Hi guys,
This is crazy, but we’ve now been doing our Big Terrific comedy variety show every week for over a year. A year! In a row! That is such a long time. I have literally never done anything this consistently in my entire life, except drink and watch The Adventures of Angry Dr. House Professional MD. I love doing all three of these things. Let’s take a look back at a portion of the first Big Terrific email I wrote:
“If you’d like to be unsubscribed from this mailing list, just reply to this email with “teach me how to make a noose because I can’t even do that right” and you will be automatically removed from the list. And if you are also friends with Gabe and Jenny and have received multiple emails about this show, sorry about that: we are going to consolidate our lists going forward. If you want to talk more with me about the intricacies of mailing list theory, just write the word “BORING” on a blank postcard and drop it it in a mailbox. Don’t worry about postage or a mailing address, it’ll just find its way to me.”
Hah. I was so young then. Also I was so naive to ever think Gabe & Jenny and I would all get in the same room and consolidate our mailing lists. I literally never see or speak to them outside the show. We don’t even make eye contact when we are at Cameo. We’re like late era Fleetwood Mac, also because Jenny had to get surgery to fix the septum in her butt because of all the powder she was putting up there. (When I say powder, I just mean makeup. Jenny says you never know when or where you’ll be photographed! Guys, don’t put makeup “there”. No matter how much you/it needs it!)
We’ve got a big one year anniversary blowout tonight, so please come and join us to usher in a new era of irrelevancy.
Our guests:
KURT & KRISTEN: they are back from London and about to leave from Bonnaroo! They’ve been working on their new TV show Penelope Princess of Pets, and of course you can always catch Kristen Schaal as Mel on Flight of the Conchords, currently in repeats on your brain.
HANNIBAL BURESS: this guy’s jokes are the best.. You’ve maybe seen him in New York Magazine or on that Craig Ferguson show, which I think is a sitcom about if the old boss from the Drew Carey Show pretended to be Scottish.
JULIAN MCCULLOUGH: we love Julian. He is handsome in that way that is very likable but you probably wouldn’t put mild sexual assault past him. It’s OK because he’s been on Comedy Central but also Good Morning America? I can’t imagine why they let him on that show.
SEAN PATTON: a total whirlwind on stage, and by that I mean he gets dust in your eyes. He’s performed at the very famous New Faces showcase at the Montreal Comedy Festival, which one time got Tim Allen the deal to develop Home Improvement. So you basically have a chance to see the next Tool Man. More power, am I right?
BRENT SULLIVAN: he’s probably appeared on our show more than any other performer, and that’s because we love him like cray-cray. He’s the funniest.
The show will be so fun! Of course as always, we will party afterwards and would love to hang out with you! And by hang out I mean us comedians will just talk amongst ourselves about how we can’t decide whether we *maybe should* or *definitely should* drive our 8 month old black Maybach into the river because we are already tired of it and are so freaking showbiz rich! Just kidding, our show should be called Big Debtriffic. (No, it shouldn’t.)
The doors open at 8pm, show starts promptly at 8:30pm. Come early, get a drink, then bring it in! Have tater tots afterwards.
Wednesday, June 10th 2009 @ 8pm
Cameo (located behind the Lovin’ Cup Restaurant)
93 N. 6th St (btw Berry & Wythe)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Free!
See you tonight! Thanks so much for supporting us over the last year. It’s been really nice of you. If you haven’t made it yet, you should! Or don’t. I am very sure of myself.
Love,
me
