DIE ACTOR DIE

Larry Mendte Returns to Stand-up

Not by me! By Zulkey!

An oxymoron? I would think so. I looked up Satire on Wikipedia and found this:
In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, [...]

Secret Pants did it again! Extra special thanks to Dave over at Comic Vs. Audience for the video and support. (NSFW)

More video, photos and a recap to come (FYI - it was a filthy, filthy show and everyone did an awesome job)!
Thanks again Dave!

See Don speak in run-on sentences about tonight’s DIRTIEST SKETCH IN PHILADELPHIA, and other sundry topics.
Thanks to Dave at Comic Vs. Audience for the interview and getting drunk on beers and vegan Mexican food with me.

How’s that for a twist?

Former Mayor John Street on the 3G iPhone
Money Shot:
Which of course brings me to the excellent 3G technology. Browsing the web in Safari is now 2.4 times faster than the EDGE network and 100,000 times faster than that shitty Wireless Philadelphia network.

Philly enters the realm of sketchfests, joining Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Seattle and…others.
And it all starts TONIGHT!!!
Featuring: ANIMOSITY PIERRE, BAD HAIR, The GENTLEMEN’S ROTARY AUXILIARY, MEG AND ROB, ROWAN AND HASTINGS, SECRET PANTS, The SIXTH BOROUGH, The WAITSTAFF and hosted by CHIP CHANTRY. 

Phillyist Interview…The Philly Sketchfest
Money Shot:
Do you think other cities take Philly seriously when it comes to comedy?
I think we’re below the radar at this point. It’s not so much that people don’t think we have a good comedy scene, it’s that they don’t know if we have one at all. A lot of stand-ups love [...]

They’re sailing the seas of smiles on a gentle breeze of rock!
And coming to New York, Minneapolis, Detroit and Muskegon Michigan.
But not Philly…ohh Yacht Rock; we watched UnacceptableTV!

Videogum has the details.

Photo by Singapore National Day; Fireworks by Starmaker!’s photostream