iacono
Monday, February 28, 2011
On hold
Dear People Got hit and run by a drunk driver this weekend. My car's totaled, but no one was hurt. This may put some of my comedic aspirations on hold for a week or so...
Iacono
Iacono
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday Night Means Stand UP- Kyle Kinane, and Matt Fulchiron
Dear Peeps,
There are two new comedy central specials tonight. Comics Kyle Kinane, and Matt Fulchiron. I've only seen quick previews on TV, but so far CCP has been well off this season. Hopefully I'll be able to catch them before drowning in a pool friday night shenanigans.
Iacono
There are two new comedy central specials tonight. Comics Kyle Kinane, and Matt Fulchiron. I've only seen quick previews on TV, but so far CCP has been well off this season. Hopefully I'll be able to catch them before drowning in a pool friday night shenanigans.
Iacono
Thursday, February 24, 2011
How Iacono Got His Groove Back
Dear People,
Last night, expectantly, I ended up getting on stage and doing some material. It was a total fluke, I wasn't prepared, and I actually went to see someone else perform. However, in those brief moments I think I found something I had been missing for awhile: passion. The scene was dingy bar on a Wednesday night, and my roommates friend was performing at an open mic. This was a music/comedy open mic which are open mics that I find less than desirable for a comic because the mood isn't set to laugh. Well after listening to 54 year old in a skeleton shirt, and a kid with a mandolin finally my friend went on to perform. Long story short, he didn't speak up, and after about 2 minutes he dropped the mic and said 'fuck this'. I couldn't stand to see a situation like this so in my sloppy drunken haze I stepped on stage and started with whatever material I could think of. I wasn't great, but the whole scene really reinforced something upon me. I AM JUST WASTING TIME. I'm almost 21, I'm not performing consistently (or at all), and I'm so hung up on perfecting written material that I'm not focusing on perfecting it on a stage where it matters. This other amateur comic may not of been ready, but give it time if he keeps doing open mic's he'll be far better off than me whether he's a good comedian or not. I'm going to start filming my docupierence now, and I'm going to get on stage as soon as possible. Finished material or not.
And I'm out for the duece four,
Sean Iacono
Last night, expectantly, I ended up getting on stage and doing some material. It was a total fluke, I wasn't prepared, and I actually went to see someone else perform. However, in those brief moments I think I found something I had been missing for awhile: passion. The scene was dingy bar on a Wednesday night, and my roommates friend was performing at an open mic. This was a music/comedy open mic which are open mics that I find less than desirable for a comic because the mood isn't set to laugh. Well after listening to 54 year old in a skeleton shirt, and a kid with a mandolin finally my friend went on to perform. Long story short, he didn't speak up, and after about 2 minutes he dropped the mic and said 'fuck this'. I couldn't stand to see a situation like this so in my sloppy drunken haze I stepped on stage and started with whatever material I could think of. I wasn't great, but the whole scene really reinforced something upon me. I AM JUST WASTING TIME. I'm almost 21, I'm not performing consistently (or at all), and I'm so hung up on perfecting written material that I'm not focusing on perfecting it on a stage where it matters. This other amateur comic may not of been ready, but give it time if he keeps doing open mic's he'll be far better off than me whether he's a good comedian or not. I'm going to start filming my docupierence now, and I'm going to get on stage as soon as possible. Finished material or not.
And I'm out for the duece four,
Sean Iacono
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Stand Up Recap: Al Jackson & Patrice O'neal
Dear People,
Don't worry, I did not forget about you. I managed to catch new material form Al Jackson, and Patrice O'neal this weekend, sadly I missed Natasha Leggero, the one I was actually most excited to see. I was passed on my floor from PBR and thus unable to set my VCR to record. However the good news is that Al Jackson and Patrice O'neal were both hilarious.
Al Jackson had a real down to earth type vibe. Identified with crowd as person of his crowd. His humor was mostly everyday material for those in their mid 20's. The persona of Al Jackson is excited, but not too excited. He's definitely a performer though, no doubt about it. If I had to do a comparison Al Jackson is the guy at the party that everyone's listening to.His main jokes included starbuck's language, erectile dysfunction, and white people in sports. Anyway here is probably my favorite bit from his set that kind of reminds me of myself.
Patrice O'neal
Patrice O'neal was less consistent for me. I like the latter part of his set. Especially when he goes on about 20 year old's. However, I found the the beginning of his special to be awful material. He's performs well, he has a good character, but he just did not start off well. Honestly his best stuff started when his jokes got dirtier. Which I usually find to be the opposite case. His best jokes we're probably his monthly nosebleeds, and orgasm receipt. It's interesting though because I found a lot of people hyping him up, and he wasn't bad, just not mind blowing either. You can decide that for yourself though.
As for my stand up career, after much procrastination tonight I will make some improvement. I'm going to an open mic show, and hopefully can meet some people who may be able to point me in the right direction.
That's all
Iacono
Don't worry, I did not forget about you. I managed to catch new material form Al Jackson, and Patrice O'neal this weekend, sadly I missed Natasha Leggero, the one I was actually most excited to see. I was passed on my floor from PBR and thus unable to set my VCR to record. However the good news is that Al Jackson and Patrice O'neal were both hilarious.
Al Jackson had a real down to earth type vibe. Identified with crowd as person of his crowd. His humor was mostly everyday material for those in their mid 20's. The persona of Al Jackson is excited, but not too excited. He's definitely a performer though, no doubt about it. If I had to do a comparison Al Jackson is the guy at the party that everyone's listening to.His main jokes included starbuck's language, erectile dysfunction, and white people in sports. Anyway here is probably my favorite bit from his set that kind of reminds me of myself.
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| Al Jackson - Drinking Crew | ||||
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Patrice O'neal
Patrice O'neal was less consistent for me. I like the latter part of his set. Especially when he goes on about 20 year old's. However, I found the the beginning of his special to be awful material. He's performs well, he has a good character, but he just did not start off well. Honestly his best stuff started when his jokes got dirtier. Which I usually find to be the opposite case. His best jokes we're probably his monthly nosebleeds, and orgasm receipt. It's interesting though because I found a lot of people hyping him up, and he wasn't bad, just not mind blowing either. You can decide that for yourself though.
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| Patrice O'Neal - Once a Month | ||||
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As for my stand up career, after much procrastination tonight I will make some improvement. I'm going to an open mic show, and hopefully can meet some people who may be able to point me in the right direction.
That's all
Iacono
Friday, February 18, 2011
A deeper look at Patrice O'neal
Dear People,
http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2011/02/patrice-oneals-elephant-in-the-room-debuts-saturday-lets-watch-web-exclusive
Iacono
http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2011/02/patrice-oneals-elephant-in-the-room-debuts-saturday-lets-watch-web-exclusive
Patrice O’Neal will finally debut his own one-hour comedy special on Comedy Central this Saturday at 10 pm EST.
Iacono
Thursday, February 17, 2011
New Comedy This Weekend Al Jackson, Natasha Leggero, And Patrice O'neal
Dear People,
I feel bad I missed all the specials last weekend. However, this weekend looks promising for new stand up. Patrice O'neal will be receiving an hour long special "Elephant in the room". I've never heard his stuff so I'm excited. Al Jackson is relatively unknown, as he (like many CCP members) does not have a wikipedia page yet, Finally Natasha Leggero is actually a really funny female comic. I find her to be extremely hit or miss, but when she's on she's on. That's about it for now, make sure you all set your tivo.
Iacono
I feel bad I missed all the specials last weekend. However, this weekend looks promising for new stand up. Patrice O'neal will be receiving an hour long special "Elephant in the room". I've never heard his stuff so I'm excited. Al Jackson is relatively unknown, as he (like many CCP members) does not have a wikipedia page yet, Finally Natasha Leggero is actually a really funny female comic. I find her to be extremely hit or miss, but when she's on she's on. That's about it for now, make sure you all set your tivo.
Iacono
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Ann Coulter was at CPAC
Dear People,
Being very unspecific, I went to CPAC this weekend. The Conservative Political Action Conference. Although my interests in comedy and politics are completely separate, if you can't find a connect between comedy and politics you should probably not be reading this anyway. One of the final speakers at the conference was Ann Coulter. A conservative commentator for fox news, who I have never actually sat down and watched. While listening to her speech at CPAC I actually had an epiphany. Ann Coulter is not a commentator at all but she is reall a comedian or comedienne. The entire speech she made consisted of: Set up - Bang, Set up - Bang, Set up - Bang. It was actually quite hilarious, my only problem with it was that I believe a large group of people took her as serious and not as entertainment. I'm going to show part of her speech (or performance), and honestly it's just a set but based on Liberals vs Conservatives. She even makes pop culture references to Celebrities like Charlie Sheen. I can appreciate good humor against both sides of the political spectrum, but I should probably mention, in case you are unaware this is not an unbiased piece of humor towards democrats.
Being very unspecific, I went to CPAC this weekend. The Conservative Political Action Conference. Although my interests in comedy and politics are completely separate, if you can't find a connect between comedy and politics you should probably not be reading this anyway. One of the final speakers at the conference was Ann Coulter. A conservative commentator for fox news, who I have never actually sat down and watched. While listening to her speech at CPAC I actually had an epiphany. Ann Coulter is not a commentator at all but she is reall a comedian or comedienne. The entire speech she made consisted of: Set up - Bang, Set up - Bang, Set up - Bang. It was actually quite hilarious, my only problem with it was that I believe a large group of people took her as serious and not as entertainment. I'm going to show part of her speech (or performance), and honestly it's just a set but based on Liberals vs Conservatives. She even makes pop culture references to Celebrities like Charlie Sheen. I can appreciate good humor against both sides of the political spectrum, but I should probably mention, in case you are unaware this is not an unbiased piece of humor towards democrats.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Blue Monday Stand Up Recap: Chris D'elia, Nate Bargatz, and Billy Gardell
Dear People,
In case you were wondering I did learn how to use my VCR this weekend. The timer function is tricky, but does work. Anyway I managed to catch all three specials this weekend, and I got to say: pretty happy with 2/3rd's of it. Really enjoyed Nate Bargotze's special. He's a young guy, but has a subtle humor. Billy Gardell had an hour special called "halftime" (that may be incorrect, but something along that line). And finally there was Chris D'elia, let's not talk about Chris D'elia...
I can say a few things positive about D'elia's presents special. Technically speaking he had the marks of a decent comedian. He created a character persona for himself, he was lively/well animated, and he had an okay set-up bang rhythm. However, the man cannot write jokes. His finale joke was funny, but I honestly stopped watching in the middle of his performance because it was so bad. I came back later to finish it. For the most part D'elia's act was a clusterball of unfunny scenario stories and fart jokes. Fart jokes are risky, if you do a fart joke it better be funny, unfortunately for D'elia, he lacks that talent.
Nate Bargatze I liked a lot, and I'm glad because I was beginning to think these reviews would be entirely negative. Like I said Nate Bargatze was a young guy, around 28 maybe. He had a subtle humor to him, but the kind of subtly that made the audience want to listen. An odd thing about Bargatze I noticed was for some reason he was (or it looked like he was) wearing latex gloves for his entire performance. Anyway his best bits included a joke on Cambodia, and the 'white race card'. Here's a clip from his comedy central profile.
Finally there was Billy Gardell. While I can't remember the exact title of his special (and neither can the rest of the internet). I believe it was called "Halftime". I have it taped but I'm too lazy to go back now. Anyway, what I saw here was 1 hour of solid stand up comedy. Thank God because after watching Nick Kroll's disaster I needed some. Gardell's set mainly focused on midlife, and new trends of the younger generation. It was a good take on societies changing habits from the perspective of the outdated, older generation. Here's a look at one of his bits, taking from the main theme of his act.
I definitely encourage anyone who feels like a laugh to check out Gardell and Bargatz. Maybe skip D'elia until he puts out some new work. As for my travels into stand up comedy. I'd pretty much at the same place I was last week. I have a notecard full of open mic venues, but I still have to call to see if they actively hold them. As far as my act, I'm about half done with maybe 10 minutes of material. Half of it is finished jokes, the others are still in written idea form. I'm thinking of starting some type of stand up night on my university's campus. I'm involved in organizations now so I know the process of getting a room to use. The idea is actually not to pull off at all. I may be forced to do this if there really is not a way for amateur comedians to perform in my area. Next week I probably won't get to talk about the present's specials because I'll actually be at political conference in DC. I figure if the comedy thing doesn't work out I could always be a politician.
Iacono (Yah-Kuh-No)
In case you were wondering I did learn how to use my VCR this weekend. The timer function is tricky, but does work. Anyway I managed to catch all three specials this weekend, and I got to say: pretty happy with 2/3rd's of it. Really enjoyed Nate Bargotze's special. He's a young guy, but has a subtle humor. Billy Gardell had an hour special called "halftime" (that may be incorrect, but something along that line). And finally there was Chris D'elia, let's not talk about Chris D'elia...
I can say a few things positive about D'elia's presents special. Technically speaking he had the marks of a decent comedian. He created a character persona for himself, he was lively/well animated, and he had an okay set-up bang rhythm. However, the man cannot write jokes. His finale joke was funny, but I honestly stopped watching in the middle of his performance because it was so bad. I came back later to finish it. For the most part D'elia's act was a clusterball of unfunny scenario stories and fart jokes. Fart jokes are risky, if you do a fart joke it better be funny, unfortunately for D'elia, he lacks that talent.
Nate Bargatze I liked a lot, and I'm glad because I was beginning to think these reviews would be entirely negative. Like I said Nate Bargatze was a young guy, around 28 maybe. He had a subtle humor to him, but the kind of subtly that made the audience want to listen. An odd thing about Bargatze I noticed was for some reason he was (or it looked like he was) wearing latex gloves for his entire performance. Anyway his best bits included a joke on Cambodia, and the 'white race card'. Here's a clip from his comedy central profile.
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| Nate Bargatze - Melting Pot | ||||
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Finally there was Billy Gardell. While I can't remember the exact title of his special (and neither can the rest of the internet). I believe it was called "Halftime". I have it taped but I'm too lazy to go back now. Anyway, what I saw here was 1 hour of solid stand up comedy. Thank God because after watching Nick Kroll's disaster I needed some. Gardell's set mainly focused on midlife, and new trends of the younger generation. It was a good take on societies changing habits from the perspective of the outdated, older generation. Here's a look at one of his bits, taking from the main theme of his act.
| Jokes.com | ||||
| Billy Gardell - Get Out of the House | ||||
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I definitely encourage anyone who feels like a laugh to check out Gardell and Bargatz. Maybe skip D'elia until he puts out some new work. As for my travels into stand up comedy. I'd pretty much at the same place I was last week. I have a notecard full of open mic venues, but I still have to call to see if they actively hold them. As far as my act, I'm about half done with maybe 10 minutes of material. Half of it is finished jokes, the others are still in written idea form. I'm thinking of starting some type of stand up night on my university's campus. I'm involved in organizations now so I know the process of getting a room to use. The idea is actually not to pull off at all. I may be forced to do this if there really is not a way for amateur comedians to perform in my area. Next week I probably won't get to talk about the present's specials because I'll actually be at political conference in DC. I figure if the comedy thing doesn't work out I could always be a politician.
Iacono (Yah-Kuh-No)
Friday, February 4, 2011
New Stand Up This Weekend: Billy Gardell, Nate Bargatze, And Chris D'Elia
Dear People,
It's the weekend again and that means more stand up. Comedy Central is airing three specials this weekend including comics: Billy Storm, Nate Bargatze, and Chris D'Elia. Supposing I learn how to set my VCR timer I can get to watch them all and still remember. Royal Comedy Tour is also coming to my city in March so I'll have more information on that as well. As regards to myself getting on a stage. I've recently finished a large amount of material and I've found about 7 venues (still have to confirm) that may have open mic's for comics. I've quickly learned my region's stand up scene is virtually nonexistant. It still can't stop me though, I'll just make one.
Iacono
It's the weekend again and that means more stand up. Comedy Central is airing three specials this weekend including comics: Billy Storm, Nate Bargatze, and Chris D'Elia. Supposing I learn how to set my VCR timer I can get to watch them all and still remember. Royal Comedy Tour is also coming to my city in March so I'll have more information on that as well. As regards to myself getting on a stage. I've recently finished a large amount of material and I've found about 7 venues (still have to confirm) that may have open mic's for comics. I've quickly learned my region's stand up scene is virtually nonexistant. It still can't stop me though, I'll just make one.
Iacono
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