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General Category => John Spencer Is Dead => Topic started by: ugarte on August 11, 2006, 12:27:55 AM

Title: Comedy
Post by: ugarte on August 11, 2006, 12:27:55 AM
Why, yes, this is gratuitous plugging of my own stuff!

Think I am occassionally funny? Great! Watch this clip. Think I'm an asshole? This is unlikely to change many minds, but watch the clip anyway. I finally posted a clip from a show on my MySpace page. If Beeeej had plugged me on this board, I might be famous already. Alas, I had to resort to self-promotion.

Feedback welcome. Add requests are welcome. Distribution of this to many, many people is welcome.

Anyway, take a look (http://myspace.com/charles_star).
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Ben Rocky '04 on August 11, 2006, 11:45:53 AM
MySpace sucks, but I found that actually quite funny.  Well done sir.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Beeeej on August 11, 2006, 12:12:15 PM
[quote ugarte]If Beeeej had plugged me on this board, I might be famous already. Alas, I had to resort to self-promotion.[/quote]

You'll go blind doing that, you know.

Hey, if I plugged everything I liked on this board, we might need a fifth forum.

http://www.goats.com/
http://www.waiterrant.net/
http://barmaidblog.livejournal.com/
http://www.topfive.com/
http://www.ugartehavingsexwithlemmings.com/
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: ugarte on August 11, 2006, 03:33:03 PM
[quote Ben Rocky 04]MySpace sucks, but I found that actually quite funny.  [/quote]Agreed on both counts. I haven't been able to bring myself to make a Facebook site - or whatever new social network all the cool kids are on now.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Lauren '06 on August 11, 2006, 08:09:27 PM
Pretty funny, but I found the side-to-side swaying really distracting.  Of course, I'm going to feel like a total asshole if you have some kind of medical condition, but I assume it's just a nervous habit.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: billhoward on August 11, 2006, 09:00:01 PM
Awesome. A or A-minus material. You've got something there. The ending was good. Leno and Letterman work with a lot worse material each night.

Banshee is right. If you worked with a speech coach or delivery coach to iron out some presentation things, you'd be awesome. When you're up on stage, it's so hard not to be nervous. (TV is easier because you just freakin' freeze.)

I should talk, but you should consider: Either gain 50 or lose 15 pounds.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: ugarte on August 13, 2006, 10:29:50 AM
[quote Section A Banshee]Pretty funny, but I found the side-to-side swaying really distracting.[/quote]No medical condition. The swaying was the most depressing thing I learned about myself from that tape. I've cut it out (mostly) but I had no idea I was doing it until I saw it on tape. I suspect nobody ever said anything because the oscillating fan motion is less distracting in person - the larger field of vision and more conversational vibe of a live performance makes the swaying less distracting.

That's my theory, anyway.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: ugarte on August 13, 2006, 10:31:16 AM
[quote billhoward]I should talk, but you should consider: Either gain 50 or lose 15 pounds.[/quote]The former would be good for the career but moot all relationship material. The latter is too modest a goal. Thanks for softening the blow.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Beeeej on August 14, 2006, 02:59:09 PM
[quote ugarte]I suspect nobody ever said anything because the oscillating fan motion is less distracting in person - the larger field of vision and more conversational vibe of a live performance makes the swaying less distracting.

That's my theory, anyway.[/quote]

I never said anything because it was a lot less distracting than when you used to have sex with lemmings during your sets.
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Trotsky on September 22, 2006, 02:02:55 PM
[quote Beeeej]I never said anything because it was a lot less distracting than when you used to have sex with lemmings during your sets.[/quote]

Beeeej, this obsession of yours is more than a little bit creepy.   ::help::
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: billhoward on September 22, 2006, 06:46:33 PM
[quote Trotsky][quote Beeeej]I never said anything because it was a lot less distracting than when you used to have sex with lemmings during your sets.[/quote]

Beeeej, this obsession of yours is more than a little bit creepy.   ::help::[/quote]

Let's all grow up. It was girl lemmings, of age. (That's lowercase age.)
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Trotsky on September 23, 2006, 06:57:30 PM
[quote billhoward]It was girl lemmings, of age.[/quote]

Sigma Delta Tau?
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: Ben Rocky '04 on September 24, 2006, 01:35:27 PM
I'm sure there is a funny joke here, but I'm just not getting it.....?
Title: Re: Comedy
Post by: ugarte on September 25, 2006, 11:02:29 AM
[quote Ben Rocky 04]I'm sure there is a funny joke here, but I'm just not getting it.....?[/quote]Be less sure.