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If you like comedy, PR or the occasional inside scoop on the entertainment world,
then drop by for a daily dose written by me, Kambri Crews, producer and publicist to comedians and more!
Monday, February 28, 2005
The Latest Ballyhoo
Posted here.
--Kambri
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Saturday, February 26, 2005
The King of Queens
The Queens Tribune interviewed Christian and I have quote, too.
Although coy about his fame, his girlfriend [that's me!] described how it is starting to have an affect on national security. During a trip to the nation's capital, "we went to the National Archives and were mobbed by groups of these teen 'delegates' in town for the festivities [the inauguration]," she wrote the Tribune in an e-mail.
'We're standing next to the Emancipation Proclamation and they're taking flash photography, which is against the law and damaging to historical documents. These kids," she continued, "were more interested in a guy who makes fun of Lindsay Lohan's breast implants than the document that ensured blacks their freedom." -- KambriDoes that make me Queen of Queens?
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Plug
TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST - Sob Stories - We are Family!
Does your Dad have more ex-wives than he has ties? Are you secretly in love with your step-sister? Convinced you were switched at birth? This month, comics tell tales of families more screwed up than yours.
Join host Christian Finnegan (Best Week Ever) and featured guests Peter Hyman (author The Reluctant Metrosexual), Chris Regan (3x Emmy winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Eric Slovin (writer for Saturday Night Live) and Rachel Feinstein (Comedy Central's Premium Blend).
The Marquee
356 Bowery (btwn Great Jones & E. 4th St)
8:00 PM
$5.00 - NO drink minimum!
--Kambri
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
I Didn't Do It! I Swear!
I'm sure by now everyone has heard about the woman who cut off her boyfriend's penis. [Click here for the full story.] It was, however, found. So, the mystery of whose penis was found in the ketchup bottle remains unsolved. Rest assured, I'm on the case.
--Kambri
Obsessed with stories of penes.
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Monday, February 21, 2005
I'm Doing it Right Now
So the Apprentices got a little heat from Dove for being to obvious about their not so subtle use of sex to sell some body wash. (For those of you who haven't seen it -- including myself until about 5 minutes ago -- they featured the white, creamy body wash getting seductively rubbed all over a giant cucumber. Apparently that caused some people to think of sex??? I'm just hungry for some cucumber salad now. Show me an ad for some Velveeta, however, and...well, I digress.) Click here and scroll down to get the video.
What about Crest?
Have you seen their latest ad?
It features a few women, all in their late 20s or early 30s, in various everyday scenarios addressing you, the viewing consumer, with come hither voices, "I'm doing it right now," I'm doing it right now," and "I'm doing it right now." What exactly, pray tell, are they doing?
Kegel exercises or using their rabbit? What else? Ohhhhhhhh, Crest White Strips...silly me!
I guess in advertising subtlety is the key. I say call a spade a spade. If you're going to try to hawk your product using sex just tell me. This roundabout angle makes me suspicious. Do the strips not actually get your teeth white or are they so expensive that I need to have a happy ending to feel my whitening was worth the cash? And just why don't any men do it right now?
--Kambri
Seriously, I am doing it right now. And by "it", I mean, downing a leftover "egg roll".
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Thursday, February 17, 2005
The nice guys at collegehumor.com posted this interview with my client/boyfriend, Christian Finnegan by Streeter Seidell. Read it here.
--Kambri
Link - 7:46 PM -
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
There was another strong showing at Sob Stories last night. Don't miss next month's show called "Family Jewels" when comics relate tales of their horrible gene pools. Hmm...maybe I should book myself on the show.
End Note
A Swedish woman says she opened a bottle of ketchup to find a human penis inside.
"It's disgusting. We would like to know how this thing ended up in a ketchup bottle," said Viktoria Ed. - Bill Hoffman, Wire Services via the NY Post.
--Kambri
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Plugs and Stuff
Valentine's Schmalentines!
Sob Stories revels in the muck of love: broken hearts, creepy one-night stands, hookups and breakups. These comics have been around the block, and are here to kiss and tell!
Join host Christian Finnegan and featured guests Jonathan Ames (author, Wake Up, Sir!), Andy Selsberg (The Onion), Rena Zager (NBC's Late Friday) & Jackie Clarke (UCB All-Star).
SOB STORIES: NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE!
The Marquee
356 Bowery (btwn Great Jones & E. 4th St)
8:00 PM
$5.00 - NO drink minimum!
The Clip Joint with Colin Quinn
Prefer to spend your money for a good cause? Then tomorrow night's comedy might be your thang.
Colin Quinn headlines thiscomedy/variety show at The Improv. Comics Matt O'Brien and Rory Albanese host Colin, Seth Morris (Marijuanalogues, UCB) and other acts in a show that takes you back to the days when people got dressed up to go see comedy.*
All proceeds go to the Scott Carter Foundation.
*Suits optional.
The Improv
318 W. 53rd Street
8:30 PM
$15 (Includes a free issue of Jest Magazine!)
212.757.2323
Visit www.ballyhoopromotions.net/Newsletter.html for these & other events along with news updates on all Ballyhoo clients.
Apartment Update
I just bought this for our living room and should have it on Friday. Our internet will be connected tomorrow (sorry for being out of touch!) and our new couch arrives next Tuesday. A few rugs, nightstands, coffee table and chest of drawers later, we'll be nice and cozy. Until then, our place is an organized mess and I love it. I sat up in bed this morning and peaked out at the Empire State & Chrysler Buildings and marveled at how close to perfect this whole thing has been.
--Kambri
I'm 15 minutes to Midtown, baby!
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
Mike Wolf & Father Jack
My pal Mike Wolf passed away very suddenly last night. My heart goes out to his family and dear friends for the loss of such an amazingly enthusiastic, passionate, fun and funny man. I simply am too shocked to really come up with a fun story about a few of the good times we had -- Portable Comedy, Russian Vodka Room, Siberia and some other random bar come to mind. Sadness is multiplied knowing that his life was cut so short. (Mike would have inserted a short joke here.)
This comes on the heels of learning that Christian's uncle, Father John T. Finnegan, also passed away last night (at 6:30 PM to be exact). He was the giver of my Christmas gift that nearly made my head explode from the weight of his kindness. He served in the Marines, was an attorney, penned books and devoted his life to God. What a full, rich life he led surrounded by such an adoring family.
Two lives find themselves at an end, one all too brief and one long and fulfilled, but both very sad to see leave.
--Kambri
Rest in peace, Mike and Father Jack. You will both be missed.
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Free Ticket Offer
The apartment is coming together, movers arrive Saturday and big news is breaking with Jest. No time to write about it, meanwhile, enjoy free tickets to a really neat show...
You and a guest are invited to see:
LAZER VAUDEVILLE
at the John Houseman Theater
450 W. 42nd Street btwn 9th & 10th Ave.
The days of Charlie Chaplin get an MTV-era extreme makeover in New York's most electrifying new show. With high-tech special effects and comedic pyrotechnics that explode like wildfire, LAZER VAUDEVILLE, blends the arts of juggling, acrobatics, dance, and illusion into a show that defies the laws of probability. It's old-school entertainment with a totally new twist, and it's unlike anything else in the city!
For more information, visit www.lazervaudeville.com
"Lazer Vaudeville puts a high-tech twist on the traditional arts of
juggling, illusion, acrobatics and comedy." -- The New York Times
"Brings a new light to vaudeville." --Newsday
"A fantastical family show! Physical skill, comedy and magic combine with the speed, light, and color of a video game." -- The Boston Globe
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THESE PERFORMANCES:
Wednesday, February 16th at 8PM
Thursday, February 17th at 8PM
Friday, February 18th at 8PM
Saturday, February 19th at 2PM
Saturday, February 19th at 8PM
Sunday, February 20th at 2PM
Monday, February 21st at 8PM
Wednesday, February 23rd at 2PM
TO RSVP: Please reply no later than 2 days prior to your selected performance to RSVP2LV@hhcmarketing.com or CALL: (212) 501-3769
IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF E-MAIL - Type "Lazer Vaudeville Comp Tix" plus the date you are requesting (ie: "Lazer Vaudeville Comp Tix - Sun Feb 20")
In the "BODY" of the email or when leaving a phone message, please give us the following information:
Full Name (SPELL IT - if nec.)
Phone number
Email address
Date you are requesting
Number of tickets you are requesting (one or two)
And you were referred by Kambri Crews
This offer is first come, first serve. Dates are subject to
availability. You will receive confirmation via email within 24 hours.
Once confirmed, please PICK UP YOUR TIX AT THE BOX OFFICE on the day of the show no later than one half hour prior to the given performance.
For more information, visit www.lazervaudeville.com
--Kambri
Enjoy the show!
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Friday, February 04, 2005
It was pretty obvious to me that this whole living together hasn't sunk in yet when I typed yesterday's entry.
I didn't even notice that I hadn't included him till I looked at my site later. "Oops, I should add 'Christian and' in the beginning of that sentence." Correction made, changes uploaded. Hours later I realized that I had a big, fat "my" in the heading and promptly changed it to "our". This might take some time getting used to. 
We moved my old kitchen into our new kitchen last night and quickly realized there isn't a single drawer. What the? How the hell did we miss that? So, we got online and bought this kitchen cart. We were so involved with choosing the right thing and completing the billing and shipping page that we didn't notice Paquita was gulping down our white wine.
My little 4 pound baby was trashed.
Her back legs kept try to catch up with her front much like a car that slides on ice...turning and skidding sideways before she would fall over. She couldn't hold her head up and could barely keep her eyes open. She was limp like spaghetti.
We fed her rice and ice cubes till she sobered up a bit then put my little drunkard to bed. This morning she woke up with a dry nose and pleading eyes and let out a long, exhausted high pitched whine.
--Kambri
Link - 1:20 PM -
Thursday, February 03, 2005
From Our Bedroom Window
Christian and I will see this every night.
--Kambri
Isn't it lovely?
Link - 6:24 PM -
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Life Outside of My New Apartment
Catch Ophira Eisenberg on Comedy Central this Friday when her Premium Blend episode premieres at 10:00 PM EST.
This press release about the 1-800-Flowers campaign and Thoughtless Male Survival Guide just hit the wires.
Life Inside My New Apartment
Much time is spent daydreaming and discussing what colors, furniture, rugs, curtains to keep, get rid of, buy new ...just how do we want this new place to look? I told Christian I would enlist my dear friend Scott's help. "Yes. Time to call in the Gays," Christian replied.
So, if you need a matching dresser/mirror & chest of drawers, a stereo, VCR, Foreman grill, microwave, mosaic & iron coffee & end tables or a wicker coffee table, email me.
--Kambri
Link - 10:41 AM -
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Gospel of Jack 2:1
Me: I'm off to the Denist, sorry.
Jack: That's okay, I'm just happy to hear you're getting drilled.
I spent much of today in the dentist chair. I sat patiently listening to soothing classical music and staring out the window at the beautiful top of St. Patrick's Cathedral and daydreamed about my new apartment.
Yes, I was drilled with a view of St. Pat's. I love this place.
--Kambri
Know of any good decorating wesites?
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