Whose routine reigns supreme? Next Monday, December 12th, I will be participating in an exciting, brand-new stand-up comedy event called Iron Comic. It is modeled on the cooking show, only with jokes instead of food, comedian Nato Green instead of food wonk Alton Brown, and an alcoholic barkeep instead of Chairman Kaga.
For those who have wanted to see me perform, but were dissuaded by the cost, fear not, for this show is free. For those who have wanted to see me perform, but didn't want to hear me re-tell jokes and stories you've heard hundreds of times already, fear not, for all the material at this show will be no more than twenty minutes old. For those who have wanted to see me perform, but couldn't drag themselves away from regular Monday evening boozings at the Gold Cane Bar on Haight Street, fear not, for this show is happening at that very bar!
While we Iron Comics are preparing our succulent banquets of hilarity, a slate of accomplished and funny local comics will be entertaining the audience. I only hope the secret ingredient is "speech impediments". The official announcement follows after the jump:
In the Joke Arena, There Can Be Only One Gladiator of Gag, Only One
Paladin of Punchline, Only One True Iron Comic!
FEATURING COMEDIANS ROSS TURNER, SAM ARNO, CHANTAL CARRERE, ALI WONG, NORA LAVELLE, AND NICO SANTOS
With Iron Comics Chris Garcia, Yayne Ababa, Ian Jensen, Lisa Myers,
and Sean Keane
HOSTED BY NATO GREEN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2005 9PM
GOLD CANE AT 1569 HAIGHT ST., SF
FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL NATOGREEN@RCN.COM
Here's the format: The Iron Comics will be given 20 minutes to write
2 minutes of material about a secret topic that they'll be given at
the beginning of the show. And we'll have three secret topics. We'll
have featured performers while the Iron Comics are writing.
The show is free.
sweet...a monday night show. that means I can actually go. see you there dood.
that sounds AWESOME! i am so totally there to watch the death throes of other comics as you lambast(e) them with your succulent turkey juice.
that sounded disgusting. but i am up at 4am and slightly jetlegged, so i ask to be forgiven. plus, i am not an iron comic, so my ability to be funny is already suspect. if i was an iron comic i might just throw carrots and threaten people with a potato peeler.
night before my syntax final, so i'm not sure. depends how much if any studying i actually manage to do this weekend.
I read the "secret ingrediant" line and made the confused face, then a second passed, and tears came to my eyes.
Oh and I'll be there.
other "secret ingredient" winners would include grandmothers, baseball players and wacky nicknames. I do like it!
Sean Keane is the Iron Comic. A La Cuisine!
Allez cuisine!... well, more like "Allez comédie"!