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Stand-Up Comedy Experience

In the late 1980searly 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

Material: Coming Out at My Bar Mitzvah

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City

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TMLP, The Team Weekend Skit

Improv skit (it really was, all we did was come up with the main theme of the skit, a few hours before the afternoon session, and then just played from there) with myself and Eli Krupnik at the Team, Management & Leadership weekend in San Francisco, January 1990. Much of it is poking fun at, or parodying the team training weekend we were at – using a little humor to lighten up an intensive program. As such a lot of the references and choice of language probably won’t make much sense to people who haven’t participated in the program.

Sadly, Eli passed away in early 2014. He was the person who got me into the world of comedy, and comedy writing, and he is missed.

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Stand-Up Comedy Experience

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

This clip also contains performances from two of my closest friends at the time, Maureen Morris and Eli Krupnik. Eli was the person who got me into the workshop in the first place. Sadly, he passed away in early 2014. The show was emceed by the inimitable (albeit slightly less campy than usual) Alan Sues, who also passed away, in 2011.

Material: Being Gay; Dating

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City

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TMLP, The Leadership Weekend Skit

Improv skit (it really was, all we did was come up with the two main themes of the skit, during our lunch break before the afternoon session, and then we winged it from there) with myself and Eli Krupnik at the Team, Management & Leadership weekend in Atlanta, April 1989. Much of it is poking fun at, or parodying the leadership training weekend we were at – using a little humor to lighten up an intensive program. As such a lot of the references and choice of language probably won’t make much sense to people who haven’t participated in the program.

Sadly, Eli passed away in early 2014. He was the person who got me into the world of comedy, and comedy writing, and he is missed.

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