However, I digress. I've always been a fan of Doug Stanhope for a while. It's seldom you see a comic that is kind of "real", "on edge" etc. I've really dug his appearances on Stern, and his One Man Show from NYC.... I could less dig his support of Ron Paul, but who am I to kvetch, right? :)
Anyways, I follow Doug on The Twitter. A couple months ago, he posted an editorial he wrote about this gal, Kristine Levine who was doing a one woman show at The Edinburgh Fringe called "Fat Whore". Well to begin, first impression was she didn't seem (that) whorish, OR Fat, for that matter! But hey, every comic needs to have a gig as Lenny Bruce once said.
Case in point, this chick is very funny, very feisty, very sweet... very real.
So I reach out to her via her Twitter handle @kristinelevine. Not expecting a response I said; "would you do my podcast, here's the link, and I'm not a stalker" Not only did she favorite my tweet, but she agreed to come on the show!! I was like all "hey, I'm no Joe Rogan, or Kevin Freakin' Smith. This is something I'm trying to build as a creative hobby as I desparately cling to early middle age LOL. She was still cool w/ it
Even though we couldn't get Mary The Lawer on to talk sex offender stories vs. porn clerk stories . Though a quote from Mary was "I loved her C*M stories" when we texted after Kristine hung up. Kristine answered all my questions, and she wasn't bored by my newbie interviewing skills. I DID take notes to prepare
She's a sweetie, and very, very, very patient w/ my King of Comedy like obsession,... I swear I won't tape Jerry Lewis to a chair, Kristine! LOL
She and her buddies Morgan Preston, and Andrew Oullette are doing something called "The Biggest Tour Ever EVER".. Amazing, they are doing 50 cities, 50 states, in 50 days. There are some f'ng states I have no desire to go to as I think they don't have Jews in them. However, props to them for bringing some comedy to the hillbilly masses!
They are coming up the East Coast now. Tallahassee tonight, Savannah, Ga tomorrow, Virginia, Maryland, I think Mary The Lawyer is gonna see 'em in Wilmington, Del. They play Elizabeth, which is kind of a shithole town, but at least it's next to Newark NJ and they can go to the Ironbound for dinner.
East coast friends, and readers, go see these 3. They are on an insane journey, but one you got to support. In this era of shows like "Whitney" and "2 Broke Girls", go see 3 comics that bring it, that are as real as the jobs and lives you left behind when you walked into the bar/venue to see 'em.
On a side note, I don't think I mentioned it last week, but I gotta give props. As any readers would know, my Dad, who passed away at the end of August made me a huge boxing fan (and I turned him into a huge MMA fan). Well there was a fight on 2 weekends ago, Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado that was one of the most incredible fights I've ever seen. To say that I reached for the phone to call Dad to ask him if he was watching was an understatement. I knew he would have dug it. Both fighters proved that when done right; boxing is art, poetry , the real deal, passion.
In closing, Thank you Morgan and Andrew and Kristine for being real. Kristine you were very nice hooking me up w/ an interview
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