Friday, December 15, 2006

Has the comedy bubble burst?

I only used that smack-talking headline because there were only about half-to-two-thirds the amount of audience members at last night's Invite Them Up holiday hoedown at Bowery Ballroom than there were a year ago for their CD release show. It probably hasn't really burst.





The evening provided a cornucopia of fellatio, cunnilingus, and homosexuality jests for a part-worshipful/part-distracted audience. Here are some photos I took before my camera batts died.



















(Below: Kristen Schall) Hey, did you guys know there are lady comedians who aren't Roseann or Ellen DeGeneres? Christopher Hitchens doesn't. Why, this young lady doesn't even look masculine or Jewy! That goes against everything that man knows about female comics! (OK, I'll let it go now.)



















Probably the most exciting aspect for my crew was whether bday girl Jess was going to get bellig enough to heckle anyone. (She didn't...mostly.)




Later because of the extra holiday tourist population, I had to fight for a cab right home, shooing away women from both sides of the cab I was already in, since the driver was lingering around acting like he was still taking applications from young ladies who live in more desirable destinations. Yeah, cabby, "I don't know how to get there" is not an acceptable answer if I, the paying passenger, do, and it's easy to get there. So all these cab vultures can just scrammo. Cripes. Grumble grumble humbug

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posted by Colleen @ 7:46 AM  

3 Comments:

  • At 11:54 AM, Blogger jessicamoats said…

    i wish i would have remembered more of bday potential beligeFest.

    i woke up only to recall a sparse crowd and barely being able to focus on some lackluster material, hoping my bday buzz wouldn't suffer.

    ... while barry, mirman, and tompkins made a a kind of blurry impression. i think barry made me angry because he dealt out some tried and true, but mirm made some awesome comment about a ginormous guy.

    and rustin reminded me i was blowing smoke into the open darkness begging to be called out like a jerk. and offering it to evone.

    then i thought i lost my cell phone (again) the day after an intense whiskey ingestFest. making twice in two months. only to find it (and the previous one as well) in nooks around my apartment, where a drunkenly dropped them.

    my bday wasn't that horrid, cokane, was it? i put my full effort into the party, as usual. ;)

     

  • At 12:06 PM, Blogger Colleen said…

    No way, not horrid at all! It was looong, though, and I was the last one standing from our group! I think lackluster is a good word, I've seen most of these guys do better. Although Jon Glaser was awesome as always.
    And you partied like a champ as always!

     

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