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I’m Dying Up Here

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1 year ago
by Andrew J Rivers in
In the 1970s The Comedy Store was opened in Los Angeles. Comics struggling all over the country for a way to break out, took notice once a Comedy Store regular appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The stories of Jay Leno, Richard Lewis, David Letterman, Robin Williams, Gallagher, Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney and [...]
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Emo Phillips

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1 year ago
by Andrew J Rivers in
A comedian that needs the F Word to get a laugh is like a martial arts expert who needs a gun. Wishing you Luck – Emo Phillips. Emo worked laughs in kirkland one weekend and Id seen him several years before but never got to meet him. He was very funny and very normal off [...]
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Contests Are Bullshit!

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1 year ago
by Andrew J Rivers in
“Contests are bullshit.” – Duane Goad I met Duane Goad during my first year in comedy as he hosted the “Funniest Person to Drive through Totem Lake” Comedy contest at Laughs in Kirkland. He was a great host and making lots of jokes about how “this contest is a big deal” and “The winner moves [...]
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Write Everything Down

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1 year ago
by Andrew J Rivers in
“Hal Sparks – Write Everything Down! Ain’t nothin to it but to do it!” Ain’t nothing to it but to do it. Seinfeld once said if he were to teach a class on comedy he would gather everyone in a room and have a giant banner drop down that said “Do the work.” I only [...]
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Don’t Fuck the Waitresses

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1 year ago
by Andrew J Rivers in
“Andrew, Don’t fuck the waitresses, no matter how hot they are!! I’m serious! I can’t work in El Paso any more. Damn Latina’s!! Cheers Rick D’Elia aka Lick D’eRia” One very controversial entry was by hilarious Portland comedian, Rick D’Elia. I met Rick at the parlor live one day I was hanging with some comedy [...]
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