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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!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Someone's on a Roll
Earlier today I got an excited voice mail from Christian. He just heard Tim Russert farting on camera during Tim's coverage of Ted Kennedy on MSNBC. "I replayed it about five times and I am positive it was a fart. I DVRd the clip so when you get home watch it! It's between 6:06.28 and 6:07.57." He then called Best Week Ever and told the producer in hopes that they might air it. The first thing he asked me when he got in the door tonight, "Did you watch it?" Of course I thought he meant American Idol; but, no, he was still thinking of the gassy mishap. Why are farts so funny? I don't get it, yet I eagerly kept my ears peeled when Christian replayed the clip for me six or eight times. Indeed, it was a fart. And I think I heard more farting later in the clip but Christian wasn't quite sure. We gave it analysis just shy of the Zapruder film before moving on to more important things like the aforementioned American Idol finale. I don't have time to type out my dissertation on the whys and wherefores of who I think will win vs who should win. I'll just say give you this: After David Archuleta's performance of the song "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", Paula said, "The sun is never go down on you..." to which Christian replied, "Neither is any woman." HEY-O! "But David will go down on someone's son." HEY-O!
--Kambri
Ba dum bump!
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Only in New York
 The foiled Todd Barry scam made it into Cindy Adams' column in today's New York Post. Click on the image for a larger view.
Last night I told a story at SpeakEasy and did really well, I think. I had no notes and had never been to the venue so I was especially proud for not completely choking or losing my cool. Thanks to the lovely Sherry Weaver for booking me and making me feel so welcome. She's a doll.
--Kambri
Gearing up for another show Sunday night at the Tank.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Come See Me Tonight!
 Did you see this week's Time Out NY? I was dubbed an "emerging monologuist." Cool! Tonight I'll be monologuing for a few minutes on SpeakEasy: Stories from the Back Room.
I hope to see you there! Here are the details:
THURSDAY, MAY 15
7:30 show; doors at 7:00 -- $10
BAR REIS
375 Fifth Ave. at 6th Street
Park Slope Brooklyn
R or M to Union Street Station
Join Sherry Weaver and her band of storytellers for an evening of startling personal revelations! Contact www. speakeasystories. com or call 718-783-1197.
--Kambri
Going sans notes these days. I'm progressing -- or, EMERGING!
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
A Baker's Dozen in Tony Nods
Congrats to my Freestyle Love Supreme pals who got nominated for THIRTEEN Tonys for "In the Heights"! THIRTEEN! I'll be seeing them in a couple of weeks, if not sooner, and lots and lots in July. You can, too, when they're at Comix. First chance is June 12th but buy your tickets now because these boys sell out.
--Kambri
13!
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Twittering
A long, long while ago I set up a Twitter account. I can't for the life of me remember what or how I signed up. Since I never really used it, just made a new account which you can track here if you so choose: https://twitter.com/kambri.
This is our 3rd spring in this apartment and every year, a mama bird builds a nest in a pipe underneath our kitchen window. Every time I turn on the water or slam a cabinet the little babies wake up chirping for food. The mama bird spends every waking minute flying back and forth with food for them. How exhausting! I threw some bread out and made it land on our A/C unit, but honestly I think she's more discriminating than, say, a pigeon. I just wish there was a way I could maneuver a bowl of seeds out there for her. She's really fascinating to watch. Bird watching = I'm officially old, right? Or is it my chronic lower back pain and lack of any desire whatsoever to watch The Hills or Gossip Girl?
Yesterday, I wrote My Jailed Deaf Dad, sent him $25, worked out at the gym (WTF, right?!), caught up on my DVR tapings which included seeing Craig Baldo (comedian and DJ at my and Finny's wedding) on Conan O'Brien who also gave Comix a shout out. I've decided to stay in again today and try to get back on the writing saddle. It's cold and rainy out so it's not a hard choice to make. So far, I've only updated a few broken links on my press pages and updated other random websites. Procrastinating with other work again.
--Kambri
It could be worse, I could give in to temptation to play GTA4 on our Playstation. The pull is strong (it's set in NYC and the Beer Garden in Queens is included!) but I'm resisting so far.
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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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