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The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition) $7.74 After building up the duo’s popularity through popular recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd–as “legendary” Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues–took their act to the big screen in this action-packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enou…

Spice World $4.62 The Spice Girls have plenty of personality, and that helps make up for the lapses in inspiration that keep their feature debut from being a truly good movie and potential cult piece. As with Richard Lester’s Hard Day’s Night, Spice World is about a few days in the collective life of the all-female British group; and the banter is suggestively representative of how the Girls all speak to one anothe…

Blues Brothers 2000 $4.39 It’s hard to ignore the sad and conspicuous absence of the late John Belushi, but this long-delayed sequel to 1980’s The Blues Brothers still has Dan Aykroyd–as Chicago bad boy and blues rocker Elwood Blues–to keep the music alive. Once again, Elwood’s trying to reunite the original Blues Brothers Band, and this time he’s got a strip-joint bartender (John Goodman) and a 10-year-old orphan named …

Barney’s Talent Show [VHS] $12.99 Barney and the kids put on a big revue, with the Purple One performing a number of songs with others or solo, and some of the kids getting their moment in the spotlight as well. Plenty of great costumes and sets, with songs ranging from “Alouette” to a “Wild West Medley.” Even heavier than usual in its music content, this Barney video will delight kids who like to sing along. –Tom Keogh …

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Learning Standup Comedy For Today’s Tough Crowd

Are you thinking of becoming a standup comic because you’ve repeatedly been told that you’re naturally very funny… you really enjoy the way people think you’re funny… and actually it’s some kind of a power trip to keep a group of people in stitches hanging on to your next words!

Making a living doing a regular comedy routine 2 or 3 hours a day, earning applause and laughter while traveling to places around the country hardly seems like ‘work’ to you… You might be dreaming of graduating from the local gigs you’re now getting to some more prestigious assignments, but think again… you might need to consider taking formal standup classes!

A lot of the classes are offered for short periods of a few weeks, and only a few hours per day or evening… there are advantages in being thrown in with a group of people having similar attitudes and reactions to life’s situations… with chances to hone your skills against new competition. Opportunities to perform are also part of the class experience.

They’ll actually teach you how to deliver a joke. Think about it. Did you ever hear a joke that one person told and it was a real scream that when told by somebody else fell flat as a pancake? It’s all in the delivery, and a formal training can greatly help with that delivery.

Then there’s the matter of leaving your familiar environment where you’re likely to be getting the kind of support that reinforces your belief in yourself. In this business you also need to develop a thick skin… not everyone is going to like you and some may flat out boo you off the stage!

Just imagine a possible 8 weeks amidst strangers who aren’t influenced by any familiar ties… that alone would allow you to take a good look at your career choice. Supposing that experience has fortified your resolution to pursue your career in the world of comedy, there are certainly great resources you can find right at home to continue honing your comedy writing and delivery skills.

Today’s world of entertainment offers many different paths, there’s a lot of comedy around but not all of it is live. People have 100 cable stations to watch and we have enough television comedians to please different tastes.

Before television there were some good radio comedy shows but delivering standup comedy jokes in a room in front of a live crowd is the traditional way it’s been done for generations and it does seem that it used to be easier to get people to laugh… when their horizons were more limited… things that seemed funny years ago don’t seem to be so funny anymore.

Personally I prefer comedy shows that naturally provoke funny exchanges between the performers like the Cosby show for instance to the Leno and Letterman shows. I also like political satire shows like Colbert and John Stewart and some of the Saturday Night Live shows… but the effect depends on whether I am watching by myself or with a group of friends… it’s more fun when the joke is shared.

Being among a crowd of people enjoying laughter at a live comedy show is a wonderful feeling and the comedian deserves our grateful applause. You can get a review of a great
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