anyone done stand up?

[nino_savatte]

And you're both happy to accept them as typical stand up?

 

[nino_savatte]

Apologies if I missed this, but are you still performing Nino?

Yes.

 

[madzone]

It's a simple enough question

To my mind they represent the other stuff I was talking about sketch based/cabaret. I'm talking about people who just take the mike and tell jokes/tell stories/observational retelling etc.

 

[zygote]

And you're both happy to accept them as typical stand up?

Well they were at the time. Just a double act is all.

 

[nino_savatte]

It's a simple enough quesiotn

To my mind they represent the other stuff I was talking about sketch based/cabaret. I'm talking about people who just take the mike and tell jokes/tell stories/observational retelling etc.

Thing is, Grenfell was an influence to many because she was the only woman from the late 50's to the late 70's to get up on stage and do something else besides impressions. During the 70's, there were only 2 visible women comics, apart from Grenfell, that most people could name: June Brown and Faith Brown, both of whom were impressionists. Before, the 60's most impressionists were women. So Grenfell also became something of an inspiration as well as an influence.

Straight women stand ups, afaik, are a fairly recent phenomenon in this country.

 

[Celt]

Thing is, Grenfell was an influence to many because she was the only woman from the late 50's to the late 70's to get up on stage and do something else besides impressions. During the 70's, there were only 2 visible women comics, apart from Grenfell, that most people could name: June Brown and Faith Brown, both of whom were impressionists. Before, the 60's most impressionists were women. So Grenfell also became something of an inspiration as well as an influence.

Straight women stand ups, afaik, are a fairly recent phenomenon in this country.

Marty Caine was of the same era and very funny if I remember correctly.

I love good standup - actually I don't mind average stand up. But I think the performance of it terrifies me, on the other hand I do some am dram and love playing comedy - its not performing as such that frightens me.


,<goes away to work out just what I do mean>

 

[Cid]

Cheesy, yesterday*

*If cheesy was a man.

Apologies for the lateness and low quality of this joke

 

[nino_savatte]

Marty Caine was of the same era and very funny if I remember correctly.

I love good standup - actually I don't mind average stand up. But I think the performance of it terrifies me, on the other hand I do some am dram and love playing comedy - its not performing as such that frightens me.


,<goes away to work out just what I do mean>

I'd almost forgotten about Marti Caine. She was probably one of only a handful of female comics working the WMCs.