CRUMBS radio show Sept 20 2010

Another CRUMBS radio show, another hour of ramblings. But truthfully, there is nothing quite like having an hour of the airwaves to get whatever words have been stuck in your throat dislodged. It is a beautiful feeling, and a blessed honour. I just hope the ears out there enjoy it as much as my lips do. Well, if your ears missed it, here is a little something for the eyes.

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We talked about Terry Fox the Canadian hero.

Terry Fox was born in Transcona... I'd run too. It turns out that if Winnipeg wants to claim Terry Fox as their own, they also must admit to claiming Transcona. Transcona for those that don't know is the area of town that is the butt of all jokes. Like the Newfoundland of Canada, which just happens to be where my paternal grandparents were from.


We talked about the guy who swam the English Channel. Not the first guy to do it.


The guy who did it without any arms or legs. How can a guy with no legs and no arms swim across the English Channel? Was his name Bob? No, he was a Frenchman who was in an electric accident while fiddling with a TV aerial.


We had Susan Nesbit call in and gave shout outs to the disabled. Susan then told us she has no such dreams of inspiring people, yet I am sure she has inspired a few already. She is so modest. She then pretty much told all our listeners that she was going to strip on stage in a turtle pool filled with pickles. She then recommend pickled carrots for my collection.

We also talked extensively about pickles and all things pickled. Have I ever mentioned that I have a world class pickle collection?




We talked about our week and the highlights.
Mine was a fancy dinner at Bistro 7 1/4.


Lee's was seeing Hayes Carll play his music.



We also had Mike Green call in and weigh in on the bisexual softball issue. It turns out there just might be varying degrees of "gay" that still needs to be worked out. Is there such a thing as not gay enough?

Mike Green runs the open mic comedy night at the Standard that runs every Thursday at the Standard Tavern on Sherbrook. He is also son of the Math icon "Math with Marty". Seriously, you should scroll to the bottom of Mart Green's website and check out his thoughts on physics and Winnipeg transit.


So, you should also check out the Free Laughs Comedy Show on Tuesday (every single Tuesday). This Tuesday is the launch of our 5th season and CRUMBS will be performing improv scenes with members of the comedy community and the audience. Won't that be fun... The answer is yes.


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Tales from Atlanta

CRUMBS have been trying to get down to Atlanta for years and years. The company down there who kicks-ass at improv is Dad's Garage and we first ran into them at Edmonton's Improvaganza Improv Festival. Well, Dad's Garage runs their own Improv Festival and Theatresports tournament called The World Domination and this year we finally got our asses down there... We were not disappointed.

The tournament is a theatresports styled competition and anyone who knows what that means knows what is at stake, anyone who doesn't know what that means... It is a pretty big deal. So CRUMBS went down into the hot/sticky/muggy world that is the southern USA and did what we do best (we also did some improv). The last night of the Tournament was the finals and it was between a group from New York City (4Track) and CRUMBS (from little old Winnipeg). When the dust settled and the audience had finished losing their heads from hilarity and the judges had finally tabulated their scores... CRUMBS found themselves in 2nd place and 4Track walked away with the crown. Congratulations to 4Track for their first ever International title (This was CRUMBS first finalist showing since 2008 in Vancouver's International Tournament).


4Track are so funny and down to earth. Look here is a video to prove the funny.

4Track Comedy - Webchat - watch more funny videos

Not only did we get to perform and hang-out with our awesome friends 4Track, we also were playing with:

Skin & Lungs
Who are Jayden from the General Fools in Regina and Ryan from Sunday Service.


Pete & Pat
Who are Peter Oldring from LA and Pat Kelly from Vancouver. They are CBC's This and That.




Rapid Fire Theatre
Who were Joe, Arlen and Jules aka The Young Guns.


We of course also played with the amazing folks down at Dad's Garage, some of the players we hadn't seen in years. It was great to be there and see their home.

Other highlights? Well, let me see here:

-My very first Mint Julep, which is a tasty concoction of bourbon, sugar, mint and ice.


-Sweet Tea Vodka, which is just soooooo tasty (and dangerous).


-Whirlyball, which is a game played with bumper cars...



-Veggie Corn Dogs, which I have not had in a decade (corn dogs I mean).


-Being a cocky bastard playing some cup flippy game.


Lowlights? Well, I have to say the damned HEAT and HUMIDITY! I don't understand how people do it!

Oh Atlanta, I miss you and look forward to being in your warm embrace (and when I say warm, I mean HOT).

CRUMBS in Atlanta

CRUMBS goes to Atlanta for the first time ever. We have been trying to get down to see our friends in Dad's Garage for years and it finally happened. Dad's Garage is the name of a theatre down in Georgia that does some wicked-ass improv for those that don't know and wondered what I was talking about when I mentioned Dad's Garage and thought I was really into my fathers mechanic's shop which happened to be in the southern United States.

I am looking forward to:

Peaches


Coca-Cola


It being hot

I have no idea who or what this actually is, I suppose it is a TV show about weird people doing weird things in a city known as Hotlanta?

CRUMBS is going down to compete in the World Domination Improv Festival. We will be down there with such improv super acts as:

The Teams:

Rapid Fire Theatre (Edmonton, Alberta)
CRUMBS (Winnipeg, wait... Hey, that's us.)
4Track (New York City)
Skin & Lungs (Vancouver & Regina)
Pete and Pat (Los Angeles & Vancouver)


This is the song that will be stuck in my head the whole time I am there:


This is the song that will be stuck in my head on the flight home:


What really helped was that our good buddy Kevy is now the Artistic Director of the theatre, not that we didn't have good buddies already in Atlanta, it just translated into CRUMBS actually getting there. We will no doubt love our time down there, we have been playing with these folks for years and look forward to seeing what their home turf is like. We have heard all the legends and stories, now for the reality.

Who is Kevy? Well here he is:

CRUMBS return to Tueday Nights!

Yes folks, you read that headline correctly, CRUMBS is returning to their Tuesday night time slot on the FREE LAUGHS Comedy Series at the King's Head Pub.

The FREE LAUGHS Comedy Series is now entering the 5th season of doing kick ass comedy shows... 5 years... 5... years. Time flies when it flies.

First of all, kudos to Lee White for putting on an amazing show last week called the Kings of the King's Head. It was a mish mash of all your favourite Game Shows (well, all of his favourite ones). We had Team Improv versus Team Stand-up.

Team Improv consisted of:
Stephen Sim (from CRUMBS)
RobYn Slade (from Outside Joke)
Gord Tanner (from the Royal Leichtenstein Theatre Company)

Team Stand-up consisted of:
John B Duff (from Shitz N Gigglez)
Ryan McMahon (from Comedy Loser, Clarence Two Toes)
Dan Robertson (from Genius Island)

In the end, after playing general trivia, Password, the Price Is Right, 15 Point Pyramid, Name that Tune and Family Feud, the Stand-ups stood up to Team Improv and reigned supreme!





So now Season 5 of the FREE LAUGHS COMEDY SERIES continues!

And we open things up with CRUMBS improv with Dj Hunnicutt. We haven't done a show for years... well, months. This show is gonna show everybody that we still can do it and do it well.

Here is the facebook event page.

Sept 7 CRUMBS & Dj Hunnicutt Improv Comedy
Sept 14 Ryan McMahon Best 5 mins Comedy Variety
Sept 21 CRUMBS & Friends Improv Comedy
Sept 28 Shitz N Gigglez Stand-up Comedy


Oct 5 Outside Joke Improv Comedy
Oct 12 Ryan McMahon Best 5 mins Comedy Variety
Oct 19 CRUMBS & Friends Improv Comedy
Oct 26 Shitz N Gigglez Stand-up Comedy


Nov 2 CRUMBS & Dj Hunnicutt Improv Comedy
Nov 9 Winnipeg iF Improv Fest
Nov 16 Ryan McMahon Best 5 mins Comedy Variety
Nov 23 CRUMBS & Friends Improv Comedy
Nov 30 Shitz N Gigglez Stand-up Comedy

And then of course the shows continue, but that is the schedule so far. See you all there.