Saturday, March 13, 2010

Sweet Dick Hall in Return to the Laugh Shop

This is where it all began...my inaugural performance was at the Laugh Shop. Great crowd. Fell back on the Dick jokes and the drunken baby theme. Lots of new material in the works.

Sweet Dick Hall at Calgary Yuk Yuks - Breaking the Thin Ice

New material.

Sweet Dick Hall at the Calgary FunnyFest auditions

Rework of "Drunken Babies". Didn't make the cut. Who knew that there are funnier people out there?!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Sweet Dick Hall is coming soon to a comedy venue not near you…


March 6 @ 20:00: FunnyFest Talent Search

Old Spaghetti Factory, 222 3rd Street SW, Calgary

http://www.funnyfest.com/


March 11 @ 20:00: The Laugh Shop in the Blackfoot Inn

5940 Blackfoot Trail SE, Calgary

http://www.thelaughshopcalgary.com/index.asp



April 5 @ 20:00: The Comic Strip

West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton

http://www.thecomicstrip.ca/


Other possible venues (not guaranteed to perform)

Mondays at 20:00: The Broken City

613 11 Avenue Southwest, Calgary

http://www.brokencity.ca/


Tuesdays at 20:00: Nathan’s Restaurant and Bar

550 6 Ave SW, Calgary



Wednesdays @ 20:00: Yuk Yuks at the Elbow River Casino

218 18th Avenue SE – Calgary

http://www.yukyuks.com/location.aspx?LocationID=3

Thursday, February 11, 2010

This is work! I didn't know work could be fun!

So I'm working on my routine for tonight.  I have 5 minutes.  I have to start strongly and I have to finish strongly...makes sense.  Five minutes isn't very long, so you'd think it would be relatively easy.  It is not.

I can't finish early, as the club manager won't like that.  I can't finish late, or the manager and the other comedians won't like that.

This has to happen despite distractions.

So, in essence, for a 5 minute routine one has to have a full complement of contingency plans to make sure you end strongly and on time.

This is much fun!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Will this wind be so mighty as to blow the mountains to the gwound?

The Rockies.  Why not call them something less...obvious?  It's like calling a lake "Water Lake", or "Pavement Street", or "Running River", or "Hot and Dry Desert", or...

It was a nice day, so I didn't get too bent out of shape about it.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

I like likable people

So, in typical fashion, I say "Hi, how's it goin'" to a total stranger.  He replies, "Whatcha been up to?"...

Friday, February 5, 2010

The Language Barrier

True story:
My friends just invested in a "top of the line" vacuum cleaner.  The husband had tried it out and was mighty impressed.  He comments to his wife, "This vacuum cleaner really sucks".
She replies, "Well, take it back then!"

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Come ova ere I wanna show you somtin

Oh me, oh my, oh joy, oh bliss

I have some of this

You'll laugh 'til you piss

 

Catch my debut performance on Thursday night, February 11th, 2010 in Calgary at the The Laugh Shop - Calgary Comedy Club in the Blackfoot Inn (5940 Blackfoot Tr SE).

www.thelaughshopcalgary.com 

Catch my Second International performance on Sunday night, February 14th,
2010 in Edmonton at The Druid at 11606 Jasper Avenue.

The Druid Irish Pub

Catch my Third International performance on Thursday night, February 18th,
2010 in Edmonton at Yuk Yuks in the Century Casino, 13103 Fort Road NW

www.yukyuks.com / Edmonton 

 

 

Captains Log 2010-02-03: Peanutty with clearly visible corn kernels

Why do we eat corn anyway?  Why does it make the passage from the cob to the anus more quickly than other foodstuffs?  Why not just eat yellow plastic pellets?

Do corn based farts smell?  Like plastic pellets?

It is because of these important yet unanswered questions that I, Sweet Dick Hall, pledge to inspect my feces much more carefully from now on.  No more fecal abandonment!  Embrace the poo!