Carol Channing Returns To Denver
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Well, in spirit anyway. If you are in the Denver area, stop by to see a very fun show called Oddville tomorrow (June 14) at the Avenue Theater (417 E. 17th) where anyone who has something interesting, funny or weird to say can take 3 - 10 minutes to do it.
I did it back in April with my cynical dating rules blog monologue (yes, it’s the new trend — Blog Readings) with a prop comic and a guy trying to break into stand-up. The newbie was really good, but the prop comic won the audience $25 prize because he had stacked the crowd. And after trying to take myself out of the randomly drawn $25 award and a wrong-name-in-the-hat snafu, the newbie won the money and I felt good about myself.
Now I’m doing it again to promote the next Monkey’s Uncle (it’s on June 19th at Jazz@Jack’s just in case you are wondering. And I know you are). I’m performing my Carol Channing Carol Bangs ‘Em Off commercial skit where I perform — as Carol — modern and classic rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop hits with my friend, Aaron, doing his fantastic TV ad announcer guy voice to promote the album. The skit’s been a big hit at the MU shows, so it’ll be fun to perform it elsewhere and see how it plays.
Yes, that picture is me doing it a couple of years ago at a show. And, yes, I know the wig isn’t big enough nor is it completely white, but, hey, I’m on a limited budget here! If I win one of the $25 awards, I’ll use it to get a real imitation Carol Channing wig. How’s that? I’m going to need it because I have ideas for the third and fourth in this skit series — a duets collection and famous Oscar-winning songs. Leslie wants to hear "Into The West" from Return Of The King done by Carol: "Wwwhyyy dooo the whiiite gulls cawaaaaaaaalllll"
Yeah, I can’t wait either.
Listening to: One Last Love Song - The Beautiful South
June 13th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Yes, yes, duets!
June 13th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
I even have a Captain & Tennille idea for it. :)
June 13th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Holy Moly! We’re doing Oddville tomorrow night, too! See you there!
June 13th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Why? Why do you always step on my lines? And who do you mean by ‘we’?
June 14th, 2006 at 9:01 am
The Rodents, love! And so sweet of you and Carol to serenade me for my birthday!
June 14th, 2006 at 9:05 am
I’ll have her dedicate “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails to you.
June 14th, 2006 at 9:58 am
You’re right, I can’t wait! Better make sure I’m in the audience when you debut it though, that way you can blame me if it does bomb.
June 14th, 2006 at 10:15 am
I think the Oscar one will happen before the duets. I’ll have to dress the Monkeys up in costumes to do the duets. Mateo will be easy at least. He already has an Ethel Merman costume from our superhero opening.
June 15th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Another reason to “Go West”!
June 15th, 2006 at 10:47 am
LOL! And can I say that it killed last night. It’s one thing to perform it in front of a group made up of mostly your friends, but to have made a group of about 40 strangers scream with laughter made me feel so good.
During the audience applause vote, I got a very loud round of applause, too; however, the woman who gave a great performance of telling Cinderella in spoonerish form had ’stack’ the audience, so she won. She really deserved it. She made me scream with laughter in return.
It was like a comedy love-fest, man.
June 15th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
You really should have won. I voted for you. Then again, I was sitting next to you, so I felt slightly obligated. I didn’t want any awkward glares when I clapped quite loudly for the woman doing the weird pirate/Gilbert and Sullivan thing. What the hell was that, anyway? Quite odd. Which, I guess, supports the name of the show. Anything goes. Yes, yes it does.
June 15th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
That’s for sure. I still think it’s funny that sthe pirate woman won the random award. I guess it was fate giving her $25 for having the guts to get up and do something like that.
June 15th, 2006 at 8:40 pm
It’s sort of like you can do something so bad you’ll probably get gonged in most people’s minds, but you can still win $25.00. Just because you showed up. The randomness of the random award is kind of sexy. In a random sort of way.
June 15th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
Should you be getting ready for the radio show?
September 14th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
[...] After doing the Carol Channing bit last night at Oddville, I found out that the theater wants me to rant. By the way, can I say that Carol killed last night? It’s one thing to perform that commercial skit in front of a group that is mostly friends, but to have made an audience of about 40 strangers scream with laughter made me feel so good. Last night was a strong reminder of why I love to make people laugh. [...]
May 16th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
was carol channing on the tv show 30 rock as alex baldwin’s mother/
May 16th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
I don’t know. I don’t watch the show even though friends tell me it’s great.