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A rare, serious, I-wish-I-wrote-comedy-reviews-for-a-living-post:
So I went to both tapings of Eugene Mirman's 2nd comedy cd on the past sunday and monday nights. They were held at the downstairs stage at Piano's on the lower east side. Oddly enough, Ace Frehley's daughter was having a birthday party there upstairs on sunday, so really there was some insane star power there this weekend.
On sunday night, Leo Allen opened up for Mr. Mirman, and monday, Todd Barry did the honors. They each have a very different style and it was nice because they're two comedians I don't often get to see. They added to an already great show.
Eugene took the stage and did some material I had seen before at Invite Them Up, but most of it was new, or at least stuff I had not seen before. The best thing about the show was the relationship that Eugene built with the crowd, which was truly made up of very positive and supportive fans. I think that one of the great things about Eugene is the way he is able to cultivate that type of dynamic with a crowd and perform even better as a result of it. I think some comedians can become lazy or unfocused when they get some success or positivity because they perhaps feel they don't have to work as hard, but that's never been the case with Eugene.
It was interesting to go to both shows. There were some different jokes in each, but for the most part he told the same ones but in slighly different ways. One noteable difference was that Eugene opened the show the second night with a hysterical anecdote about something that happened the night before after the first show. He took the stage monday and said "Have you ever done this before: you get really, really drunk and say something terrible...to Ace Frehley?" As I stated earlier, Ace Frehley's daughter was having a birthday party upstairs at Piano's, and at the end of the night, Ace was leaving the bar drunk with his arm around his daughter. Eugene, drunk, yelled "Don't fuck your daughter!" at him, and there was a terrible moment of recognition on Ace's face that Eugene had just yelled something horrible at him, but he just kept walking. It was pretty funny. There were some technical problems with a prerecorded bit the first night, but they only enabled him to tell more jokes while they were fixed. The second show was generally much tighter and organized, and the technical problems did not reoccur. I vastly preferred the first show, however, because Eugene just got bigger and better laughs and the audience was totally with him the whole show despite (or perhaps because of) the technical difficulties. It just had a better overall vibe. Altogether, it was an awesome set of shows.
So maybe everyone will hear my weird booming laugh on his cd when it comes out?
So I went to both tapings of Eugene Mirman's 2nd comedy cd on the past sunday and monday nights. They were held at the downstairs stage at Piano's on the lower east side. Oddly enough, Ace Frehley's daughter was having a birthday party there upstairs on sunday, so really there was some insane star power there this weekend.
On sunday night, Leo Allen opened up for Mr. Mirman, and monday, Todd Barry did the honors. They each have a very different style and it was nice because they're two comedians I don't often get to see. They added to an already great show.
Eugene took the stage and did some material I had seen before at Invite Them Up, but most of it was new, or at least stuff I had not seen before. The best thing about the show was the relationship that Eugene built with the crowd, which was truly made up of very positive and supportive fans. I think that one of the great things about Eugene is the way he is able to cultivate that type of dynamic with a crowd and perform even better as a result of it. I think some comedians can become lazy or unfocused when they get some success or positivity because they perhaps feel they don't have to work as hard, but that's never been the case with Eugene.
It was interesting to go to both shows. There were some different jokes in each, but for the most part he told the same ones but in slighly different ways. One noteable difference was that Eugene opened the show the second night with a hysterical anecdote about something that happened the night before after the first show. He took the stage monday and said "Have you ever done this before: you get really, really drunk and say something terrible...to Ace Frehley?" As I stated earlier, Ace Frehley's daughter was having a birthday party upstairs at Piano's, and at the end of the night, Ace was leaving the bar drunk with his arm around his daughter. Eugene, drunk, yelled "Don't fuck your daughter!" at him, and there was a terrible moment of recognition on Ace's face that Eugene had just yelled something horrible at him, but he just kept walking. It was pretty funny. There were some technical problems with a prerecorded bit the first night, but they only enabled him to tell more jokes while they were fixed. The second show was generally much tighter and organized, and the technical problems did not reoccur. I vastly preferred the first show, however, because Eugene just got bigger and better laughs and the audience was totally with him the whole show despite (or perhaps because of) the technical difficulties. It just had a better overall vibe. Altogether, it was an awesome set of shows.
So maybe everyone will hear my weird booming laugh on his cd when it comes out?
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