“Earlier I`ve done hatever I could get my hands on to do for a living. I tried a couple of different things, but kitchen work was the best for me, because I took to a nomadic lifestyle before I started doing comedy. If you travel and get to a town and need a job, restaurants are always there.” IfsNeedsDifferentDoneHandsJobsComedyCoupleTownsLifestyleKitchenRestaurantsDifferent ThingsNomadic Author:Mitch Hedberg
“The arresting officer, who I had literally known, all my life. You know what I mean? This guy lived four doors down the street me, in a town of less than four hundred people. *We've met.* Now, he takes me to jail, and he asks me if I have any aliases. And I was just being a smartass, and I said, "Yeah. They call me, "Tater Salad!" Seventeen years later, I'm handcuffed on a bench in New York with blood coming out of my nose, and this cop goes, "Are you Ron 'Tater Salad' White?"” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanSaidFunnyGuyAsksWhiteKnownComedyFourDoorsBloodMetsTownsYeahCome UpAsk MeNosesStationsCall MeOfficersComing OutCopJust BeingThis GuySaladBenchesSeventeenArrestingSmartassAliases Author:Ron White
“But the great thing about shows now is since we've been doing (Comedy Death Ray), they have lightened up on their booking policies a bit more and are booking somebody who isn't famous and who hasn't been around ten years. It's great to see people who've done our show - the first big show they've ever done - now they can play around town.” PeopleYearsFirstsDonePlayShowsBigsBitsComedyPolicyTenTownsGreat ThingsRays Author:Scott Aukerman
“I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living in Boulder, Colorado, which isn't really a funny town. There are a lot of smart people there, but comedy isn't at the forefront of their minds.” PeopleTryingMindIdeasBigsComedySmartTownsNo IdeaSmart PeopleColoradoBoulders Author:George Meyer
“I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old Vic in London and we were at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and I walked on stage and I've got an opening speech that begins: "Agamemnon, how if he had boils?" And I went on and said: "Agamemnon..." And a woman in the front row just went 'tut'. I thought: "I've only done four syllables, give us a chance!" I got one word out and the audience were already tutting. It was worse than any heckle I ever had doing comedy. So, I'll stick to gnomes.” IfsGivingSaidDoneRunningRememberChanceAudienceComedyFourStageFrontsSpeechTownsSticksStartingLondonTheatreOpeningOne WordSyllablesGnomeAgamemnonGive Us A Chance Author:Matt Lucas
“I think there is more comedians now than ever, more venues now than ever. There are stand-ups who live in towns where they don't have many comedy clubs where they are organizing more comedy nights in bars. I just think this is a fantastic time for stand up.” ThinkingNightComedyTownsClubsBarsFantasticComedianVenuesComedy Clubs Author:Joe Rogan
“Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.” PeopleTwoHumorFunnyUsedWhiteComedyTownsShoppingMalls Author:Chris Rock
“I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.” ComedyTheaterTownsClubsSellingAdvertisingRumorSelling OutComedy Clubs Author:Ron White
“New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.” FunnyTimeComedyNew YorkHappeningsHumorousExcitingTownsNew Yorkers Author:Johnny Carson