Casa de Haha Pets-tacular!
That’s right. Comics on stage with their pets. I’m not sure how this is going to go, but there will be pee. Hopefully from the audience. Join us, always the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Pups n’ puns. Kits n’ bits!
Ep10 Awni Issa
The affable Awni Issa joins us to talk comedy, balancing performing with his day job in film, Willy Wonka, The Hobbit, and childhood memories of Jim Carrey spanking him very much. Stand up clips ft. Awni, John Gregory, & Lisa Corrao.
Some photos from the ENHANCED podcast…
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Ultimate Miami Comedian 2013 – a local comic’s story
There are a a series of “Ultimate Miami” contests held for things like best band, bartender, and dessert. This year included an Ultimate Miami Comedian. Finally stand-up comics can join the ranks of food trucks and drag queens to compete for $5,000. Is this what it feels like to fight for civil rights?
I made it to the finals of this odyssey and the results have been edited into a fun, contest reality type program. It’s an interesting cross section of the Miami comedy scene, and the emerging narrative explores the true cost of a laugh.
I rather enjoyed it. Well done Beach TV, and thank you to the Ultimate Miami competition for supporting the local scene. I had a great time, despite my public weeping.
Like all contests, some things were… ponderous. Like having nearly 20 comics do three minutes each instead of fewer comics doing more time (though I get the appeal of a large showcase, and that more comedians means a bigger crowd = profit = success). The room is a huge convention hall where sound was sucked into the towering ceilings and over a crowd displaying the extreme diversity found only in the gambling and comedy communities of Miami. I won’t spoil the winner, but congrats to him. So now you know it’s not a woman? Don’t worry, no women even made it to the finals! Really? Yeah, and some funny ones tried out. Also, there were times when the interviewers asked loaded questions to inspire trash-talking, but the editing wasn’t manipulative.
What do you think about the program? Did the right comedian win? Does joke stealing matter? Will the Miami comedy scene ever matter? Are stand-up contests necessarily evil, or a necessary evil? AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
Ep9 Adrian Mesa
Adrian Mesa visits from Denver to rightfully claim his own episode! Daniel and Adrian are the local openers for a theater show – An Evening with the Onion. Ft. bootleg stand-up clips from the gig and a backstage interview about Adrian’s 21 years in comedy.
Some of the photos you’ll see while listening…
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Podcast CLIPS – Ep.8 – Forrest Reads Lisa’s Essay
Much can happen in an hour. I know you have so much entertainment to choose from that you don’t want to jump into anything too quickly. We’ve all been hurt before.
So I clipped a clip from the newest Casa de Haha Podcast, because five minutes is something we all have. I’ll be doing the same with the past episodes. You see, that way, people will…. HEAR THEM.
Enjoy Forrest Shaw reading an essay from Lisa Corrao’s dark past as a schoolteacher.
Ep8 Lisa Corrao & Forrest Shaw
One year after the 1st episode, we flip the guests for a another whopper twofer. Lisa Corrao & Forrest Shaw join us to discuss cooking, booking, women and comedy, and her dark past as a teacher. Plus Lisa & Forrest share their childhood cocaine stories! Stand-up highlights ft. Meg Williams, Tim Hanlon, & Lisa Corrao.
Much less Fofo now.
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