3 Things: Stephen Colbert, Jeff Wysaski, and Tig Notaro
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Live shows
EVERYWHERE:
A new episode of You're the Expert is out on the podcast! Featuring Sasheer Zamata fromSNL, Ken Reid, Obehi Janice and Dr. Alexandra Rosati, a Harvard scientist who studies how primates make decisions. Link
NEW YORK:
Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m at The Magnet Theater. Tonight! A group of the best improvisers in NYC will use my stories as a basis for scenes. This is one of my very favorite shows to do. Link
Sunday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m at Under St Marks. You Get A Spoon! is back with jokes from Ashley Brooke Roberts, poems from Tala Rahmeh, and music from Kayla Ringelheim. We'll hear their work and then give away prizes they love. As always, you have the chance to win the world's greatest mixing spoon. Don't miss out. Link
Wednesday, July 13 at 7:00 p.m at The Annoyance Theater. The Sensible Show is great standup comedy at a very reasonable hour. This week, I'm hosting with Evan Kaufman and we've got Josh Sharp, Rae Sanni, Willie Zabar, and Ashley Brooke Roberts on the lineup. Plus, you never know who might show up! Ilana Glazer dropped in last week. Link
You can also find my full up-to-date show schedule online here.
This week's list
1 Thing I Think Is Great:
The few times I've seen a TV show live, the best part has always been before the taping even starts when the host comes out to take questions. Both Jon Stewart and John Oliver were astonishingly funny. But this story from Stephen Colbert is on another level. I'm so glad they caught it on tape. Colbert talking about his wife is the loveliest, nerdiest thing out there. Colbert knows how to tell a great story. Plus, he's so genuinely and clearly in love. Evie Colbert is a lucky lady. Watch Stephen Colbert fondly recall the moment he knew his wife was The One.
1 Thing That Made Me Laugh:
Jeff Wysaski has made a name for himself by introducing absurdity in the most unexpected places. He creates very believable looking signs, but then when you read them, the information is insane. Everything he does is hilarious, but his recent trip to the zoo is his best work ever. I left some fake animal facts at the Los Angeles Zoo.
1 Interesting Thing:
I just finished Tig Notaro's book, I'm Just A Person. Tig is an incredible comedian but her book is more than just funny. It's an open and vulnerable look at how the worst time in her life (being diagnosed with cancer after her mother's death) led to the biggest success of her career. Tig's able to write in a way that feels like you're talking to her and it's the best conversation of your life. There are some great comedic moments like when Sarah Silverman shows up before Tig's double masectomy and goes "Oh my god! Am I too late? Did they do it already?" But there's also quite a lot of the book where Tig talks about the good and bad sides of family and show business. Tig's life hasn't been neat and tidy, but that's what makes her relatable. I'd definitely recommend giving it a read. Tig Notaro: I'm Just A Person (h/t Mollie)
Ok, thanks for reading! More details on shows and my full schedule online at www.chrisduffycomedy.com/calendar/
Have a great weekend,
Chris
3 Things: Sy Montgomery, Jack Handey, and Hamsa
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Live shows
NEW YORK:
Wednesday, July 6 at 8 p.m. at 61 Local. I'm moderating an interesting new event for Idea Distillery. They're calling it an "UnDebate." The idea is to get two people with opposing views and rather than have them argue and try to convince each other, simply have an informative conversation where we learn about the differences in their beliefs but also where they overlap. I'm excited to see what happens. Link
Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m at The Magnet Theater. I'm telling stories that improvisers will use as the basis for a series of scenes. The show is called The Armando Diaz Experience and it's always so much fun. Link
Sunday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m at Under St Marks. My variety show You Get A Spoon! returns from a brief hiatus. Come see writers, musicians, and comedians share their work and then give out prizes to the audience. It's a budget version of Oprah's "My Favorite Things" show. You definitely won't get a free car but you might get a salad spinner. Link
You can also find my full up-to-date show schedule online here.
This week's list
1 Thing I Think Is Great:
This week's list is Fourth of July-themed. So let's start out with a fascinating article to think about and discuss while you're at the beach. Out there, under the waves, is probably some species of octopus. An octopus is about as different from a human as possible. But scientists are increasingly learning that we may share similar levels of intelligence. Sy Montgomery shares her incredible look at the life of one octopus and also the cutting-edge science of how this alien species' understands the world. Her writing is excellent and her bio is even better. She's written a memoir about living with a pig, made a documentary about man-eating tigers, and worked with orphaned bear cubs. Deep Intellect
1 Thing That Made Me Laugh:
It wouldn't be a Fourth of July without fireworks. Here's Jack Handey on his favorite colorful explosions. The genius behind Deep Thoughts, Handey can make me laugh with so few words. My favorites are "The Hanged Cowboy" and "The Boom-R-Rang." My Favorite Fireworks by Jack Handey
1 Interesting Thing:
We've covered beaches and fireworks, so now let's move on to freedom, the value that we're celebrating this weekend. Hamsa is an incredible short film about a family of Syrians who have found refuge in Germany. They're such a loving, joyful family. While their story is full of tragedy, it's also full of hope and possibility. Watch this incredible woman tell her story. Freedom means more than baseball and hotdogs (although those are important parts too). Hamsa
Ok, thanks for reading! More details on shows and my full schedule online at www.chrisduffycomedy.com/calendar/
Have a great weekend,
Chris
