We spent this past weekend at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada.
Dane Cook flew in to do a guest spot on a show hosted by Steve Martin. Cook asked if he could have his picture taken with my husband. Yes, you read that sentence correctly.
Over the course of five days, we cranked out 7,600 words about our experience. To read our updates, go to SHECKYmagazine.com.
The Camden County Board of Freeholders didn't have the money to mail out their 2010 Park Events Guide this year which may explain why there wasn't a huge crowd for the free Shawn Colvin concert at Cooper River.
It's a shame more people didn't attend because they missed out on a lovely evening.
We've been Colvin fans since the early '90's but we've only seen her perform once back when she toured with Bruce Hornsby, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt.
Seeing her in an intimate, laid back setting was quite a treat. Not only did she play most of her hits but she also covered songs by Crowded House, Steve Earle, Tom Waites and the Talking Heads. I love a songwriter who appreciates other people's songs.
Plus she was surprisingly funny.
As we were leaving, another concert attendee recognized Brian from Last Comic Standing. I meekly said, "Hi. Episode 3." The woman said, "I wasn't sure it was you because you look so young." Even though I thanked her, I kept thinking, "Yikes, how old did I look on TV?"
My husband decided to make homemade potato chips for a party at a friend's house back on Father's Day. We transported the chips in a brown paper shopping bag figuring it was the best way to keep them crisp.
Instead of putting them in a bowl upon our arrival, I merely ripped the bag, rolled down the sides and tried to convince everybody it was just the kind of fun, rustic presentation Martha Stewart would do.
It worked. But then the hostess out Martha-ed me when she used her her kid's wagon to keep the booze cold.
We're lucky to live a short 10-minute drive from one of the best places on the planet to watch fireworks. While other folks cling to the shoreline of Cooper River, we brave the goose poop (we brought a tarp) and unfold our folding chairs on one of the docks jutting out onto the water.
Several hundred feet away, fireworks are shot from an outcropping. From our vantage point, it feels like a private show.
The view from hubby's reclining folding chair.
Several hundred feet beyond the fireworks, former Bad Company frontman, Paul Rodgers was performing a free concert (Appropriate, since he was also the lead singer of Free). From where we sit, we can't see the show but we can hear it loud and clear.
Rodgers is amazing. It's hard to believe the man is 60! He puts all the other sexagenarian rockers to shame.
We sat out on the water, listening to music and enjoying the breeze and loud lights for about 2 hours. As we were leaving, a woman said to my husband, "There sure is a lot of poop out here." He said, "Most of it's mine." Have I mentioned that he's going to be on Last Comic Standing, July 5 at 9PM?
Here's the set list from Rodgers' 90 minute concert.
I have been a professional standup comic since 1985. I am the editor and co-founder of the WWW's most beloved magazine about standup comedy, SHECKYmagazine I am also the co-author of The Comedy Bible: The Complete Resource For Aspiring Comedians.
