What the 20D Has to Say About Last Night: March 2006

March 30, 2006: Sweet at the Slipper Room

Craig Baldo and Eric Slovin (Who says the comedy scene is all hubris and backbiting? There's also a little thing called L-O-V-E.)

Pages and pages of comedy

March 28, 2006: Giant Tuesday Night at Rififi

Jonny Fido, Bryan Olsen and Mark Douglas

Bryan Olsen

Mark, Andres and Jonny

Dan Allen

Ann Carr

Jonny Fido

The disembodied head of Bryan Olsen

March 27, 2006: Drink at Work.com Presents...
at Siberia

Man oh man...what a kick ass night we had for our first show. Terrific audience, great sets by
everyone, lots of drinks and a dazzling closing performance by Project Jenny, Project Jan.
Huge thanks to Maryanne Ventrice who took ALL the photos last night. I think she did a great
job of capturing the majesty and mayhem. Since there are so many pictures, I'm going
to do this in two posts, performance shots and after party.

God's Pottery

Tom Shillue

Claudia Cogan

Francesco Marciuliano, introducing "Conversations with Dad"

Bryan Olsen, reading the part of Ces in "Conversations with Dad"

Mark Douglas, reading the part of Frank in "Conversations with Dad"

Hannibal Buress

Jon Lang

"A Quick Moment with Carol"

Sean Crespo

Project Jenny, Project Jan

March 27, 2006: Drink at Work.com Presents... After Party

Craig Baldo, our badass DJ for the night

Claudia

Ces and fellow Drink at Worker, Corey Pandolph

Hannibal

Jesse Popp

Jiwon Li

Jon and Shayna Ferm

Jeff Jowdy, our videographer

Corey

Vince Averill

Maryanne and Carol (photo courtesy of our good friend Patrick from Lolita Bras)

Patrick

Paul of Lolita Bras and I were disturbed to find we had worn the same shirt...but it was a King of France shirt, so we decided it was ok.

A partial Lolita Bras / Drink at Work mashup

Tom

A triumphant night like this calls for one thing...a toilet photo.

March 25, 2006: Moonwork

James Wolfe, Producer/Host/Maestro

Craig Baldo

Matt Higgins

Eli James
Note: Eli is the first person the good folks at Moonwork have ever booked based on my recommendation. And he did a great job, too...woohoo!

Demetri Martin

Tom Shillue

March 22, 2006: Comedy is for Humans at Mundial

Joshua Grosvent and Baron Vaughn

Dan Allen

Tom Shillue

Dan

Tom

Baron and Josh

P.S. Becky Donohue was also on this show and she had an amazing set. My pictures of her, did not come out well though due to some folks sitting in front of me at that point.

March 21, 2006: Giant Tuesday Night (what else?) at Rififi

Mike Birch, Rob Gorden, Ann Carr, Seth Herzog, Michael Reisman, Andres du Bouchet
and contestant in the "Also There Is a Game" portion of Giant Tuesday

Todd Levin, a great writer and one of my favorite comics

Rob and Andres

Rob, Liam McEneaney and Andres

At this point, Liam took the camera away from me and turned on the flash...

Jiwon Li

Nick Kroll

March 20, 2006: Tell Your Friends at Lolita Bar
and Rock n Roll Karaoke at Arlene's Grocery

A Brief View of the Hudson

Amanda Melson

Seth Herzog

r.star

Baron Vaughn

Jack Kukoda

Baron and Jack

Baron and Maryanne

Me and Ces

We missed Mark Douglas' performance at Arlene's karaoke, but heard it was stunning

And with one dynamo performance of The Boys are Back in Town, Seth Herzog shoots way up the 20D ladder

Mike Birch gave the performance of the night with his rendition of Give It Away...but my battery died so I caught none of it.

Hey, guy who took the photo of Mike laying on the stage at the end of the song...SEND ME THAT PICTURE!

March 18, 2006: Lonesome Jack at Geno's in Portland, Maine

We visited Corey Pandolph and his hot wife Kristen in Portland, Maine this weekend. In addition to several good breakfasts, beer and cold weather we enjoyed a performance by NY-based bluegrass/Irish/punk band Lonesome Jack.

Corey at his favorite bar

Extreme close-up of Ces at Gritty's

Lonesome Jack

Utili-kilt

Norman Pandolph

Ok, fine...one more pic from last night...

I have basically been brow-beaten by everyone who was there last night
for not posting this picture. I'm pretty sure it kicks this page up a notch...
whether that's a move I want to make or not, who knows. I guess I now
have to take bathroom pictures of all the comedians in New York.
FYI: Maryanne, Sean and I tried this three times, and each time Melinda
sent us back to make it look more "realistic." I finally had to lie in the
floor in the hallway outside of the bathroom to make it work. Again I have
to ask, why hasn't the One More Drink Club been thrown out of a bar yet?

March 15, 2006: The Duplex

Poppi Kramer: The Delightful Bitch Behind the Bar

Kneel before Erin Foley...she kicks ass

Jon Lang: A Man, A Suit, A Comedy Crackpipe

Vince "I'm So Tall I Poke the Eye of God" Averill

The devastatingly adorable Melinda Richards

Three minutes with Liam McEneaney adds an extra bit of magic to your night.

Vince again

Jon's set list

March 14, 2006: Poker Night at Ace of Clubs

The lovely Shayna Ferm

Liam McEneaney talking to Joan, the mother of an audience member who forgot to turn off her cell phone

The Most Photographed Nanny in America

March Madness: 20D Rankings as of Today

Recently, Mark Douglas (Giant Tuesday/The Rob and Mark Show) commented to me that
he wanted to see more pictures of himself on this page. He also suggested that both
Crespo and Baldo have gotten more than their fair share of posts. This got me thinking
about what the actual rankings of 20D appearances would be, so I went through this
morning and counted them up. As expected, Sean "I'm Pretty" Crespo came out on top.
However, the rest of the list was a little surprising.
(Note to self: Begin ignoring Giant Tuesday at all cost.)
(Note to self: Are you fucking kidding me, it's the best show in the city.)

Official 20D Rankings as of March 15, 2006:
(I cut the list off at 4 appearances)

1. Sean Crespo, 15
2. Rob Gorden, 12
TIE
3. Mark Douglas, 11
3. Me, 11 (thanks, Maryanne)
5. Andres du Bouchet, 10
TIE
6. Francesco Marciuliano, 8 (this is an impressive showing for someone who hates having his picture taken...well done, baby!)
6. Corey Pandolph, 8 (this is a pathetic showing for someone who loves having his picture taken)
TIE
8. Liam McEneaney, 7
8. Maryanne Ventrice, 7
TIE
10. Craig Baldo, 6
10. Mike Birch, 6
TIE
12. Eric Kirchberger, 5
12. Bryan Olsen, 5
12. Michael Reisman, 5
TIE
15. Vince Averill, 4
15. Shayna Ferm, 4
15. Paul Frick, 4
15. Jon Lang, 4
15. Gabe McKinley, 4
15. John F. O'Donnell, 4
15. Tom Shillue, 4
15. Nick Turner, 4
15. Baron Vaughn, 4

So, Mark, #3...not bad. But clearly Rob Gorden is stealing your thunder. Time to take
him down a peg or two, don't you think?

One other thing is abundantly clear: I have to take more pictures of women.

Headshots!

I didn't take photos last night, so I thought I'd put a new project of mine up.
For some reason, a couple of friends have asked me to take headshots for them.
It's a difficult process. Not only do you have to take a good picture, but you
also have to simultaneously reveal the character of the person AND put them
in their best light. Tall order. Don't know how well I'm doing so far, but I
hope to do more of these.

Nick Turner

Sean Crespo

March 12, 2006: Foleymare Short Film Shoot

Gabe McKinley and Sean Crespo, rehearsing a scene

Gabe

Alan Harris, Director

March 11, 2006: Slightly Known People is Seeing Other People at Rififi

Slightly Known People

The Rob and Mark Show

Bryan Olsen as The Ghost of Mitch Hedberg

March 9, 2006: Honeyspot at Bar on A

Becky Donohue

John F. O'Donnell

Craig Baldo

Baldo is my hero

March 7, 2006: Banned to Siberia and The Village Lantern

Ashley Strand, host of Banned to Siberia, an open mic that runs every Tuesday at 7:00pm at Siberia on 40th St./9th Ave (red light over a black door). Ashley is an incredibly charming, intelligent host and he runs a good room. As of yet, this show is not well-attended and, frankly, I don't think enough comedians are taking advantage of it's potential as a workout room. You truly never know what you're going to get here, but it's always memorable to say the least. This show deserves to find an audience (and more performers).