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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!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Scam Ink
Dead-Frog.com and Stage Time Magazine ran the foiled Todd Barry scammer alert I sent out. Turns out, the scammers started with authors! (Link courtesy of Rachelpink.)
Andy Kindler of the comedy tour Stand Uppity was on Late Night with David Letterman tonight and has been blogging for 236.com. Befriend him and his fellow tour mates Marc Maron and Eugene Mirman at myspace.com/standuppity and visit 236.com/standuppity for dates, venues and ticketing info. Nationally, besides a bunch of random web entries, I've got them booked on Bob & Tom on the morning of May 12th and Eugene recorded a bit for Mancow. If you're radio listeners you'll know those shows are pretty big in the markets where they are appearing. They have lots more radio coming down the pike but I won't bore you with all that. Instead, enjoy this promotional video featuring the three irascible rogues.
--Kambri
Not sure irascible applies to Eugene but, whatever, I like the sound of "irascible rogues" and am sticking with it. Plus it's hard to spell for most people but not me, spelling bee whiz! (If anything is misspelled in this blog other than irascible, I will slink away shamefully.)
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Scam Alert!
I just nailed a guy on the phone pretending to be Todd Barry and trying to get us to wire him money so he could get his car out of an impound lot! BUSTED! Fu*ker didn't even sound remotely like Todd. I put him on hold while we got the REAL Todd Barry on the phone and confirmed that he was in NYC at a sound check at Town Hall where he's performing tonight with Flight of the Conchords.
--Kambri
Todd doesn't even have a car.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
Dog Whispering
At one point even more dogs joined my little circle. I have a little magic spell I cast on them. It's activated with Pupperoni.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Have I Got a Story For You!
So last week we produced a show with Hedda Lettuce, a NYC drag queen and helluva funny host, named "Tossed Salad" with the tagline "Not Your Garden Variety Gay Comedy Show". Clever, right? Plenty of double entendres and very dirty (only if you know what a "tossed salad" is) but still very printable for press. For the debut, gay porn star Michael Lucas was scheduled to appear, show a clip from his latest movie and give acting lessons to aspiring gay porn actors.
There was even talk he was going to give away a walk on role in his next flick. I desperately wanted to win and play a gardener who simply wants to garden. The credit would say, "Introducing Kumbri Screws." I even wrote my own line: "Oh, don't mind me boys, you can keep going...I just need to trim this bush." And I would then trim a real bush (not on a girl) while the boys finished their scene. I was convinced this would be hilarious but Christian zapped the fun out when he pointed out that I would probably freak out seeing two real live men actually fu*king in front of me and get kicked off the set. My x-rated movie debut dream was officially crushed.
I digress.
I have thousands of free NYC condoms I receive on a regular basis from the Dept. of Health for promos and such. We taped a condom under each chair for an Oprah-esque giveaway and the audience filed in. Michael arrives with his DVD and gives it to our tech guy to play the clip on cue. But.........Michael doesn't know exactly where on the DVD the scene is. The show is about to start so, in a rush, Michael describes the scene he's looking for and asks our very heterosexual techie (dude has dreads, no question he's straight) to watch this gay porn to try to find the clip!
He was traumatized.
Though seriously shaken up, he did find the scene, the piece went over okay, the condom giveaway worked as planned and it's a wrap!
Fast forward to Sunday. We have a church group every week and this one coincided with Passover. To make it special, the church organized a scavenger hunt for the *children* and sent them on a hunt for prizes they left....under the chairs. Mayhem broke out when the kids ripped off NYC condoms out from underneath thinking they'd won some prize and the parents were horrified to find their spawn waving around a condom screaming in glee, "I won! I won!"
The same tech dude was on duty so he dealt with the aftermath. Needless to say, he won't be doing tech for Hedda's next installment of "Tossed Salad" on May 21st.
--Kambri
I couldn't make this up if I tried. It's a scene ripped out from a bad teen comedy.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Eewwww!
I just got offered cash from a tabloid to share some secrets about a famous pair's budding relationship. Um, no. Ick.
Atlanta is so lovely thus far. Trees, grass that looks like carpet, perfect temperature and a gentle breeze. Granted I haven't ventured further out than the hotel and the Punchline but who cares. It's so relaxing and great to be out of the city! Christian's mom is coming to the show tonight and, if things fall into place, my old high school pal will be coming tomorrow so the trip isn't all work and no play.
We just took Paquita on a walk through the thickest, lushest grass and she is happier than a horny rooster in a hen house. And I just ate an Arby's Roast Beef sandwich! Oh lord how I used to love those.
--Kambri
I haven't eaten one in about 10 years. TEN!
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Pencil it in! Speakeasy Stories May 15th
--Kambri
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Press Makes Me Sleepy
But not sleepy enough! Being it's 2:30 AM and I'm in the midst of gobs of good stuf. Working to get West Coast press on East Coast time is exhausting. But...a radio tour for the Stand Uppity tour is in place plus a buttload of print and stuff.
Meanwhile, check out Christian getting in a "Kung Fu Fighting" joke and "Bad Ass with the DoJo" quote (???) on the news tonight.
--Kambri
Christian also suffers from the Ron Howard Effect.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tune in to Olbermann Tonight
On MSNBC to see Christian in the last segment talking politics and other awkward subjects.
--Kambri
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Atlanta Bound
Hey friendlies! I'll be traveling to Atlanta with my husband Christian Finnegan when he headlines the Punchline May 1st thru 4th. If you're free, come on out to a show and hang out afterwards with us. Show details are here: http://www.punchline.com.
--Kambri
See you soon!
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Movin on Up?
Christian and I are going to a few open houses today to see what's out there on the market. We love living in Long Island City but a few openings of latin dance clubs later and it's time to move. And my sidewalk pretty much always looks like it did in this picture I took yesterday. We're right on the border of Astoria and LIC which is no man's land. I'm convinced that Precinct #114, Vallone or Gioia don't really give a hoot about it since there aren't many residential buildings here and, therefore, not a whole lot of constituents put up a stink. Couple that with the fact that NYers are transient and, well, nobody really calls this their home for long.
We love our apartment but when we met with our accountant then took a gander at what was out there, and we're practically salivating at the idea of living in a place with central heating and air and a washer and dryer within our home just like Christian's time travel joke (too long to type). While, I'm not looking forward to wading through the real estate waters of legalese, high pressure salespeople, conflicting opinions about the time to buy, and the like, I am liking the idea of having access to the rooftop again, a gym and a real neighborhood that the other residents value.
--Kambri
So is the time to buy now? Who the hell *really* knows?
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Calendar Update
I've been booked on another show in May. This time it's "Tell Your Friends" at Lolita Bar on May 15th. Check out my calendar for details. The lineup is pretty sweet.
Christian and I are going to our friend's book signing at Barnes & Noble today before he heads back to Ochi's Lounge with me for "The Family Hour". I'm reading something new (I've said that a bunch already, haven't I?) and will be taping my set again in hopes of getting some good clips out of it. But I'm always more nervous when he watches me. Ugh.
--Kambri
Yay for Spring weather! Man it's uplifting!
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