3 Things: No Such Thing, Friends Who Folk, and Mister Softee
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Live shows
BOSTON:
Tune in to WBUR 90.9 FM or listen online to a star-studded episode ofYou're the Expert featuring Kristen Schaal, James Adomian, and Eugene Mirman. Our expert is Natalie Reeder, the official wildlife biologist at SFO airport. This episode airs tonight at 6 p.m. and then again on Monday at 9 p.m. Link
Thursday, June 23 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at The Davis Square Theatre. You're the Expert records live with Sasheer Zamata, Obehi Janice, and Ken Reid. Link
NEW YORK:
Wednesday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m at The Annoyance Theatre. Last week at The Sensible Show, Broad City's Ilana Glazer and Myq Kaplan both dropped in. Who knows who'll show up this week? Actually, it'll definitely be Seaton Smith, Nate Fernald, Carmen Lynch, and Andrew Mayer. But maybe more too! Link
I'm working on confirming a bunch more dates in NYC and San Francisco for later this summer. I'll post those soon and, as always, you can find my full up-to-date show schedule online here.
This week's list
NOTE: 3 Things will not be sent next Saturday. It's my wedding, so I'm going to focus on that instead. I'll be back on 6/18!
1 Thing I Think Is Great:
No Such Thing As The News is a new television show where four delightful British people "present their favourite facts related to the previous week's news." If you know the show QI, these are the four researchers who make it happen. They are all adorable and hilarious. I cannot imagine what could be better than ridiculous true news stories read by witty Brits with fantastic accents. No Such Thing As The News - Episode 1
1 Thing That Made Me Laugh:
Rachel Wenitsky and Ned Riseley are the rare duo who are gifted at both music and comedy. They perform as Friends Who Folk, and they just put out a very funny music video on The New Yorker's website. It's a self-congratulatory ode to themselves for sharing political opinions on Facebook. Friends Who Folk: Click If You're Politically Aware
1 Interesting Thing:
My dad once spent a summer in Michigan driving an ice cream truck to help pay for college. Every time he picked up more ice cream, the company had a new name and the ice cream was at a different warehouse. He couldn't figure out what was going on until he was back in school and realized everyone else had been selling drugs out of the trucks and he was the only guy actually selling ice cream.
I always thought that was a crazy story until I read this New York Times article about the turf war between Mister Softee trucks and New York Ice Cream trucks. One of the quotes is literally "Let me tell you about this business. Every truck has a bat inside." It turns out that you might be safer selling drugs than popsicles in Manhattan. All I want to talk about now is ice cream truck wars. A Renegade Muscles In on Mister Softee's Turf
Ok, thanks for reading! More details on shows and my full schedule online at www.chrisduffycomedy.com/calendar/
Have a great weekend,
Chris
Happy Birthday, Mom!
I'm at my parents' place to celebrate my mom's birthday. Somehow the conversation turned to how Michael Rockefeller was eaten by cannibals. You know, typical birthday stuff. I was skeptical so my mom tried to google him to prove it to me but instead she just texted the words "Michael Rockefeller" to several random people in her phone.
I can't think of a better way she could proudly announce to the world that she is now 62 years old. Also, it turns out he really did get eaten by cannibals. Crazy stuff. Happy birthday, Mom!
3 Things: Keegan-Michael Key, Drunk Ewoks, and Donovan Livingston
Hi friends,
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Live shows
BOSTON:
Today on WBUR, we're talking octopuses with Dr. Jean Alupay on You're the Expert.Featuring panelists Josh Sharp, Scott Adsit, and Emily Maya Mills, this is one of my favorite episodes. It airs tonight at 6 p.m. and then again on Monday at 9 p.m. Link
Thursday, June 23 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at The Davis Square Theatre. Two live tapings of YTE featuring Saturday Night Live's Sasheer Zamata, Obehi Janice, and two incredible experts. Link
NEW YORK:
Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m at The Annoyance Theatre. This week on The Sensible Show, Josh Gondelman hosts and I'll tell jokes with Julio Torres, Josh Rabinowitz, and Selena Coppock. Link
You can always find my most up-to-date show schedule online here.
This week's list
1 Thing I Think Is Great:
Keegan-Michael Key has already cemented his place as one of the all-time comedic greats. But he's also uncommonly gifted at talking about his process. This clip is the best explanation I've ever heard for why a piece of comedy works. Key's philosophy on jokes is obviously useful for comics, but honestly he's got some pretty great rules for making any art, funny or not. Keegan-Michael Key Has the Perfect Metaphor for Improv (h/t Ben Scurria)
1 Thing That Made Me Laugh:
Combine Al Roker, tacky Halloween decorations, and a couple of drunk ewoks, and you've got yourself a perfect piece of comedy. I saw this for the first time this week and I cried tears of laughter. It's a slow build but the ewoks start getting wilder and wilder. By the time they are drinking martinis and humping Al's leg, I was dying. God bless the producer who decided not to ever cut away from this trainwreck. Drunk Ewoks on the Today Show
1 Interesting Thing:
I'm a sucker for commencement speeches. I love the format. A speech that combines earnest advice with judicial gowns and a communal hat toss? Sign me up! I know there are graduation skeptics out there, but everyone has to agree that Donovan Livingston's remarks at the Harvard Ed School were spectacular. This is a speech that made me want to give a standing ovation alone to my computer. (I didn't though because I love sitting down even more than I love commencement speeches.) Lift Off by Donovan Livingston
Ok, thanks for reading! More details on shows and my full schedule online at www.chrisduffycomedy.com/calendar/
Have a great weekend,
Chris
