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05-25-2005, 04:52 PM
So here is what went down on the Friday Tinkle show here in glorious Seattle.
On Friday the guest comics were Eugene Mirman, Heather Lawless, AD Miles and Demitri Martin. Demitri was definitely the best of the four guest comics. His material is much like Steven Wright or Mitch Hedberg. I memory has gone to shit and I can’t remember any of his jokes well enough to do him justice. Eugene Mirman was good, but he just did stuff that is off his cd. Heather Lawless I thought was awful. Her whole shtick was that she talked in the white trash voice and went on and on about her trashy family. It wasn’t funny at all. AD Miles had a good bit where he had a slide show with no pictures in it but would talk about them if as their were.
As far as the hosts Barry, Cross and Benjamin they were phenomenal. To my surprise Barry was definitely the Best out of the three and the great DC was probably third. They’re stuff was slightly scripted, but when it came to adlibbing Barry and Benjamin were a little better.
They opened with a funny video that showed them in New York packing to come to Seattle. David says something like “should I bring my drunk Indian” and the camera pans to a native American sitting on his couch. They end up doing a frolicking montage where they mistake Portland for Seattle and Stephen Malkmus for Eddie Vedder.
During the first half of the show there was a woman signing off to the right of the stage. When they came back on stage after I believe Heather Lawless they noticed her and started repeating the same words really fast like tsunami and making her sign them. Eventually they have her stop signing and it turns out she is deaf and she is just making up her own jokes and signing them. She starts arguing with them, using the deaf voice, and eventually she runs out of the room. The joke was funny but they kept going with it and I think the crowd became a little uncomfortable.
The hi-light for me was when Todd Barry came out into the audience to talk to people in the VIP section. Most of the tables on the main floor were purchased for $500 or $1000. Keep in mind this is a benefit show and most of the tables were purchased by Sub Pop, Music For America, and the conglomerate that is Pearl Jam. Most of the people sitting at these tables didn’t pay a dime. Anyway my boss set me up and I was the first person that Todd Barry grilled for being a VIP. I decided not to even attempt being funny knowing that you don’t try to out funny a pro and let him make fun of me for not paying for a benefit show. It was pretty awesome and I hope that I make the cut for the DVD.
I kept running into Todd Barry throughout the weekend which became a running joke between us. I ran into him at 5 different places throughout the city. I think he was stalking me.
I could keep going on about the show, but I’m sure few have made through all this. I’m sorry that this is a pretty shitty review, but if people are interested I write a little about Sunday’s show.
On Friday the guest comics were Eugene Mirman, Heather Lawless, AD Miles and Demitri Martin. Demitri was definitely the best of the four guest comics. His material is much like Steven Wright or Mitch Hedberg. I memory has gone to shit and I can’t remember any of his jokes well enough to do him justice. Eugene Mirman was good, but he just did stuff that is off his cd. Heather Lawless I thought was awful. Her whole shtick was that she talked in the white trash voice and went on and on about her trashy family. It wasn’t funny at all. AD Miles had a good bit where he had a slide show with no pictures in it but would talk about them if as their were.
As far as the hosts Barry, Cross and Benjamin they were phenomenal. To my surprise Barry was definitely the Best out of the three and the great DC was probably third. They’re stuff was slightly scripted, but when it came to adlibbing Barry and Benjamin were a little better.
They opened with a funny video that showed them in New York packing to come to Seattle. David says something like “should I bring my drunk Indian” and the camera pans to a native American sitting on his couch. They end up doing a frolicking montage where they mistake Portland for Seattle and Stephen Malkmus for Eddie Vedder.
During the first half of the show there was a woman signing off to the right of the stage. When they came back on stage after I believe Heather Lawless they noticed her and started repeating the same words really fast like tsunami and making her sign them. Eventually they have her stop signing and it turns out she is deaf and she is just making up her own jokes and signing them. She starts arguing with them, using the deaf voice, and eventually she runs out of the room. The joke was funny but they kept going with it and I think the crowd became a little uncomfortable.
The hi-light for me was when Todd Barry came out into the audience to talk to people in the VIP section. Most of the tables on the main floor were purchased for $500 or $1000. Keep in mind this is a benefit show and most of the tables were purchased by Sub Pop, Music For America, and the conglomerate that is Pearl Jam. Most of the people sitting at these tables didn’t pay a dime. Anyway my boss set me up and I was the first person that Todd Barry grilled for being a VIP. I decided not to even attempt being funny knowing that you don’t try to out funny a pro and let him make fun of me for not paying for a benefit show. It was pretty awesome and I hope that I make the cut for the DVD.
I kept running into Todd Barry throughout the weekend which became a running joke between us. I ran into him at 5 different places throughout the city. I think he was stalking me.
I could keep going on about the show, but I’m sure few have made through all this. I’m sorry that this is a pretty shitty review, but if people are interested I write a little about Sunday’s show.