A surprising amount of good stand up this week, both local and national. But first, the top Viral Video of the Week:
FRIDAY:
Michael Ian Black @ Helium
7:30pm & 10pm – $25
Comedy Night @ The Bagdad Theater
Richie Stratton, The Dan Cossette, Phil Schallberger, Jon Washington, Tristian Spillman – 8PM – $5
Fly Ass Jokes @ The Brody Theater
Timmy Williams, Tristian Spillman, Shane Torres, Whitney Streed, Nick Walker, Jay Dean, Ian Karmel – 10pm – $6
We Are Not Saints: Laughs Without Liquor Stand-up Comedy Tour @ The Q Center
Felon O’Reilly, Ian Harvie, Amy Dresner. Proceeds partly benefit Garden of Hope Recovery House – 8pm – $20. Proceeds partly benefit Garden of Hope Recovery. (The Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave.)
After Hours: MST, The Mystery Science Tribute Show @ ComedySportz
Improv – 10pm – $5
SATURDAY
Honest Comedy @ Cross Bank Saloon, 124 NE 3rd St., Gresham
Don Frost, Ian Karmel, Preacher, Steve Ramsdell, Todd Armstrong – 8pm
(Look, I know it’s Greshamn but Don Frost and Ian Karmel are two of Portland’s best fucking stand ups)
Hilarious at the Hawthorne @ Hawthorne Theater Loung
Virginia Jones, Kristine Levine, Veronica Heath, Whitney Streed, Belinda Carroll – 8pm – $5
Comedy in the Digital World @ The Crab Bowl, 7958 SW Barbur Blvd.
Sean Jordan, Anthony Lopez, Andy Schanz, Jon Green, Ben Varley, Aaron Hays, Grace Sadie, Joseph Ledington, Jason Cramer, Anthony St. Augustine – 8pm – Free
Michael Ian Black @ Helium
7:30pm & 10pm – $25 general admission.
H/T: The PDX Comedy Blog for being the only folks in town to reliably list stand up shows.
Of the week? This was going around like THREE weeks ago. That’s like 5.7 years in internet time.
I’m.. such a buzzkill. Someone slap me. Sorry.
Props to Dean Kamen, genius inventor of the ISB (invisible streaker barrier).
@PDXwahine:
“The crocodile will change not a word of the vomit that gushed from his cranium.”
— Lautréamont
Thank you, I needed to see that from the cave I live in 🙂
@Todd Good lord, I felt bad until I got Blanchot quoted at me. Now I realize the pretentiousness does need some pricking and feel fucking fine.