tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post202768982651488019..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "The Truth About Being A Stand-Up Comedian (Which Has Only Recently Hit Home)"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-2164100232505392322013-01-11T16:26:28.039-08:002013-01-11T16:26:28.039-08:00Earl -- It's been many years, but I remember ...Earl -- It's been many years, but I remember you doing audience warm-ups and you were hilarious. Warm and natural, just talking to the audience like normal people. I don't remember any jokes, just a lot of laughs. You were a treat to watch. Anytime you wanna try a stand-up set, I'd come watch.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343550549446135387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-39411123560025458262013-01-10T15:00:01.658-08:002013-01-10T15:00:01.658-08:00I would like to know more about the less than pure...I would like to know more about the less than pure derivation of the institution of cheerleadingpumpkinheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-3385235248511715672013-01-10T11:35:06.495-08:002013-01-10T11:35:06.495-08:00That very observation was used in an interesting a...That very observation was used in an interesting article I read recently by Steve Heisler on his website, called "Why heckling is never right." Very well-written article if you want to check it out. His point is that a heckler has no more right to heckle a stand-up than a theatre-goer has to heckle an actor, because the stand-up is an actor. He or she is making their solo performance appear to be a conversation, and pretending things are just occurring to them - but they're not - and it's that illusion which gives the impression that, as it's a conversation, it's OK to contribute - which is wrong. Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-70291980174136134492013-01-10T07:48:07.606-08:002013-01-10T07:48:07.606-08:00This same notion hit me a few years ago when I loo...This same notion hit me a few years ago when I looked at the bios for the cast of "The Office." Creed Bratton really is Creed Bratton, but on the show he plays a character named Creed Bratton. If you've seen the show, you probably join me in the hope that the "Office" Creed is substantially more wigged-out than the real-life Creed. But since both claim to have been a member of the 60s pop-rock group "The Grass Roots" - a true fact - (as opposed to a false fact? but I digress) and that fact is indisputable, it is left to the viewer to discern just how much of the TV Creed is the real Creed and vice-versa. This is not as true about Bill Cosby. He's Bill Cosby, not Cliff Huxtable. Ray Romano is Ray Romano, not Ray Barone. And so on... It's all very meta and hard to follow, but it beats watching the Kardashians, who should only exist in drunken nightmares.<br /><br />DougDougnoreply@blogger.com