November 30, 2004
CONGRATS REDSOX!
Before half of these guys get greedy and sign with other teams, let's pause for a moment! This is a cool thing.
I used to tape all the covers of SI to my wall at home as a kid (my mom hated this). I thought it was a neat thing seeing all those covers on the wall.
This one is going on my refridge.
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I used to tape all the covers of SI to my wall at home as a kid (my mom hated this). I thought it was a neat thing seeing all those covers on the wall.
This one is going on my refridge.
WADE FAN OF THE WEEK:
Bravo to Anna of NBC Sports, a hard worker who know how to fax!
BUY WADE SHIRT
WADE'S SHOW SCHEDULE
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Bravo to Anna of NBC Sports, a hard worker who know how to fax!
BUY WADE SHIRT
WADE'S SHOW SCHEDULE
SLOW BLOG:
There are few things I'd like to post on my blog but it is very slow today /so is the internet.
This all makes me sad. But I will be patient and post my stuff later.
Until Then... be as you were.
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There are few things I'd like to post on my blog but it is very slow today /so is the internet.
This all makes me sad. But I will be patient and post my stuff later.
Until Then... be as you were.
WADE'S COLLEGE YEARS: THE MOVIE! COMING SOON
Here is a scene showing me be brave and tough etc!
(Mike Perog plays my RA - residence assistant)
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(Mike Perog plays my RA - residence assistant)
November 29, 2004
THE DAY WHEN WADE MET WADE:
I met Wade Boggs at the NH Baseball Dinner when I was in 1st Grade.
He signed an autograph for me and I said... "My name is Adam Wade."
He looked at me and said..."You parents should have named you WADE WADE."
Then I said... "You can hit a baseball good, but you... suck at jokes."
He responded, "I eat chicken for every meal."
(End of conversation)
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He signed an autograph for me and I said... "My name is Adam Wade."
He looked at me and said..."You parents should have named you WADE WADE."
Then I said... "You can hit a baseball good, but you... suck at jokes."
He responded, "I eat chicken for every meal."
(End of conversation)
GUESS WHAT WADE IS NOT EATING FOR DINNER?:
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November 28, 2004
LADIES LOVE WADE!
After my last 'PENGUIN' SHOW... these 8 ladies asked to have a photo with the big Star himself (me).
Not bad.
THE LADIES LOVE WADE!
(now I can look at this post every time I am depressed)
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Not bad.
THE LADIES LOVE WADE!
(now I can look at this post every time I am depressed)
November 27, 2004
BRIAN WILSON'S SMILE
CUT AND PASTE THIS:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4182988
THANKS DAD!
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CUT AND PASTE THIS:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4182988
THANKS DAD!
November 26, 2004
GIRLS CAUGHT ON ELEVATOR TALKING ABOUT BUYING 'WADE T SHIRTS':
Here's proof that ladies love Wade.
GIRL ON THE LEFT: "I gotta have a 'WADE T-SHIRT' for the winter holiday season!"
GIRL ON RIGHT: "Me too! Do they come in size small... to show off my belly?"
GO TO ADAMWADE.COM and find out.
November 24, 2004
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
-From
Adam
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-From
Adam
BIG NEWS FOR BOB-HEADS:
Bob Dylan grants first tv interview in 19 years
Folk rock star, 63, talked to Ed Bradley for 90 minutes about his career, fame... Interview on December 5 on CBS.
WADE'S TAKE ON IT:
I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I am excited about this. The VCR is ready to go. (yes folks, I don't have tivo or an I-Pod).
WADE'S COOL/CHEAP FACTOR:
I still have a turntable!
I spin my music.
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Bob Dylan grants first tv interview in 19 years
Folk rock star, 63, talked to Ed Bradley for 90 minutes about his career, fame... Interview on December 5 on CBS.
WADE'S TAKE ON IT:
I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I am excited about this. The VCR is ready to go. (yes folks, I don't have tivo or an I-Pod).
WADE'S COOL/CHEAP FACTOR:
I still have a turntable!
I spin my music.
BIG WEB PARTY GOING ON...
COMING ALL NEXT WEEK:
'THE JOURNEY OF ADAM WADE' BLOG'S 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!
New 'Posts' as well as a look back on the last two years and some of the people who actually visit this site every day (no joke).
(Wade and some of the Wade-ettes)
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COMING ALL NEXT WEEK:
'THE JOURNEY OF ADAM WADE' BLOG'S 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!
New 'Posts' as well as a look back on the last two years and some of the people who actually visit this site every day (no joke).
(Wade and some of the Wade-ettes)
November 23, 2004
AP NEWS!:
U2 plays a surprise show at Brooklyn Park
The band U2 played a surprise outdoor concert Monday in a waterfront park beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
WADE NEWS:
U2 rehearsed for this show on the third floor at NBC, right across from me and NBC Sports.
I saw Bono in the hallway with his 'cool' elevator shoes and herbal Tea. I also saw 'the Edge' adjust his skullcap while drinking a Diet Sprite.
WHAT NEXT?:
Maybe they'll do a cover of my 'Winnebago' song for some charity album. Perhaps.
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U2 plays a surprise show at Brooklyn Park
The band U2 played a surprise outdoor concert Monday in a waterfront park beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
WADE NEWS:
U2 rehearsed for this show on the third floor at NBC, right across from me and NBC Sports.
I saw Bono in the hallway with his 'cool' elevator shoes and herbal Tea. I also saw 'the Edge' adjust his skullcap while drinking a Diet Sprite.
WHAT NEXT?:
Maybe they'll do a cover of my 'Winnebago' song for some charity album. Perhaps.
November 21, 2004
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WADE GOES ON A BIG DATE LAST NIGHT TO THE UCB THEATER:
Okay, I went by myself, but I saw a great Improv show, MOTHER
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Okay, I went by myself, but I saw a great Improv show, MOTHER
November 20, 2004
HEY, IT'S NORMAN FELL SATURDAY!
|NBC SPORTS SATURDAY!
Big day here at NBC SPORTS!
Here I am with AUDIO MIXER Randy P.
I feel very safe near him.
(Photo by Chris Matott)
Barry is here today too!
(no photo available)
Free Cranberry juice today.
RUMOR:
Pizza for lunch
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Here I am with AUDIO MIXER Randy P.
I feel very safe near him.
(Photo by Chris Matott)
Barry is here today too!
(no photo available)
Free Cranberry juice today.
RUMOR:
Pizza for lunch
November 19, 2004
NO PHOTO BUT TRUST WADE:
The tuna sandwich at Fiore's in Hoboken that I ate today was probably the greatest sandwich I ever had for under $4.26!
WHERE DID YOU EAT IT WADE?:
I ate the sandwich outside the retirement home in central Hoboken - they have nice benches there.
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The tuna sandwich at Fiore's in Hoboken that I ate today was probably the greatest sandwich I ever had for under $4.26!
WHERE DID YOU EAT IT WADE?:
I ate the sandwich outside the retirement home in central Hoboken - they have nice benches there.
HOW DID I GET HERE?
Last night after my show me and two of my new friends went over to the bar by the Roxy called RED ROCK WEST... more details soon.
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November 18, 2004
BRAVO! THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!
This is the REAL cover of PEOPLE MAGAZINE this week.
Oh yes, the REAL one!
C'mon, deny the fact that this man is the SEXIEST MAN ALIVE! Just try!
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Oh yes, the REAL one!
C'mon, deny the fact that this man is the SEXIEST MAN ALIVE! Just try!
SEXIEST MAN? YOU MUST BE JOKING!
|WADE FANS!
I want to thank my fans who came to see me last night at the FARSIDE. I handled the 2 hecklers pretty good.
I want to apologize to my fans for my boring long winded banter about my upcoming high school reunion.
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I want to apologize to my fans for my boring long winded banter about my upcoming high school reunion.
November 17, 2004
FORGET SEINFELD... OUT ON DVD IN 2005... WADE: THE COLLEGE YEARS (THE REBEL RETURNS)
FORGET SEINFELD... OUT ON DVD IN 2005... WADE: THE COLLEGE YEARS (THE REBEL RETURNS)
Originally uploaded by WADE1.
HUGE NIGHT THIS THURSDAY - VERY SPECIAL EVENT!!!!!!
The Moth presents
OUR FALL GrandSLAM: Out on a Limb: Stories of the Incautious
Thursday, November 18, 2004
6:30 Doors Open
7:30 Stories Start on Stage
at The Roxy
515 West 18th Street, at 10th Avenue
NOTE the venue!
Precarious perches and dodgy footing.
From calculated risks to plain foolishness,
thin ice to shaky ground,
from daredevils to unwitting rubes,
stories from those that have dared to climb to the very end of the branch.
Stories at The Moth presents our biannual SLAMOFF, a battle of wits and words fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between.� Please join us as the TEN most recent winners of our bimonthly StorySLAMS wrestle, with only words as weapons, for the championship.
Stories told by:
Josh Axlerad
Sara Barron
Andy Christie
Brian Finklestein
Harry Feitelson
Joe Limone
Bernie Somers
Adam Wade
Sherri Weaver
Darlene White
Hosted by:
Meg Wolitzer
Violin:
Katy Cox
$12 tickets�are available via SmartTix. Go to �www.smarttix.com or call 212 868-4444.
Tables cannot be purchased online. Please call The Moth office at 212.742.0551 for your table reservation.
How it Works:
Starting at 7:30, we'll put the names of all the contestants in a hat and select one at a time. After each five-minute story, three teams of judges will confer, and give a score. The teller with the highest score becomes our GrandSLAM Champion.
The Moth is dedicated to finding intriguing people to tell inspired stories. At The Moth StorySLAM, those people find us.
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The Moth presents
OUR FALL GrandSLAM: Out on a Limb: Stories of the Incautious
Thursday, November 18, 2004
6:30 Doors Open
7:30 Stories Start on Stage
at The Roxy
515 West 18th Street, at 10th Avenue
NOTE the venue!
Precarious perches and dodgy footing.
From calculated risks to plain foolishness,
thin ice to shaky ground,
from daredevils to unwitting rubes,
stories from those that have dared to climb to the very end of the branch.
Stories at The Moth presents our biannual SLAMOFF, a battle of wits and words fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between.� Please join us as the TEN most recent winners of our bimonthly StorySLAMS wrestle, with only words as weapons, for the championship.
Stories told by:
Josh Axlerad
Sara Barron
Andy Christie
Brian Finklestein
Harry Feitelson
Joe Limone
Bernie Somers
Adam Wade
Sherri Weaver
Darlene White
Hosted by:
Meg Wolitzer
Violin:
Katy Cox
$12 tickets�are available via SmartTix. Go to �www.smarttix.com or call 212 868-4444.
Tables cannot be purchased online. Please call The Moth office at 212.742.0551 for your table reservation.
How it Works:
Starting at 7:30, we'll put the names of all the contestants in a hat and select one at a time. After each five-minute story, three teams of judges will confer, and give a score. The teller with the highest score becomes our GrandSLAM Champion.
The Moth is dedicated to finding intriguing people to tell inspired stories. At The Moth StorySLAM, those people find us.
WADE PART OF THIS BIG SHOW TONIGHT (before heading to THE FARSIDE IN HOBOKEN FOR THEIR SHOW!):
Tremendous Rabbit Productions
Presents:
The Rejection Show
November 17, 2004
8PM at P.S. 122
150 1st Avenue and 9th St.
$7
FEATURING:
CANCELLED TV EDITION:
TOUGH CROWD WITH COLIN QUINN
CANCELLED BY COMEDY CENTRAL
WRITERS, CAST, & CREW OF THE RECENTLY DEFUNKED
"TOUGH CROWD"
PERFORM, VENT, AND SHARE TALES OF REJECTION!
WITH SPECIAL GUEST ELEPHANT LARRY
What is The Rejection Show?
The Rejection Show is a comedic based event that embraces the rejected or "turned down" material of professional and amateur writers, comedians, cartoonists, and artists whom display their creative �failures� live on stage.�
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Tremendous Rabbit Productions
Presents:
The Rejection Show
November 17, 2004
8PM at P.S. 122
150 1st Avenue and 9th St.
$7
FEATURING:
CANCELLED TV EDITION:
TOUGH CROWD WITH COLIN QUINN
CANCELLED BY COMEDY CENTRAL
WRITERS, CAST, & CREW OF THE RECENTLY DEFUNKED
"TOUGH CROWD"
PERFORM, VENT, AND SHARE TALES OF REJECTION!
WITH SPECIAL GUEST ELEPHANT LARRY
What is The Rejection Show?
The Rejection Show is a comedic based event that embraces the rejected or "turned down" material of professional and amateur writers, comedians, cartoonists, and artists whom display their creative �failures� live on stage.�
GUESS WHAT WADE STEPPED IN THIS MORNING?
Have your laugh, dogs.
Yep, DOGOWNERS in Hoboken continue to NOT pick up the doody and I continue to step in it.
(Seriously, are these dogs laughing?)
I am upset! I love dogs, but... c'mon!
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Yep, DOGOWNERS in Hoboken continue to NOT pick up the doody and I continue to step in it.
(Seriously, are these dogs laughing?)
I am upset! I love dogs, but... c'mon!
"HE WANTED TO BE PERRY MASON, HE WAS A...."
This photo is dedicated to the kind people who have come to see the 'PENGUIN' show in Hoboken and now in NYC.
(FYI Mr. Perry Mason is quickly brought up during the show.)
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(FYI Mr. Perry Mason is quickly brought up during the show.)
November 16, 2004
PAT THE YANKEE FAN HAS A BIG SMILE:
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine
Sometimes George Steinbrenner does his own negotiating, and on Tuesday, ESPN has learned, he met face-to-face in Tampa with the most prominent free agent pitcher on the market -- Pedro Martinez, who, to date, has not accepted a two-year, $27.5 million offer from the Boston Red Sox.
WADE'S TAKE ON THE SITUATION:
Let him go! He doesn't deserve a penny more than Curt S.
We'll see how long this prima donna can handle NYC!
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
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By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine
Sometimes George Steinbrenner does his own negotiating, and on Tuesday, ESPN has learned, he met face-to-face in Tampa with the most prominent free agent pitcher on the market -- Pedro Martinez, who, to date, has not accepted a two-year, $27.5 million offer from the Boston Red Sox.
WADE'S TAKE ON THE SITUATION:
Let him go! He doesn't deserve a penny more than Curt S.
We'll see how long this prima donna can handle NYC!
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
THE INSTRUMENTS!
BIG NIGHT LAST NIGHT:
Yes, I cooked myself dinner.
I made chicken, rice, and brocoli.
Here is how the whole thing started.
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Yes, I cooked myself dinner.
I made chicken, rice, and brocoli.
Here is how the whole thing started.
RICE, RICE, BABY!
|MERRY-NADE!
I was so excited I started jumping up and down while talking this photo.
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NEXT STOP, DELICIOUS-VILLE!
|THE FINISHED PRODUCT!
Here you are, the most blurry photo possible of my MAGNUM OPUS!
Chicken, brocoli and rice a la WADE!
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Chicken, brocoli and rice a la WADE!
WADE'S PICK FOR MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP:
David Ortiz
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David Ortiz
November 15, 2004
WADE DONE WORKOUT:
recap -
treadmill 3.9 mph - 32 minutes
10 minutes of stretching
33 pushups
3 sets of bicep curls (barbell) - 40 lbs - 8 reps
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recap -
treadmill 3.9 mph - 32 minutes
10 minutes of stretching
33 pushups
3 sets of bicep curls (barbell) - 40 lbs - 8 reps
STAY TUNED FOR THE WADE DIET/WORKOUT UPDATE THIS EVENING:
"I feel good, I haven't had any sweets today and I feel a bit tired, but I am ready to work out very shortly... (sip of water)"
(cough)
"Where's the treadmill and the babes at the gym? I got my WADE shirt and the jumpsuit I bought on eBay. I'm ready to walk the walk."
(chewing a cookie)
"This is a fat free cookie. I am ready to go! Burn baby, burn!"
(the jumpsuit Wade bought on eBay)
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"I feel good, I haven't had any sweets today and I feel a bit tired, but I am ready to work out very shortly... (sip of water)"
(cough)
"Where's the treadmill and the babes at the gym? I got my WADE shirt and the jumpsuit I bought on eBay. I'm ready to walk the walk."
(chewing a cookie)
"This is a fat free cookie. I am ready to go! Burn baby, burn!"
(the jumpsuit Wade bought on eBay)
IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT...
GUESS WHO BOUGHT 'WADE T SHIRTS':
Some of the finest people I know...
BARRY - he is the man! My friend and mentor.
ANNA - she knows how to fax, and she knows how to work hard!
GREG K - the guy is Picaso with a TV camera - NO JOKE!
WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE WITH WADE SHIRTS?
click here
YOU WANT A WADE SHIRT
Well... click here
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GUESS WHO BOUGHT 'WADE T SHIRTS':
Some of the finest people I know...
BARRY - he is the man! My friend and mentor.
ANNA - she knows how to fax, and she knows how to work hard!
GREG K - the guy is Picaso with a TV camera - NO JOKE!
WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE WITH WADE SHIRTS?
click here
YOU WANT A WADE SHIRT
Well... click here
November 14, 2004
DIET!
I decided I will start my Autumn diet tomorrow.
I plan on working out ALL WEEK!
(note: that's not my foot in this photo)
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I plan on working out ALL WEEK!
(note: that's not my foot in this photo)
R.I.P. ODB
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BIG 'PENGUIN' SHOW LAST NIGHT!
Yes, it was a big crowd and a great crowd!
Thanks for all the support.
DID BARRY FROM NBC SPORTS SHOW UP?
Yes, and he sat in the second row. Along with many of NBC SPORTS' finest. I couldn't believe how nervous I was.
Barry told me he had a good time (and he's a tough critic).
(His favorite part of the show... the 'WINNEBAGO SONG').
MANY FEMALES AT THE SHOW! (NO JOKE! - PHOTO COMING SOON!)
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Yes, it was a big crowd and a great crowd!
Thanks for all the support.
DID BARRY FROM NBC SPORTS SHOW UP?
Yes, and he sat in the second row. Along with many of NBC SPORTS' finest. I couldn't believe how nervous I was.
Barry told me he had a good time (and he's a tough critic).
(His favorite part of the show... the 'WINNEBAGO SONG').
MANY FEMALES AT THE SHOW! (NO JOKE! - PHOTO COMING SOON!)
November 13, 2004
BYE BENNY HILL FRIDAYS! HELLO NORMAN FELL SATURDAYS!
Yep. In case you didn't notice this site no longer has a 'BENNY HILL FRIDAYS.' (after three mediocre weeks)
"It just didn't work. Nobody got it." - ADAM WADE
So now...
"We're gonna have Norman Fell Saturdays.
It still doesn't make sense but... I will work on a reason why we've added the great (and underrated) Norman Fell soon." - ADAM WADE
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"It just didn't work. Nobody got it." - ADAM WADE
So now...
"We're gonna have Norman Fell Saturdays.
It still doesn't make sense but... I will work on a reason why we've added the great (and underrated) Norman Fell soon." - ADAM WADE
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL ON NBC!
Yep, I'm working hard today at NBC SPORTS! We have ND Football on right now.
Barry is here today. He is coming to my show tonight at Juvie Hall. I have never felt so much pressure in my entire life.
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Barry is here today. He is coming to my show tonight at Juvie Hall. I have never felt so much pressure in my entire life.
MAP TO JUVIE HALL!
TONIGHT'S BIG PENGUIN SHOW IS AT
7pm sharp! At JUVIE HALL NYC
HERE IS THE MAP!
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7pm sharp! At JUVIE HALL NYC
HERE IS THE MAP!
November 12, 2004
Come see the show that the N.Y. PRESS says
"Anyone who's ever felt insecure or insignificant growing up will appreciate the show."
"this complex world would be far away, if i were a penguin everyday"
PENGUIN
COMING TO NYC:
.
HERE ARE THE DATES FOR MY ONE MAN-OPUS 'PENGUIN'
DATES
THIS
Saturday Nov 13th - 7pm
Juvie Hall NYC
24 Bond St (at Lafayette)
It will be an hour show featuring 'Penguin' and Rich Zeroth's 'Swollen Head' (each show is 30 minutes)
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"Anyone who's ever felt insecure or insignificant growing up will appreciate the show."
"this complex world would be far away, if i were a penguin everyday"
PENGUIN
COMING TO NYC:
.
HERE ARE THE DATES FOR MY ONE MAN-OPUS 'PENGUIN'
DATES
THIS
Saturday Nov 13th - 7pm
Juvie Hall NYC
24 Bond St (at Lafayette)
It will be an hour show featuring 'Penguin' and Rich Zeroth's 'Swollen Head' (each show is 30 minutes)
NO ITALIAN TUNA TODAY FOR WADE:
Nope! I was on the road working hard for this man all day...
(Dr Chillemi)
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Nope! I was on the road working hard for this man all day...
(Dr Chillemi)
November 11, 2004
THE OTHER LEGEND
What is this photo? It is a black WADE shirt, with black lettering... framed in the office of my boss Kevin (NO JOKE). He was the person who hired me at 'TC with CQ' (and a few jobs before that) and took care of me. Thanks Kevin...
(and Jessica, Jeremy, Renee and Melissa)
(and of course T- O- DD!)
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(and Jessica, Jeremy, Renee and Melissa)
(and of course T- O- DD!)
THE LEGEND!
I've worked the past two years for Colin Quinn on his Comedy Central Show 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn'. It was one of the best experiences I've ever had in my life. My production co-workers, the executive producers, the researchers, the producers and aps, the director, the line producer, the audience people, the entire studio crew, the craft service folks, the securityguards right on down the line... THE BEST OF THE BEST.
It was an honor to work with all these great people.
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It was an honor to work with all these great people.
November 10, 2004
WADE REVIEWED IN THIS WEEK'S NY PRESS (NO JOKE):
Check it out....
�http://www.nypress.com/17/45/listings/LionelBeehner.cfm
WEDNESDAYS AT JUVIE HALL
By Lionel Beehner
WEDNESDAYS AT JUVIE HALL A new theater has emerged in a basement on Bond Street. Juvie Hall, from the founder of Above Kleptomania, showcases an eclectic and experimental cast of sketch comedians. The theater is less a bunch of juvenile delinquents as its name suggests than a group of upstart performers with serious talent. Improv maestro Armando Diaz coaches from behind the scenes.
Wednesday nights feature an excellent combo of two one-man shows. First up is Penguin, a show by Adam Wade, a bespectacled 29-year-old with a New Hampshire accent and a confidence deficiency who chronicles his high school years through song and short monologues. He rhapsodizes and reminisces about failed romances, secret crushes and Winnebagos ("The world is an oyster? Fuck you, it's a Winnebago!"). His high school nickname was "Penguin Boy" (pronounced "pain-goowin boy"), hence the show's title. Anyone who's ever felt insecure or insignificant growing up will appreciate the show. Just don't expect his singing voice to move you to tears.
Keeping with the same theme, Rich Zeroth follows with Swollen Head, a multimedia slide-show, PowerPoint presentation and reality tv show wrapped into one. The show opens with a real-life taped recording of Zeroth as a fifth-grader who fakes his own encephalitis and misses 129 consecutive days of school. Goateed and clad in a red Michael Jordan t-shirt, Zeroth provides hilarious commentary over a slide show of grainy pictures of him and his humble Minnesotan family. "I had inadvertently made myself sick," he says of his ordeal. "Malnourished and dehydrated, I spent three days hooked up to an IV and had to use a bedpan." The show concludes with his telling the family many years later that he was never sick and it was all a prank (which he films by secret camera from their living room). The segment is so candid and real, it's hysterically funny (his sister and parents argue over who clogged the toilet with "poop").
Shrunken Head and Penguin are funny by not trying to be funny. There's no over-the-top humor or straight-up joke-telling. It's like listening to two average guys at a bar recount their funny memories from childhood. Pull up and have a seat�you'll enjoy what you hear.
Juvie Hall may emerge as one of the city's premier comedy venues, given its easy-going atmosphere, intimate stage and convenient location, (the space recalls UCB's humbler digs on 22nd St.). The lobby walls are painted bright purple and the waiting area consists of a collection of Salvation Army furniture (added bonus: a shower stall in the bathroom). The stage area is encased in black walls with a portrait of German playwright Bertolt Brecht clutching a cigar hanging from the wall, smiling at the audience.
JUVIE HALL/Gene Frankel Theater,
24 Bond St. (betw. Bowery & Lafayette Ave.), 212-868-4444; 8, $7.
Volume 17, Issue 45
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Check it out....
�http://www.nypress.com/17/45/listings/LionelBeehner.cfm
WEDNESDAYS AT JUVIE HALL
By Lionel Beehner
WEDNESDAYS AT JUVIE HALL A new theater has emerged in a basement on Bond Street. Juvie Hall, from the founder of Above Kleptomania, showcases an eclectic and experimental cast of sketch comedians. The theater is less a bunch of juvenile delinquents as its name suggests than a group of upstart performers with serious talent. Improv maestro Armando Diaz coaches from behind the scenes.
Wednesday nights feature an excellent combo of two one-man shows. First up is Penguin, a show by Adam Wade, a bespectacled 29-year-old with a New Hampshire accent and a confidence deficiency who chronicles his high school years through song and short monologues. He rhapsodizes and reminisces about failed romances, secret crushes and Winnebagos ("The world is an oyster? Fuck you, it's a Winnebago!"). His high school nickname was "Penguin Boy" (pronounced "pain-goowin boy"), hence the show's title. Anyone who's ever felt insecure or insignificant growing up will appreciate the show. Just don't expect his singing voice to move you to tears.
Keeping with the same theme, Rich Zeroth follows with Swollen Head, a multimedia slide-show, PowerPoint presentation and reality tv show wrapped into one. The show opens with a real-life taped recording of Zeroth as a fifth-grader who fakes his own encephalitis and misses 129 consecutive days of school. Goateed and clad in a red Michael Jordan t-shirt, Zeroth provides hilarious commentary over a slide show of grainy pictures of him and his humble Minnesotan family. "I had inadvertently made myself sick," he says of his ordeal. "Malnourished and dehydrated, I spent three days hooked up to an IV and had to use a bedpan." The show concludes with his telling the family many years later that he was never sick and it was all a prank (which he films by secret camera from their living room). The segment is so candid and real, it's hysterically funny (his sister and parents argue over who clogged the toilet with "poop").
Shrunken Head and Penguin are funny by not trying to be funny. There's no over-the-top humor or straight-up joke-telling. It's like listening to two average guys at a bar recount their funny memories from childhood. Pull up and have a seat�you'll enjoy what you hear.
Juvie Hall may emerge as one of the city's premier comedy venues, given its easy-going atmosphere, intimate stage and convenient location, (the space recalls UCB's humbler digs on 22nd St.). The lobby walls are painted bright purple and the waiting area consists of a collection of Salvation Army furniture (added bonus: a shower stall in the bathroom). The stage area is encased in black walls with a portrait of German playwright Bertolt Brecht clutching a cigar hanging from the wall, smiling at the audience.
JUVIE HALL/Gene Frankel Theater,
24 Bond St. (betw. Bowery & Lafayette Ave.), 212-868-4444; 8, $7.
Volume 17, Issue 45
MEATBALLS!
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"this complex world would be far away, if i were a penguin everyday"
PENGUIN
COMING TO NYC:
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HERE ARE THE DATES FOR MY ONE MAN-OPUS 'PENGUIN'
DATES
TONIGHT!!!!!
Wednesday Nov 10th -8pm
AND
Saturday Nov 13th - 7pm
Juvie Hall NYC
24 Bond St (at Lafayette)
It will be an hour show featuring 'Penguin' and Rich Zeroth's 'Swollen Head' (each show is 30 minutes)
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PENGUIN
COMING TO NYC:
.
HERE ARE THE DATES FOR MY ONE MAN-OPUS 'PENGUIN'
DATES
TONIGHT!!!!!
Wednesday Nov 10th -8pm
AND
Saturday Nov 13th - 7pm
Juvie Hall NYC
24 Bond St (at Lafayette)
It will be an hour show featuring 'Penguin' and Rich Zeroth's 'Swollen Head' (each show is 30 minutes)
November 09, 2004
PART FONZIE, PART WADE:
Must be my co-worker, Matty.
He's a nice guy, he just doesn't like to lift things.
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He's a nice guy, he just doesn't like to lift things.
BUSY DAY FOR WADE:
Yep, I'd love to toss around the funny/interesting/undull
but...
right now I am really working hard.
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Yep, I'd love to toss around the funny/interesting/undull
but...
right now I am really working hard.
November 08, 2004
|GUESS WHAT WADE IS GIVING UP ON?:
Yep, donuts. I don't intend to ever eat another donut again.
G'bye donuts.
I've loved you, but now you mean NOTHING TO ME!
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G'bye donuts.
I've loved you, but now you mean NOTHING TO ME!
BIG SUNDAY DINNER LEAVES WADE 'VERY' GAS-Y:
I got out of work last and my phone rang it was
Sir Walter
and he wanted me to join him and
Cousin John
for dinner at BA HA in HOBOKEN.
I had the steak and beans and rice... whoa. It was delicious but the gas is killing me.
Thanks Walter.
I got out of work last and my phone rang it was
Sir Walter
and he wanted me to join him and
Cousin John
for dinner at BA HA in HOBOKEN.
I had the steak and beans and rice... whoa. It was delicious but the gas is killing me.
Thanks Walter.































