Before the hot action of this blog starts, let me just announce again that The John Miller Program will be airing LIVE from the green room at the San Francisco Punchline on Comedy Day from 8 PM - 10 PM! This is an exciting event for us and we hope to see many of you at the Punchline on Sept. 20th, the evening of Comedy Day 2009! Now...
Do you remember...On the 5th night of September?...Love was changing the minds of pretenders...While chasing the clouds away...Our hearts were ringing...In the key that our souls were singing...As we danced in the night...Remember... How the stars stole the night away...Ba dee ya - Say do you remember...Ba dee ya - Dancing in September...Ba dee ya - Never was a cloudy day..........
Ahhh Hello September.
The John Miller Program with Susan Maletta welcomes you. We love this month because get a big time spike in our online downloads, morning drive listeners, and late night wackin' off'ers. You see, all the college kids are back in school, they're bored out of their hungover minds, they're totally broke, they're trying to hit the books, and the radio is usually on in the background. And guess what. They are LAUGHING THEIR LITTLE BUTTS OFF while listening to The John Miller Program with Susan Maletta!
This week on the JMP!! Another stellar and long-winded blog! And another stellar and huge-humored cast of talented comedians. Most of these comedians are also comedy show producers in the area and are joining us in the studio for some quality time, emotional bonding, and of course partying heartily in honor of this concept of completely uncensored radio programming. And because it's always late on a Saturday night. And because we're a bunch of fuckin' alcoholics!
This week, in addition to our regular loose format of shooting the shit with our fellow comedian friends, we will be spending a short time discussing the business side of comedy from these folks who really know their shit! Find out what gets you booked, what prevents you from being booked, and how to set up and run your own open mic or showcase in your area so that you can get the most stage time possible.
According to Brian Malow, when he was ten years old, he asked his mother, “Why is the sky blue?" And I’ll never forget her answer: ‘Because I said so!" Not entirely satisfied with that reply, Brian decided to delve deeper. Turning to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke – best-known as science-fiction writers - Brian soon found they both wrote non-fiction as well, and he quickly discovered that the actual science was even more exciting than the fiction! “They were great explainers – with so much personality,” says Brian. “They made it easy to understand and enjoy science." Did I mention that Brian Malow is a hilarious and gifted comedian who performs all over the bay area at venues such as the SF Punchline? He is.
Tina Allen is a California native with one foot stuck in New Jersey. Tina’s comedy covers a wide array of topics from dating, family, kids, skiing, being a teacher, growing up Catholic in today’s world, to getting older. She has been entertaining audiences throughout the bay area with her quick wit and cynicism. You can relate to her experiences, but don’t be fooled, she looks like she has a soft side but it’s not easily found. Growing up in an Italian/Irish/Catholic family that migrated to California from New Jersey allowed Tina to develop a strong personality while acquiring a ton of comedic material. She recently opened for Roseanne Barr, Sheryl Underwood and has worked with many other comics.
Kurt Weitzmann has been performing comedy for over 15 years and his act has been seen on Comedy Central, MTV, and on the stages of every San Francisco comedy club ever to come or go. Kurt Weitzmann created, edited, and produced the ingenious "SF Weakly", a highly celebrated parody of the SF Weekly, for which he was labeled a comic genius by non other than The SF Weekly. Kurt Weitzmanns comedy sketch album TALENTED is now available on AMERICAN DREAMS RECORDS. Kurt is also the producer of the new hit film "Last Call" and co-creator of the very popular and funny "Jesus Roast" and "Hitler Roast". Kurt is also a regular performer at the SF Punchline.
From the very moment this long-haired, middle aged, self proclaimed Rasta Jew Howard Stone enters the stage, hooting and hollering, you know you're in for a special treat. As a single dad with a gruff exterior but a heart of pure gold, Stone spouts alternative family values with edge and irony. He proudly extols the importance of ether as a viable tool for child rearing while launching effortlessly into tirades about pop culture, commercialism and the absurdities of life. Howard has featured in the “Jesus Roast” and “Hitler Roast”, and “The Uncle Howard Show” and performs all over the bay area.
Jason Myung Roger's sense of humor is rooted in his unique childhood. Although he was born in Seoul, Korea, at the age of five months, Jason was adopted by hippie parents and raised in, New Boston, New Hampshire. As the only Korean growing up, he developed a distinctive perspective on life which he conveys through comedy. His stories, characters, and antics all stem from his unusual upbringing. Through his company, Standup Guy Productions, Jason produces comedy and concert events. Currently, he has a monthly comedy show at the San Jose Improv called The Comedy Crashers and is producing a concert September 11, 2009 with NE-Yo and Day 26. He has performed in some of the country's premier comedy clubs ranging from NYC's Gotham, LA's The Comedy Store, Boston's The Comedy Studio, San Francisco's The Clubhouse and Cobbs, and The Improv.
Kelly Anneken was raised by a pack of feral television sets on the banks of Cincinnati's Mill Creek in the mid-80s, and was later left to fend for herself throughout 12 years of Catholic school with only network television to sustain her. After a brief flirtation with piety (which ended with her introduction to basic cable), she found herself adrift in adulthood, with absolutely no marketable skills to coast on until shuffling off this mortal coil. At this critical juncture, Kelly met and married a wealthy, surprisingly attractive computer nerd named Tom. Using her intoxicating combination of airtight logic and sexuality, Kelly convinced Tom to leave behind his stable life in Ohio so that she could move to San Francisco and chase her dreams. Her dreams being, primarily, access to medical marijuana, re-electing Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, and referring to herself in the third person. Eventually Tom humbly suggested that Kelly find new, more profitable dreams. So, after failing at every other possible form of employment, this industrious Jill-of-no-trades has opted to either make her own fortune by humorously chronicling the decline of Western culture or die trying. Confidentially, our money is on the latter.
Comedian Sqweeks Morales is a great room runner in the South Bay area. She runs SEVERAL hugely popular shows including Comedy Empire, Ladies Night Comedy Show at So. First Billiards, the Look-Out Bar and Grill, and Slanted Comedy, which is at the prestigious San Jose Improv. I will be asking her questions about showbiz, namely, how comedians can go about starting and producing their own comedy shows and/or comedy troupes.
Simone Campbell has been keeping people laughing with her rapid-fire wit and in-your-face approach. Legendary lesbian comic, Karen Ripley describes her as "exciting, energetic, full of life. She warms the audience up to each other. Not an easy thing to do. Killer smile."
Now put on your disco rollerskates, put on that Sony Walkman II, and tune in!
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