Comedy Dungeon tonight.

The first gig i did here in january was at a very cozy little place called The Comedy Dungeon. Tonight I'm going back there for another spot. It's a free show on upper westside so check it out if you in town.

The Comedy Dungeon Jazz on the Park Hostel
36 W 106th St (St between Central Park West and Manhattan Ave)

Show starts at 8.30 pm.

After that i might do another spot somewhere, but I have no details on that...

Filmed my gig at Shades, but most of what I did is already posted in other clips, so I won't post anything from there. Check out www.youtube.com/betner2 if you want to see all the old clips.

Comedy Cellar VS Wicked Monk

Thursday night we spent at The Comedy Cellar. One of the most recognised clubs in New York. I guess you could say that when you are a regular at the Cellar, you have in some sense made it. It should be a great show. Every night. It wasn't. Apart from James Smith, who was the first comic to hit the stage, none of them had done their homework. Apart from James, and the first 10 minutes of Judah Friedlander's set it was a really bad show although the room was almost packed.

Every single comedian took the stage and started talking to the audience. The same members of the audience. Same questions, same response. If you must talk to the audience, please, please, please look at the performers before you so we don't have to hear the same shit over and over again.

Wasn't much better when they started doing material either. The Octomom, planes landing on the Hudson River and the election was 3 very dated and booring subjects shared by almost all of the comedians. One of them even went in to his old Bush-jokes. Write new stuff! And if you don't write new stuff, at least don't do the same old stuff as all the others on the same night. I want my 12 bucks back.

Yesterday was another thing entirely. The Wicked Monk in Brooklyn is more like a scene from Fightclub than a comedyclub. The room is very narrow and long with some really, really drunk Irish people at the very end. They constantly heckled the comedians and basicly gave everybody a hard time. On top of that, the PA wasn't the best I've worked with. But still, it was so much more fun than the Comedy Cellar. To do 10 minutes in that room and get the audience to listen is a real challange. Some of us pulled it off and some didn't. To be honest, I don't know many that could. Yannis headlined and kept the audience in the palm of his hand for 40 minutes. Now, THAT is a pro.

So, if you ever get the choice between Comedy Cellar and the Wicked Monk, the choice should be fairly easy. At least if Yannis is headlining.

My set went well, so I'm really looking forward to tonight when I will do 20 minutes at Shades restaurant in Hoboken, NJ. Do not miss that if you are in New York today.

New dates in Stockholm, London and New York.

I just updated my calendar with gigs where I will do my stuff in english. Some in Stockholm and some in London, where I will spend a couple of days to do comedy in june. You will find a calendar at the bottom of this page where i post all my gigs in english.

Tonight I'm probably going to Comedy Cellar to watch some comedy at 11pm. Before that I might do an open mic, just to try and get the flow back before the gig in Hoboken on saturday.

The day will be spent trying to teach my voicerecognition software dirty words. Bought it yesterday and I think it will be a fantastic way to work, once I get it to dictate correctly. Just imagine being able to walk around the appartment just talking to the computer and get it all jotted down.

Shades on saturday.

I'm back in New York again! Really looking forward to my last 3 weeks here. They almost didn't let me through customs. Apparently I've been here too much lately.

Anyway, I'm gonna have a few slow days to get some rest after an intense week in Sweden, but on saturday I'm on stage again. If you are in New York, don't miss it. I'm doing a 20-minute set on the restaurant Shades in Hoboken, NJ.

It is gonna be a great show and here is where it's at:

Shades restaurant inside the monroe arts center.
720 monroe st hoboken, nj
Show starts at 9pm.
Doors open at 8.
10 dollar cover charge.

Also got news that I'm going to be in a great show on april 2nd. More about that one later.

Supporting Lewis Black.

Lewis Black is coming to Sweden for a gig at Göta Lejon on june 5th. I'm supporting him and I'm gonna do my stuff in english. Don't miss it!

Tickets to be released monday march 2nd at www.ticnet.se

It's gonna sell out fast so get your tickets early, or don't blame me when you didn't get any.

The last gig...

I think yesterday was my last gig in a couple of weeks. Going back to Sweden in two days and I don't think I will have time to do any spots before that. Need to write some stuff for Swedish TV that I should have done a week ago.

Anyway, I had a really great time yesterday. Tried a lot of new stuff and it felt really good. Thought I would post some of it, since i won't work in english for a couple of weeks. The sound isn't that great since the mic picked up the bar downstairs, but it think it's still better than some of the other crappy clips I posted, so I guess it's alright.

I'm back in New York on march 10th.

Limerick House tonight.

Did a gig yesterday at a restaurant in Queens. Wasn't a big audience, but it was a good show. I did almost only new stuff that i wrote yesterday and some improvisations that worked fine. Felt really good. Too bad I'm on my way home again just as I'm starting to feel comfortable...

Tonight I'm at Limerick House on 23d street at 8 pm. Yannis Pappas will be there and so will a lot of other guys. Check it out. The pic is of Yannis during his 50 minute set yesterday.