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!!

END OF APRIL/MAY NEWSLETTER

March Newsletter

Hello cult, I mean family! Happy Saint Patrick's Day, Easter, and whatever else you celebrate! Welcome to the March rubber chicken. I tried to keep it reasonable with lots of pretty pictures, but it is packed with chickeny goodness, so read away!

As always, if you want to have something included in this newsletter (info on comedy shows you are producing or performing in, your recent accomplishments, non-comedy classified ads, etc) just send all info to rubberchickengazette@gmail.com and we will put it in the next newsletter. If you want something to appear monthly, please resend it monthly.

Bobbie is Turning 40!

Save the date-Saturday, June 7 @ 8pm-Bobbie and Chris' 40th Birthday Party! Whoo Hoo!! I know it's hard to believe because we look so damn good (especially me), but Chris and I are turning 40 this year. On top of that, I finish my Masters degree on my birthday, AND June marks my 20th year in comedy (I started about a week before my 20th birthday), so we have a reason to celebrate!

This year's theme is Punk Rock. So, start looking for your party gear now. I will send you all invitations by email with my address later, but mark your calendar and come party with us!

Classes Start March 29!

Next session starts March 29, 30, 31! Remember, it's only $250 for returning students. Hit me up and let me know which class you want. You can choose from Saturday or Sunday 12-3 or Monday nights at 7pm. My phone is ringing from my new ads, so save your spot today!

Also, check out the info on the new Improv class below! I don't have the details yet, but it will be on the weekend and hopefully starting really soon. Hit me up if you are interested (read more below in this blog).

The Grad Shows were Awesome!


The grad shows were great! We had about 400 people in the audience over the three nights! I am so proud of everyone who was in the shows; they all did an awesome job. I want to thank Patrick Hanifin, Scott Shimamoto, Barry Weisenberg and Richard Chang for being special guests and kicking butt!!

And thanks sooo much to everyone who came out to support the three shows: Alice, Amy, Rudy, Daniel, Jim L., Yoshio, Sacha, Cathy, Steve, Jon, Saemi, Richard, Virginia, Micah, Revital, Karen, Jean, Joy, Evan, Jim C., John, Mike, Alan, Marty, Yak, Scott, Cathy, Yashar, Marsha, Tim, Jon, Marv, Kate, Moises, Rawle, Karen, Eric, Dave, Chris, Carlos, Tom, Mark, Christian, Russell, Jule Ann, and Paul! StandUp Academy is a success because of you and your support!!

Also big thanks to our fab mc Sally Mullins and guest Vargus Mason and the sexy videographer Chris Oliver!

NOTE: MY CAMERA DIED THE FIRST NIGHT, SO IF ANYONE HAS A GROUP SHOT FROM THE FIRST GRAD SHOW, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME!

New Improv Workshop!

The Improv workshop with our own John Fontaine was a huge success!! We had a GREAT time and a big turnout. I had so much fun stepping out of my comfort zone and learning new skills. I will definitely be adding an Improv class to our roster. I will get back with you with more details. In the meantime, check out some of the pics from the workshop at the link below and read the awesome things people had to say about the class.

More Pics:
Here are some quotes from the Improv workshop:
"Fontaine is fantabulous! I'll take anything he teaches!"
"I haven't had this much fun since the first time I tasted sugar!"
"This workshop was amazing! I'm ready to sign up today."
"So fun it felt sinful."
"I love the way the teacher involved everyone."
"This class was absolutely fabulous!"
John Fontaine was...
"...extremely skilled and talented."
"...had lots of great historical knowledge."
"...made me feel very comfortable."
"I love the classical nature of his background."
"John, please teach our family to be as good as you!"

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