February 23, 2010 – 3:20 am
When I was interviewing Jeff on Saturday, he dropped maybe the most exciting news about next year's festival possible: "We're going to start on Thursday and end on Saturday," he announced. At the time, I didn't actually realize this was exciting news, but by the end of yesterday, I was overjoyed at the prospect. Because [...]
February 22, 2010 – 7:49 pm
Greg & Lou present Lou & Greg is Greg Burke, AJ Morales, and Lou Perez. Blending elements of stage and film, Greg & Lou have performed sketch comedy to sold-out audiences across the country and are proud to call the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in NYC their home. In 2009, their pilot “Blog of a [...]
February 21, 2010 – 12:32 am
Roseanne took the stage a little late, at about 11:24 tonight, wearing hip shades to shield her from the glare of hundreds of excited Northern Michigan fans.
Roseanne isn't afraid to get political, and she immediately sympathizes with the Michigan audience (the state that boasts the highest unemployment rate in the nation), but maintains, "It's not [...]
February 21, 2010 – 12:25 am
Predictably, when you bring as many mega stars to Traverse City as the Comedy Festival has done, you'll get some delays. The Roseanne Barr show was supposed to begin tonight at 10:30, and we saw a crowd of hundreds waiting patiently in the cold outside the State Theatre. Around 11 p.m., as soon as the [...]
February 20, 2010 – 10:43 pm
John Waters says he was against the Iraq war, but he supports the soldiers. In fact, he has many fans within the ranks. He sent DVDs and t-shirts of his to dress an entire battalion in Mesopotamia, and they wear t-shirts of his face while in battle. If I were Saddam's Baath Party, I'd surrender [...]
February 20, 2010 – 10:16 pm
Just found this photo of John Waters online …. if you heard his show, methink, you wouldn't be surprised at all if he went straight from a mall Santa gig to a month in the slammer. Balt'more style ….. did he appear on The Wire (Season Four, perhaps)?
Sexual preference … being gay isn't enough anymore [...]
February 20, 2010 – 10:03 pm
John Waters is a fast talker: I'm trying to follow the blitzkrieg humor narrative.
Junkes don't eat dog ca-ca even if they're offered a three-course meal …. bears are actually hairy old men, and there are many of them in these parts …
Wait, what there's a condition out there that describes people who wanna have sex [...]
February 20, 2010 – 9:50 pm
Before John Waters' show "This Filthy World" in Traverse City's grandoise City Opera House, we're told, "absolutely no photos" …. as in, this guy is serious. They'll confiscate our cell phones, blackberries, Kodak film, whatever.
He takes the stage only 5 minutes late (testament to the volunteers and management of this festival, as things were running [...]
February 20, 2010 – 7:33 pm
Guys don't light candles at home to be romantic, they do it because they're farting.
——
What would pornography for women be like? Two hours of cuddling, and then the guy proposes to her afterwards!
——
She's on a motherhood trip now. "Why don't we give kids names that they can use in the real world? Not names like [...]
February 20, 2010 – 12:13 pm
As is the tradition with all great TCFF events, the Comedy Fest kicked off yesterday with a party. Throngs of festivalgoers enjoyed appetizers and cocktails with a who's who list of comedians and VIPs at the City Opera House, including Jeff Garlin, Michael Moore, John Waters, Whitney Cummings, Teenager of the Year, TJ & Dave [...]
#TCFF Twitter
Powered by FireStats