This Wednesday - Ivy Comedy Show
This show appears to be open to anyone who RSVPs -- here's the link on the Penn Club* website.
Ivy League Comedy show, starring New York's funniest, brightest and most educated comedians. See Karen Bergreen (Comedy Central, VH-1), Jeff Kreisler (author of the "Funny Money" column, TheStreet.com), Jennifer Dziura (VH-1, Good Morning America), and a surprise guest who has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. Hosted by Shaun Eli (visit Shaun's site).
$35 in advance or $45 at the door (includes two drinks). For reservations, email events@PennClubNY.org or fax (212) 403-6621.
*Did you know that most of the Ivies have actual country-club-style "clubhouses" in midtown? The Harvard Club displays a sign that prohibits "business newspapers," work materials, and most certainly laptops. God forbid you use your education to get something done. Just in case you thought the term "landed wealthy" was outdated....
Ivy League Comedy show, starring New York's funniest, brightest and most educated comedians. See Karen Bergreen (Comedy Central, VH-1), Jeff Kreisler (author of the "Funny Money" column, TheStreet.com), Jennifer Dziura (VH-1, Good Morning America), and a surprise guest who has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. Hosted by Shaun Eli (visit Shaun's site).$35 in advance or $45 at the door (includes two drinks). For reservations, email events@PennClubNY.org or fax (212) 403-6621.
*Did you know that most of the Ivies have actual country-club-style "clubhouses" in midtown? The Harvard Club displays a sign that prohibits "business newspapers," work materials, and most certainly laptops. God forbid you use your education to get something done. Just in case you thought the term "landed wealthy" was outdated....
posted by JenIsFamous at 4/03/2006 05:12:00 AM
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so i'm guessing that the dumb comedians only get to watch (you know like some of th people who watch porn because they can't get laid)... and they have to make sure they don't make snorting noises when they laugh (like they do when they actually get laid)...
Fun fact: A Campbell's soup can is of course red and white. But did you know that it is CORNELL red and white? Apparently Old Man Campbell was an alum of the ivy league university located in Ithaca, New York.
I learned that otherwise worthless tidbit of information from one of the Class of '37, when I went for dinner at the Cornell "clubhouse" in midtown with my father and sister (both graduates). When I walked in to meet Dad and Sis, the old fart looked aghast at the fact that I was sporting a blue necktie, as if to remind me, "Good God, man! You're wearing YALE'S colors."
(What? Is George H.W. Bush gonna drive by and cap me? Jesus! Dartmouth's colors also include red, don't they, Jen? Although, not CAMPBELL'S SOUP red, as if it makes any goddamn difference.)
"Do you see my necktie?" the old timer asked. "It is CAMPBELL'S SOUP red!"
On the way out after dinner, I saw the same scold retrieving his coat. He had a spot on his shirt, doubtless caused by an errant splash of tomato sauce, and I was quick to point it out to him.
"Say, Ezra," I laughed, "your necktie might be CAMPBELL'S SOUP red, but I think your shirt has a speck of SPAGHETTI-O'S orange, if you take my meaning. And if memory serves, that's one of PRINCETON's colors, innit?"
He turned Harvard crimson, and was not amused.
a new t-shirt slogan for animal lovers...
"Farm Animals Do It Better"
Enquiring minds want to know. . .
Who was the tougher crowd--the Methodists or the intelligentsia? Sorry I couldn't make it, but I trust all went well and that you were great, as usual?
Methodists.
Penn alums were a fantastic bunch. Not that I believe in blaming the audience, regardless.
Oh, and Dartmouth has just one color, "Dartmouth green."
Glad to hear that it went well, Jen. And, yes, I agree with you about not blaming an audience. There's no law that says that anyone must laugh, if he or she is not for whatever reason amused. (Although, certainly, some crowds are more receptive than others, and that was really all I meant--it's really a question of which audience was more fun; not which was "worse", or "tougher", or whatever. Good point.)
On another note, after I posted that thing about the Campbell's soup cans having taken their colors from Cornell's, several of my friends who graduated (like you did) from Dartmouth asked where I got the idea in my head that their school colors are red. What can I say? This is why I didn't go to Dartmouth, I guess. I can't even tell the difference between green and red. It's a wonder I can drive a car.
Jeeze!
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