April/May Newsletter

Hello comedy family!
Since April is almost over, let's call this the April/May edition of the Rubber Chicken. Lots of great info in this Chicken on upcoming Sunday Best and StandUp Academy Grad Shows. Plus, info about shows you can get booked for! And check out what your brothers and sisters have been up to lately (hint: a lot!).

As always, if you have anything to contribute to future newsletters, email any info to: rubberchickengazette@gmail.com

So, enjoy and hope to see you all at the shows and my birthday party on June 7!

Welcome The New Class!

We have some fab new members of the comedy family as Class #18 is already half-way over! So, without further adieu, welcome to the family:
Diane
Eric
Sam
Juliette
Jeanne
Heidi
Richard
Kelly
Kevin
Sarah
David
Eli
Jeff
Vince
Rob

And welcome back to Jean, Evan, Mike, John, Christian, Marsha, Jim, Rudy, Mark, Cathy, Moy, Saemi, Courtney, Richard, Rawle, Deon, Russell, Lalo, Scooby, Rich, Yoshio, Daniel, Puzant, Julie, Jon, Virginia, and Nick!

Chris Rock vs. Steven Wright


Comedy Central took it down, but Chris O. managed a little TiVo/videocamera/computer action and got the clip onto his new comedy blogazine, Headliner Magazine. Check out Chris Rock doing Steven Wright and Steven Wright doing Chris Rock. It's awesome! And, remember, Chris O. is taking submissions by comedians, so feel free to contribute to the blogazine. You can email Chris at the same address as Bobbie or myspace him at StandUp Video.

http://headlinermagazine.blogspot.com/

Next Sunday Best Show-May 18


Featuring:

MC: Sally Mullins

Chris Kostolefsky

Carl Kozlowsky

La Don Thomas

Peter Tudosio

Brent Levin

Kevin Lahaie

Jimmy Akers

Michael Senn

Jung Park

Henrietta

Quincy Weekley

*Alums get in for 1/2 price!

The Grad Shows Are Coming!

The grad shows will be here before you know it! Mark your calendars and come out to support the best damn comedy family in LA! Lineups are below in case you have a favorite comic you want to support (this is NOT the order). Hope to see you all at the shows!

Wed, May 28, Sun, June 1 & Mon, June 2

StandUp Academy Comedy Showcases

Ice House Main Room
24 North Mentor Ave
Pasadena, CA 91106

Showtime: 8pm
Admission: $10 in advance/ $15 at door

+ 2 drink min.

For advance tickets call (626) 577-1894

18 and over

*Alums get in for ½ price!


May 28 (Wed)

Juleann Van Dyck

Deon Williams

Rawle Lewis

Puzant Chiranian

Jeff Baefsky

Saemi Nakamura

Sarah Johnson

Mark Leonard

Vince Takas

Maria Castillejo

Rob Collister

Russell Charles

June 1 (Sun)

Jim Lee

Cathy Z

Yoshio Moriwaki

Jon Smilowitz

Jean Gliebe

Christian McLaughlin

Kevin Leung

Daniel Stanfield

Lalo Quezada

Courtney Ca

Moy Zepeda

Kelly Dennis

Rich Uranga

Rudy Boehmer

David Faragalli

June 2 (Mon)

Marsha Morgan

John Fontaine

Mike Mendola

Richard Benn

Jeanne Hanson

Sam Crutcher

Virgina Ramos

Evan Dagger

Diane Kawasaki

Eli Yachini

Heidi Estrada

Nick Feldsher

Eric Mark

Richard Chang

Now Booking for Sunday Best and The Big Time

Sunday Best-
I am booking for the monthly Ice House Main Room show called "Bobbie Oliver's Sunday Best." But, I don’t have any openings for a while. I am booking for the following dates. Before you hit me back to book a date, please note that I am going to require every comic in the show to pre-sell at least 10 tickets in order to be in the show ($10 each). I hate to do it, but if we don’t get butts in the seats, the Ice House doesn’t make money, and we lose our chance to have a monthly showcase. Everyone will get 7 minutes and we will be taping all the shows. I am only booking 12 comics each night, so first-come first-served. Available dates below.

September 21 @ 7:30

October 5 @ 7:30

December 7 @ 7:00

The Big Time-
I am producing a show called "The Big Time" in the Ice House Annex that would give six comics 15- minute spots, and we will be taping the shows.

Since there will only be 6 comics, we will obviously need anyone who is in this show to promote the hell out of it so we can keep doing these. We will be selling our own advance tickets for this for $8 each and I am asking each comic to sell 6-10 tickets. Next available date for this is July 31.

Hit me up if you want to book a spot in one of these shows.

Kate Roxburgh becomes Comedy Store Regular

Our own Kate Roxburgh got tapped this week by Mitzy Shore to be a Comedy Store regular. Way to go Kate!! You rock girl even if you do talk funny!

Headshots

I am always being asked to recommend a photographer for headshots. There is only one I recommend:

My photographer, Lon Bixby
www.lcbphotography.com
He's awesome and if you tell him Bobbie sent you, he'll be extra good to you!

Dianna Harris-CA Funniest Female Contest

Diana writes:

I'll be competing in the quarter finals of CA Funniest Female Contest on Friday, May 16th at 7pm held at Khoury's Restaurant in Long Beach.

Congrats Dianna and break a leg!

Jim & Diane-Uncle Clyde's Comedy Contest Winners

We now have 2 family members who have won this round's preliminary Uncle Clyde's Comedy Contest and will move on the the Superbowl of Comedy on May 22 in the Ice House Main Room.

Congrats to Jim Lee and Diane Kawasaki!! Break a leg in the finals, guys!

Info on auditioning below. DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM BOBBIE SENT YOU. IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING PASSED THROUGH OR TURNED DOWN.

Uncle Clyde's Comedy Contest auditions are every Wednesday at 6:30 in the Ice House Annex (be prepared to do 3 minutes). For more info, visit www.comedycasting.com

Carl Kozlowski- BOOK RELEASE PARTY AT LAUGH FACTORY!

Carl writes:

FREE STANDUP COMEDY SHOW AND BOOK RELEASE PARTY!!!
The world-famous Laugh Factory is throwing open its doors to myself and my co-author/comedy guru Tim Joyce for a book-release party that will include standup by us to help us kick off our new book of humorously bad advice, "Seize the Day Job! The Humor Book Al-Qaeda Kept You From Reading."

We're hoping for TV coverage so please come out and help us pack the house!!!

DATE: NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 6
TIME: 7:45 P.M. - 9 PM
PLACE: Laugh Factory, 8001 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
COST: FREE - NO COVER!!! (The book is $14 if you wanna get it - or write me at Comickoz@aol.com)
RSVP/QUESTIONS: CALL 310/775-7143 OR WRITE COMICKOZ@AOL.COM
After-party at California Pizza Kitchen across the street for anyone who wants to go!

Good luck Carl!

Marie Del Prete wins Famecast!

Our own Marie Del Prete is the first female comic to win FameCast!! Way to go Marie!!!

Marie writes:
Hey, Everybody:
I WON ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Yes, thanks to you, my lovely peeps, I am this season's FameCast Comedy Fenom! I've gotten lots of lovely prizes (including $10,000 bucks), a good deal of press coming up, and a great, big, beautiful feather in my comedy cap! Thank you all so much for putting up with all my emails, for signing up and voting for me, and for supporting me through this long, tough competition.

Yoshio Moriwaki bookings

Yoshio writes:

I have booked the following:

1) Matt Damon feature film "The Informant" to be shot in June
2) A National commercial "Dunkin' Donuts" to be shot next week

Way to go Yoshio!

John Becker-Comedy Store

John Becker writes:

I've booked a May 7, 8:00 show at The Comedy Store with ur pal & mine - Vargus.

Robbie Pickard and Ryan Niemiller form MopTopLobster Productions

Robbie writes:
Ryan and I are producing a weekly comedy show called Monday Night Comedy @ The Anthill Pub... which is located in the Student Center of the UC Irvine campus. Every Monday Night at 9:00... First show was packed, second show is tonight(4/28)!

We formed a production company called MopTop Lobster Productions... add us at myspace.com/moptoplobster!

Paula Johnson-The Joke Gym

Paula writes:
The Joke Gym in the news

Michelle Mills from the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group interviewed Scott Shimamoto and Paula Johnson on April 23 for an article that will appear three local papers in early May. Since launching in February, The Joke Gym has welcomed 42 comedians to its friendly stage. Shows continue on the first and third Thursdays of the month at Zapata Vive restaurant in Arcadia. For details, check the website or blog.


Chocolate Storm Gets on Who's Got Jokes!

Way to go Chocolate!!

Chocolate writes:

YEH BABY!!!! CHOCOLATE STORM STANDUP ALUM 2007, GOT ACCEPTED FOR
BILL BELLAMY WHO GOT JOKES,SEASON 3. ROCKIN 2AND TAPING IN BIRM ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM CONVENTION CENTER 5-6-08. WOW MAMA !!! IM GONNA ROCK THE SOCKS OFF ALABAMA!
THIS IS WHY STANDUP ACADEMY IS HOT, MAMA USE TO SAY,WRITE CLEAN STUFF CHOCOLATE. SO YOU WILL BE READY FOR WHATEVER TYPE OF SHOW, OH YEH MAMA!!
SHOW-YOU-RIGHT!!

Jon Smilowitz Nominated for An Emmy!

Jon writes:
Everyone think good thoughts for me on June 13th. That's when they announce the winners of the daytime Emmy's Creative Arts Awards. I was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing For A Drama Series.

Wooo freakin Hoooooooo!
Jon

We are all crossing our fingers for you Jon! Good luck!!