Well, I may have spent the past two days sick in bed, but tonight, I’ll finally be getting out of my PJs (or maybe just putting on a more socially acceptable going-out kinda PJs) for this event right here:
(Since the poster was made, we’ve also had two great additions to the line-up: Ned & Dave and Mark DeBonis. Huzzah!)
If you’re thinking about coming, and you’re not sure what kind of food items to bring, check out what some of the performers’ favourite canned goods and maybe you’ll be inspired:
Ned Petrie (of Ned & Dave):
“Pumpkin Pie Filling (although if they could actually ‘can’ the nature of ‘good’-ness, that would be the tops)”
David Tichauer (the Dave part of Ned & Dave):
“My favorite canned good is the laughter on the Flintstones.”
The Sues:
“Peaches… millions of peaches. we love canned peaches so much that we moved to the country where we found a nice man who put fresh peaches in a can. for us and only us… he did make us kiss him in his little dun buggy for each can, but they’re so delish that we were okay with it.”
Kristeen von Hagen:
“Soup! And Kraft dinner!”
James Kersley:
“Tuna combined with a can of corn. It’s a cheap student meal of protein and whatever corn is. (Chef Boyardee Ravioli is a close second)”
Vest of Friends:
Canned Pizza. It doesn’t exist yet but we’re working on it. We figure people like pizza, so why not put it in a can? Get it? We’re smart.”
All great ideas! Maybe some of you will end up bringing some canned pizza of your own to give to:
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What a splendid evening of comedy last night at The Second City as friends etc. gave their send-offs to main stage cast members Ashley Comeau, Carly Heffernan & Alastair Forbes, all people I got the pleasure of watching during my stint as a host at Second City and who have now become softball buddies & confidants during tough-life-decision-making-moments.
I was thrilled to get to see some of the sketches from their previous shows, those I hadn’t got to see because I still lived in Ottawa and/or was too dumb to come see Second City revues.
If you missed the show last night, well that’s a big tough titties. BUT, this NOW magazine article written by Glenn Sumi will hopefully make you feel a little better as you get to know a bit more about the newly added alumni of the Second City Toronto:
Click & be magically taken away to the NOW Magazine article.
It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve been back from the Ottawa/Montreal leg of our Comedy Before the Frost tour and I still haven’t had the time to post any of the photos or videos. But I’m working on it. I promise.
I had my first Level D class at the Second City Training Centre this past Monday (Rob Baker‘s my teacher – So excited! Uh… the comedian, not the dude from The Tragically Hip – although that would also be cool.) Afterwards, I huddled and dodged the hurricane over to the Main Stage to check out the last little bit of the 2012 Cream of Comedy show, where those 5 performers who were selected from Fresh Meat got to battle it out one last time in hopes of winning the Tim Sims Engouragement Fund Finally, Christi Olson was declared victor and was awarded $5k & a scholarship to the Training Centre. Good on her. She’s hilarious and totally deserves it. Also, I hear she needs money to buy meds, so… good. Comedy’s literally keeping this girl alive.
Kudos to the producer Deanna Palazzo for putting for the hard work she put into Fresh Meat and CoC this year. They were both really fantastic performances, which ran smoothly, professionally and hilariously, just as planned.
I don’t know why, but because I didn’t know Tim Sims, I derived great pleasure out of recognizing him from the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials where he played Rory Tate, the scientist tracking mysterious peanut butter and chocolaty crop circles. I REMEMBER those! I guess it makes me feel better because I can acknowledge that though I never got to see Tim perform live, some element of his performance has been ingrained in my memory – so I feel better about being nominated to be in a competition for award in his name. Does that make sense? I don’t care. It does to me.
IT DOES TO ME!
Anyway, C0C was hosted by Kristeen von Hagen, who is hilarious. And, having heard she was in town, the wonderful Jess Beaulieu snagged her up to headline her and Laura Bailey‘s popular CHICKA-BOOM show, on which I got to perform with some other fun sketch and improv comedians and none other than Royal Canadian Air Farce veteran, Luba Goy.
The Canadian Ukrainian Princess
“What? Brie, that’s amazing!”
I know. You don’t have to tell me that. I feel it too.
She performed a great little bit of stand-up and included some of the fan favorites, including Kim Campbell & Donald Duck. After the show, Luba kept us out too late for a Sunday, telling the hosts they need to hurry up, get married and have babies (not with each other…) before their parts dry up. She then picked up what is probably the Free Times Café owner’s family heirloom, a sweet old accordion, without permission and went to town on it – telling us tales of her own one-of-a-kind childhood accordion, which her friend traded in sans permission. Tragedy, right?
Who could say anything though? She’s Ukrainian Canada’s sweetheart!
Also, Luba tells me I’m no longer allowed to drink sweet white wine, so… I have to settle for Pinot Grigio these days.
YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT LUBA SAYS!!!! BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN OTHERWISE.
I think I forgot to mention the total crazy excitement that happened last Sunday at work. The Arcade freakin’ Fire (Win & Rejine anyway) came to see a show at the Second City.
I didn’t get to take a photo of/with them or anything because, I’m a total profesh at my job. Obvi.
But the cast got one, so I’m gonna steal it and live vicariously through it.
No big deal, but I brought them to their seats and told Win to use the ladies washroom by accident.
Please, someone, hire me. I’m good at stuff. I have a degree and a diploma. I’m smart. I have lots of experience!
I just want to work during the days so I can have some time at night to go out and tell jokes/work on screenplays/work on spec scripts/work on short stories/write a novel/improvise/perform/write sketches/review shows/film shorts/film longer things/write plays/perform in plays/BE A COMEDIAN.
I just can’t do it because this…
And because it costs so much to live here…
AND because nobody in their right MIND would pay to see this take her clothes off…
In spite of all that. Someone out there. Please. Hire me.
Friends and supporters of cat humour, you’ll be pleased to know the newest episode of my attempt at a low-budget webseries is now available on YouTube to be viewed by all!
Procter & Gamblehas this ad paying homage to the selfless moms out there who are there every step of the way in the upbringing of a Olympic athletes (or in general, anyone who’s ever dreamed big.) It’s really touching, and I know it’s a big giant evil corporation, but it still made me feel like: “I love my Mom!” – then I balled my eyes out.
McDonalds opted for a different advertising technique in this market. Less sentimentality and more dub-step. In an effort to sell a shitty-looking chicken sandwich? It made me feel like: “Make this stop – I’m never going to order this shitty sandwich. If I go to McDonald’s it’s not for “healthy” chicken sandwiches, and it certainly isn’t to wait around for a half hour to let the staff finish their dance routine, so shut up, stop dancing and make me a Quarter Pounder!” – then I threw my cat at the TV.
Brie Watson 