www.thecomedygreenroom.comSeptember 2013

September

The Comedy Green Room is a Proud Sponsor of "Boogie in The Butt" Benefit Concert for The Foundation for NIBD:Broadway Actor James Moye presents his "Boogie in The Butt" Musical: A Benefit Concert for The Foundation for NIBD www.nibdinkids.com. This will be a night of fun songs featuring some of Broadway's best musical and vocal talents.

There will also be a raffle with prizes including: Two tickets to Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark on Broadway, Fuerza Bruta, The Katie Couric Show, & Blue Man Group!

All proceeds will go directly to research funded by The Foundation for NIBD. $30 & a 2 drink minimum, gets you a special night featuring Broadway Talent and a surprise or two. Follow The Foundation for NIBD on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Foundation-for-NIBD/484713751569307 Mention you found out about this event on www.thecomedygreenroom.com For Ticket information: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/449829?date=886005

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For Ticket information: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/449829?date=886005

Recurring Show:

Happy Hour Comedy @ ein-stein September 1st - No Show Labour Day Long Weekend

Happy Hour Comedy @ ein-stein September 8th Hosted by Blair Streeter...Featuring: Sal Q, Bruce Wrighte, Bruce Douglas. Aaron Weingott and Others Special Guests TBA 229 College Street. Show starts at 8pm Free.

Happy Hour Comedy @ ein-stein September 15th Hosted DK Phan ... Featuring: Justin Sanchez, Rachelle Elie, Jesse Owens, Ali Kabiri and Others Special Guests TBA 229 College Street. Show starts at 8pm Free.

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Happy Hour Comedy @ ein-stein September 22nd Hosted by Justin Laite ... Featuring: Silvi Santoso, Paul Kelso, Lincoln Trudeau, Todd Graham and Others Special Guests TBA 229 College Street. Show starts at 8pm Free.

Happy Hour Comedy @ ein-stein September 29th Hosted by Patricia Severn ... Featuring: Shawn King, Janet McMillen, Manish Jain, Sonia Andreacchi, Angela Froese and Others Special Guests TBA 229 College Street. Show starts at 8pm Free.

To Book a Spots e-mail: ein.spots@gmail.com Phone: 416-893-5243

Please send in any information about upcoming comedy shows to thecomedygreenroom@rogers.com Please give two weeks lead time. Newsletters come out the first week of each month

Kenny Robinson and the Nubian Disciples of Pryor: Sunday September 29th at 8:30 pm... Yuk Yuk’s Downtown 224 Richmond W. in Toronto, ON 416.967.6425. Mention you found out about this event on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

This & That:Stage Time Magazine: David Reuben, president of www.thecomedygreenroom.com, would like to thank Tasha A. Harris of Stage Time Magazine for doing the excellent article on The Comedy Green Room. Check it out by visiting http://stagetimemag.com/standup/?p=1566#more-1566. or www.stagetimemag.com.

New Calgary Show: The Comic's Room every Tuesday starting Sept. 10thRun by Daryl Makk [The First Western Canadian Comic on The Comedy Green Room] For more information https://www.facebook.com/thecomicsroom?fref=ts

Mention you found out about this event on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

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Rabbi Bob Alper: One of the first stand-up comics on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

THERE'S NO STORYTELLER like Rabbi Bob Alper, the world's only full-time stand-up comic and practicing rabbi, whose hilarious routines are heard daily on the Sirius/XM clean comedy channel. His new book features 32 true stories from settings as far flung as The Tonight Show studio, the hills of Vermont, and a tiny Polish village. Readers meet a stained-glass artist whose granddaughter is Drew Barrymore, a woman who attends services with her dog, a 5-year-old grief counselor and an elderly Holocaust survivor who discovers that he can speak about his lost sisters for the first time.

For more information visit http://www.bobalper.com/ Mention you found out about this book on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

Check out YouNow.com and Mention you found out about this website onwww.thecomedygreenroom.com

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Charlie Adams Legendary British Comedy Writer

So You Want To Be A Comedy writer. (CA)

First, a warning - There are people in this business who don’t know that comedy writers exist – and we comedy writers have a name for those people. We call them comedians.

From the age of 12 I wanted to be a comedian. I had a huge store of jokes I’d heard on radio, TV and from when my parents took me to the theatre on holiday. I read and remembered the hundreds of jokes printed in my comics and in the newspapers we got. Then when I was about 15 I saw the Dick Van Dyke Show. In it he was a comedy writer, he had a fabulous house and a very beautiful wife and so I decided then to be a comedy writer.

In a magic shop I bought a joke book for professional magicians. The author, the unstoppable Robert Orben, said it wasn’t necessary to memorize the entire joke only the tag line. He said I’d either remember the set up when I wanted to tell the joke or the tag might fit a completely different set of circumstances. Suddenly I’m talking in punch lines like a New York conjuror. But I was on my way.

Take a chance.

I’d had a few things on BBC Radio shows, Week Ending and The News Huddlines, and I’d written for Mike Yarwood, Bob Hope, Brian Conley and Hale & Pace and I sent an idea for a radio show to Bob Monkhouse. As big as Hope in the UK. He called me and asked me to send him some examples of material I’d written. I sent him everything. Two days later a big envelope landed on the mat and the material was returned. My wife said it was laying there at our front door like a dead Avon Lady. There was a smaller

envelope inside and I took out the letter and read it. Monkhouse, a hero, said that all the things he’d liked he’d put a red dot beside.

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I scanned through the pages for red dots. Not too shabby. At the end of the letter he said he’d like me to do half a dozen topical one-liners for a show he had two days later and he enclosed a cheque for £250. (About 3 million in old Canadian money) I worked for him on and off for years after.One day I realized he hadn’t said if he like the radio idea or not. I guess not.

Once I was on a show with Monkhouse and we were at a TV studio in Nottingham. In the queue for the canteen I made a comment that got a big laugh. Bob said to me ‘Sell me that gag.’ I said ‘Have it.’ He got quite angry. He said ‘Don’t you ever let me hear you say that to anyone. That line is worth money. I can use it every night of the week. How much do you want?’ I said ‘You can pay for my lunch.’ He looked at my tray; he said ‘Is that all you’re having?’ I said ‘Yes.’ He said ‘Done.’

When I was script editor on shows I read everything but I preferred material that was neatly presented with no spelling mistakes and proper punctuation. Obviously, badly typed, error strewn material got read, too, and if it was funny got selected, corrected and considered. But it’s not really the script editor’s job to save your career. You must learn to self-edit and always only submit your best work.

Read your lines out loud to see if they make sense.

Put your best, can’t fail certain lines first every time. Put them last they might not read that far.

Write a lead in for your best gags. An amusing set-up followed by another gag on the subject topped with your best gag – hard to resist. We call it the rule of three

As a comedy writer, whether you like it or not, you are in show-business. Whomever you consider to be the best comedy writer in the game is your competition. You start at the top and you’re expected to be good.

Pay attention to grammar, punctuation, spelling and tone. If you don’t understand those you’re in the wrong job.

Selling to comics.

Always ask for the money upfront. If they won’t pay they weren’t gonna pay anyway.

If they say ‘What if I don’t like it?’ they were never gonna pay anyway.

If they say ‘You have no background or reputation.’ they were never gonna pay anyway.

Never turn your back on a fully grown comedian. (Spike Mullins) The End!

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Comedy Spotlight: Another Comedy Spotlight Coming Soon!

Social Media:

Ruby “The Darkest Mind In Comedy” on YouTube. You will find 3 videos go to http://www.youtube.com/ruby0666

Follow The Comedy Green Room on Twitter! @ComedyGreenRoom

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Comedy Festivals:

For more information visit www.theworldseriesofcomedy.com email: joe@theworldseriesofcomedy.com. Mention you found out about this event on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

http://venturacomedyfestival.com/index.cfmSeptember 23rd to September 29th Mention you found out about this event on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

Please send in any information about upcoming comedy festivals to thecomedygreenroom@rogers.com. Please give two weeks lead time. Newsletters come out the first week of each month.

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Comedy Club Openings:

Mark Breslin's Famous Yuk Yuk's Chain of Comedy Clubs is set to grow againwith two more clubs opening in October 2013. For more information visit www.yukyuk's.com. Mention you found out about this event on www.thecomedygreenroom.com

MontrealHere's an article from the Montreal Gazette about the opening of the club at the Rialto Theatre.  We're scheduled to open in October.http://www.montrealgazette.com/Bill+Brownstein+More+yuks+coming+this+fall/8582198/story.html

HamiltonOur new Hamilton club is also scheduled to open in October at Anchor Bar Home of the original buffalo wing. The new club is located on the top floor of Anchor Bar in Jackson Square.

From The Music World:

Note From David Reuben Founder of The Comedy Green Room: As some of our followers know my father was a Canadian Musician working with the likes of Moe Koffman, Guido Basso, Trump Davison, Maynard Ferguson, and the legendary Oscar Peterson. So this next new item had to be include in this month's newsletter because Canadian Musician's Did Amazing. Kudos' to Wes Mack [Calgary] and Fairchild Brothers [Toronto]

CANADIAN ARTISTS HONOREDIN US-BASED UNSIGNED ONLY MUSIC COMPETITION

Grand Prize is Awarded to Canadian Artist Wes Mack

August 28, 2013 - The winners of the 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition were announced today, representing ten genres of contemporary music. With 22 winners and 100 Honorable Mentions, the US-based competition awards over $50,000 in cash and prizes, including a $10,000 cash prize to the overall Grand Prize winner.

The overall Grand Prize winner is awarded to rising Canadian country artist Wes Mack. His song "Duet" was the overwhelming favorite with the judges who predict a great

future for this young and promising unsigned artist. From the silver screen as a film and television star to sold-out performances with Florida Georgia Line,

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Wes Mack is quickly taking the world of country music by storm. Influenced by artists as diverse as Hank Williams and The Beatles, Mack says, "I would always listen to those tapes with my parents on long road trips through the mountains. That's where I learned the melodies and storytelling which influences me today." As an actor, Mack has built up an impressive resume, including his recurring role in the CBC Western drama, Heartland, playing an up-and-coming country musician. In the past year, Mack has been writing and recording his music in Vancouver and Nashville, and his first single "Duet," featuring Carly McKillip of One More Girl, is currently charting on Canadian country radio.

Garnering First Place in the Country category for their song "I Have Your Touch" is the Fairchild Brothers from Toronto, ON, Canada. Comprised of four brothers (with their sister Maryann featured on the wining song), their sound is a hybrid of modern country and hot AC, reflecting the diverse yet compatible tastes and influences of the four brothers.  With four independently strong songwriters on board, their songs have made an impact on Canadian radio.

The judging panel consists of iconic recording artists Dustin Lynch; Craig Morgan; Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders); Iggy Pop; Neon Trees; Cyndi Lauper; Carly Simon; Brandi Carlile; John Oates (Hall & Oates); 3 Doors Down; Of Monsters And Men; David Crowder; Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); G. Love; Jason Gray; Ryan Bingham; Aaron Shust; and The Mountain Goats. Judges also include a group of influential music journalists and editors from Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, The Washington Post, and Spin.

Unsigned Only honors artists who are unsigned to a major record label and acts as a benchmark for excellence in this arena of contemporary music. Unsigned Only is a fresh and novel approach to other music competitions. In addition to offering prizes, recognition, exposure, and the chance to be heard by a prestigious judging panel, Unsigned Only takes it a step further and offers the Grand Prize winner the once-in-a-lifetime chance to be mentored by and directly network with the top echelon of record company professionals. Mentors include presidents and top-level executives from Universal Republic, Capitol, Vagrant, RCA, Bad Boy Entertainment, Disney Music Group, Atlantic, Sony, Big Machine, Word, and G-Unit.

Founders Candace Avery and Jim Morgan said, "With more than 9,000 entries from all over the world, the competition was so competitive, and the finalists impressed the judges with the immense talent displayed. We owe a great thank-you to our dedicated judges who demonstrated their critical knowledge of music in selecting this year's winners, and we are proud to recognize these Canadian winners."

Unsigned Only is sponsored by Sony Creative Software, Disc Makers, D'Addario, Mrs. Fields Cookies, The Music Business Registry, Celebrity Access, and CAD Audio.For more information and to view the list of winners and Honorable Mentions, go to www.unsignedonly.com  

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Jo-Anna Downey:

Toronto Stand-Up Comic Jo-Anna Downey has recently been diagnosed with ALS [Lou Gehrig's Disease] and has lost the ability to speak. Jo-Anna Downey is a veteran comic who has toured all over Canada while building a huge following at Spirits Comedy Wednesday Nights for Sixteen years. Anyone who would like to donate and help out Jo-Anna visit http://www.joannadowney.com/

Facebook Fun:

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I Stepped In It!! Your Best or Worst Road Trip or Gig!!! Have some fun with this group.

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