Comedy Shows - 1967-2000

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Comedy Shows 1967-2000

Photo	Date	Name	Theatre	Location	Laughs
	1967	Bill Cosby	Carpenter Field House	Newark, DE
First stand up show I can recall. Held in a gym with uncomfortable chairs, but didn't matter, I loved it.
Ticket	08-10-73	Pitschel Players	Pitschel Players	San Francisco, CA
First comedy club experience. Improv group who, according to Wikipedia, didn't produce any stars other than Jack Baker, TV bit player and porn star. I remember a Wallace Shawn type of guy, but without a program...
	09-07-73	Martin Mull	Comedy Club	Boulder, CO
I think I had heard his Dueling Tubas, but that was about all I knew about him. Performing with his fabulous furniture and his dry wit, I became a big fan.
Ticket	11-73	Proctor & Bergman	Smith Hall	Newark, DE
One half of Firesign Theatre would have to suffice. Promoting their solo album "TV or Not TV" clip
Playbill	11-10-73	National Lampoon Lemmings	New Locust Theatre	Philadelphia, PA
John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful and others in a transition from radio to Saturday Night Live. I also saw them on the UD campus, but can't remember when. Urban legend has it that Chevy Chase started his addiction to pain killers after a pratfall gone wrong during that show. Belushi did his Joe Cocker impression, later perfected on SNL. (article)
Ticket	05-01-76	Monty Python Live!	City Center 55th Street Theatre	New York, NY
If possible, even funnier in person than on screen, even though most TV skits were repeated verbatim. Worth every penny of the record breaking price of $6. With Neil Innes and Carol Cleveland.
	1984?	Big Daddy Graham	Comedy Cabaret	Wilmington, DE
Musical parodies, should have been as big as Weird Al, but remained a regional act. Got a lot of Philly airplay with "Nuns" and "Let's Call In Sick".
	03-22-86	Rich Hall	Bacchus	Newark, DE
On Saturday Night Live at the time. Great impressions and "sniglets". Surprisingly, never quite made it to the the big time.
	04-??-89	Jerry Seinfeld	Graham Hall	Newark, DE
Two months before TV show went on the air. Have never laughed so hard.
	10-08-93	Second City	Kibbie Dome	Moscow, ID
While Matt Eick and I were visiting Scott Fendorf, we took in the touring company show of Second City. There was no program, so I don't recall who was in the cast, but according to the web, both Stephen Colbert and Amy Poehler were in the company at that time, so maybe I saw them.
	09-09-93	Kevin Nealon	Bob Carpenter Center	Newark, DE
Embarrassingly small crowd in an inappropriate large gym. We got a pair of free tickets the radio station was giving away, so the paid attendance was minimal. In spite of that, the SNL cast member but on a brave face and delivered a funny show..
	05-21-94	Gallagher	Valley Forge Music Fair	Valley Forge, PA
Not just exploding watermelons. Warped sense of humor carried the show to it's ultimate conclusion.
	04-28-96	Carrot Top	Grand Opera House	Wilmington, DE
The red headed prop master picks on Britany Spears and Hootie among others. Extremely silly, but very funny.
	10-17-96	Sharps, Flats & Accidentals	Grand Opera House	Wilmington, DE
The Flying Karamazov Brothers juggler/comedy act. Arrived an hour late with Dan Strawn and Eef Elzinga and had to endure abuse as we were being seated in the front row.
	04-17-97	Jake Johannsen	Cobb's Comedy Club	San Francisco, CA
Went with fellow Iowa boy, Kirk Scheckel and Erin O'Reilly. In spite of the most creative use of the F word, he never quite made it to the big time.
	11-21-99	The Smothers Brothers	Grand Opera House	Wilmington, DE
Have aged very well. As timely and as funny, if not funnier, than their heyday in the 60's. Special Guest Yo Yo Man (Tommy) performed on the street with local kids before the show.
	03-08-00	Michael Winslow	Storyville	New Orleans, LA
The sound effects guy from the Police Academy movies. Most amazing part of show can be seen in the following video. With a little electronic help, those screaming Hendrix guitar licks are really being made by his voice:
	04-20-00	Carrot Top	Grand Opera House	Wilmington, DE
Return performance at the Grand was just as silly and just as funny. This time we had Jessica and Jay with us to join in the fun. The shtick was the same, but fortunately with different props and different jokes.
	06-10-00	Ray Romano	Grand Opera House	Wilmington, DE
We had not seen his TV show before this performance, but we became overnight fans and had to catch up with all the old shows as reruns. Parts of this performance were recorded for a CD misleadingly entitled "Ray Romano Live at Carnegie Hall". This video is from a few years earlier, but he did the cookie and twins jokes:

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