Scoring 4 in the last 2 made me stick around. Fuck the DFW!

Gotta love MLB.com. Is the story Astros rally falls just short in 9th? Nope. It's all about Yu's great outing (other than 2 home runs he only gave up one hit!!!11!1!).

Fuck the MLB.

Footer (via Twitter):

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Lucas Harrell looks devastatingly stoned.

Read it here!

/golf clap/

Don't piss off Mr. Happy or he'll hit you with his hat.

Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic SS Minnow.

FIFY.

Puddles has an incredible voice.  The acoustics in the Statesdie are good, but the Paramount woulkd have been cool.   The monkey woman masturbating a banana was strange.

Hahaha, yeah. The monkeywoman (Monkeyzuma is her stage name, I suspect it's probably his wife) was a little weird, but really, they were the true "Oddity" of Moontower.

We saw Jim Gaffigan at the Paramount at 7 and then hustled over to the Stateside to see Puddles and Godfrey, John Tole, Maggie Maye
Godgrey killed.

Godfrey was great when we saw him at Parish Underground. What did you think about John Tole and Puddles? I bet his voice was awesome in a proper theater.

[Guys I've never heard of that were amazing:]

My Best in Moontower show:

Guys I've never heard of that were amazing:

James Adomian

Michael Che

Sean O'Conner

The Lucas Brothers

Guys I Like That Killed

Myq Kaplin

Joe DeRosa

Dom Irrera

Andy Kindler

Kyle Kinane

Christian Finnegan

Godfrey

Marc Maron


Absolutely Terrible

Robert Hawkins

Bill Dwyer



And the Oddity of the Festival of course goes to Puddles.

[Fortune Feimster, Dustin Ybarra, Mario DiGiorgi]

Our Saturday lineup was:

7:15pm  |  Stateside at the Paramount  |  FORTUNE FEIMSTER
    Fortune Feimster, Dustin Ybarra, Mario DiGiorgi

8:00pm  |  St. David's Bethell Hall  |  COMIC BOOM
     Maggie MacDonald, Michael Che, Ramin Nazer, Christian Finnegan,
     Sean O'Connor, Brendon Walsh

10:00pm  |  The Hideout  |  THE BRO SHOW
     Kyle Kinane, Joe DeRosa, Kurt Metzger, Mike MacRae, Kerri Lendo, The Lucas Brothers
Judah Friedlander crashed this show and made it run over, so I missed my last chance to see Puddles at Stateside.

Duke/Anyone else that is Moontowering that is interested:

Puddles Pity Party is performing 3 times tonight:

Bethel Hall @ 7:45
opening for
8:00pm  |  St. David's Bethell Hall  |  COMIC BOOM
     Maggie MacDonald, Michael Che, Ramin Nazer, Christian Finnegan,
     Sean O'Connor, Brendon Walsh


Stateside @ 9:30
opening for
9:45pm  |  Stateside at the Paramount  |  GODFREY
     Godfrey, John Tole, Maggie Maye

and

Stateside @ 11:45
opening for
Midnight  |  Stateside at the Paramount  |  ARI SHAFFIR STORYTELLER
      "I Was So Fucked Up" with Dom Irrera, Tom Rhodes, Neal Brennan, Joe DeRosa

One of these years I'll have to make it over there.

Thanks for the updates, mark. I've enjoyed attending vicariously through your reports.

This the first time I've gotten to fully enjoy Moontower. We went to a few events last year, but this year, we've seen 25+ comics in 3 days. It's been fantastic, and I've had a great time.

I definitely recommend it for anyone that enjoys stand up.

[Pat Hazell, Sean O'Connor, Godfrey, James Adomian]

Friday's Lineup was:


7:30pm  |  The Parish Underground  |  TRIPLE THREAT
     Pat Hazell, Sean O'Connor, Godfrey, James Adomian

I'm happy to report that I didn't just catch James Adomian on a good night Wednesday night. He KILLED again with about 25 percent different material. Pat Hazell was the host, he was decent. Sean O'Connor was REALLY funny. And Godfrey is Godfrey, he was great. Energetic, ridiculous, and fun to watch.

Then we hustled to Stateside to see:

9:45pm  |  Stateside at the Paramount  |  WTF PODCAST LIVE
     Marc Maron, Bill Burr, Jim Norton, Dom Irrera, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Ian Black,
     Maria Bamford, Todd Barry

This was just Marc Maron's podcast being recorded live, but oh man, it was GREAT. Bill Burr's set ran late and he didn't make it, but the rest of the group did.

You don't really think about stuff like this, but watching Maria Bamford and Todd Barry react to Jim Norton's disgustingly hilarious stories was probably the highlight of this whole thing. Check out the podcast if you get a chance. I was HOWLING laughing throughout it.

Sad the last night is already upon us. This has been a REALLY great festival, comedy-wise.

He was in the bar at the SFA between shows.   Big guy.  Someone that big in a clown outfit is scary.

I wish he was actually on the schedule so I could give you a time to go catch him somewhere. He is amazing when performing. And I agree, he is pretty scary looking.

This show was GREAT! Dom Irrera was the host, and he was a riot. Andy Kindler was a little off his game, but still brought it. The Lucas Brothers were great. They have a slow, deliberate delivery that is really funny and a few REALLY great jokes. Marc Maron was great in his usual intense, slightly crazy way. Bil Dwyer was the only letdown in this group. He was pretty terrible. And Judah Friedlander was really funny. He singled me out to start with for my perfect clapping form, and told another dude in the front row to "get the fuck out of here" when he couldn't replicate my fantastic applause.

Also, just thought I'd mention how many other comedians were watching this show:

I saw Brian Posehn, Godfrey, John Tole, Bill Heder, and a few more I'm forgetting right now. Marc Maron came out to watch Puddles perform and had the most confused look on his face I've ever seen. It was hilarious.

Tonight's Agenda (subject to change):

7:30pm  |  The Parish Underground  |  TRIPLE THREAT
     Pat Hazell, Sean O'Connor, Godfrey, James Adomian

(I REALLY want to see Adomian again just to see if he kills it as bad as he did Wednesday night)

And we're going to attempt to go to:

9:45pm  |  Stateside at the Paramount  |  WTF PODCAST LIVE
     Marc Maron, Bill Burr, Jim Norton, Dom Irrera, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Ian Black,
     Maria Bamford, Todd Barry

I suspect the line is going to be out of control for the podcast.

The video does no justice to just how huge the guy is. I hope we run in to him again, I'd like to get a picture with this dude.

After a little internet research, Puddles is 6 foot 8, not 5.

Some youtube of Puddles.

What an act.  Amazing voice indeed.  Lynchian.

The video does no justice to just how huge the guy is. I hope we run in to him again, I'd like to get a picture with this dude.

As we were walking from Stateside to 6th Street, who should we come across looking (surprise surprise) forlorn standing on Congress in front of the Paramount, but Puddles the Clown again. He doesn't talk (it's part of his act, he only sings), but we stopped and told him how great he was when we saw him at Parish Underground the night before and what a great voice he has. He gave my girlfriend a pack of tissues with his website/logo on it, then proceeded to give me an Italian-style kiss on either cheek. There is something a little off-putting but hilarious about a 6 foot 5 clown laying a few kisses on you.

When we got to Parish for the late show last night, surprise! Puddles was the opener again. It was great being in on the act this time and knowing what was going on. People's reactions when he started belting out his songs were great.

[Maria Bamford, Jared Logan, Derek Phelps]

Thursday Lineup:

7:15pm  |  Stateside at the Paramount  |  MARIA BAMFORD
     Maria Bamford, Jared Logan, Derek Phelps

Started the night off right with Maria Bamford, who is hilarious. Derek Phelps was terrible. Jared Logan started off meh, but finished decently. Maria Bamford was amazing. She's so weird, but funny.


8:00pm  |  The Hideout  |  TRIPLE THREAT
     Danny Palumbo, Brendon Walsh, Baron Vaughn, Michael Che

Caught the tail end of this show. Saw the last few minutes of Baron Vaughn and then all of Brendon Walsh, who is a funny dude.

10:15pm  |  The Parish  |  FOUR EYES
     Dom Irrera, Andy Kindler, The Lucas Brothers, Marc Maron,
     Bil Dwyer, Judah Friedlander

This show was GREAT! Dom Irrera was the host, and he was a riot. Andy Kindler was a little off his game, but still brought it. The Lucas Brothers were great. They have a slow, deliberate delivery that is really funny and a few REALLY great jokes. Marc Maron was great in his usual intense, slightly crazy way. Bil Dwyer was the only letdown in this group. He was pretty terrible. And Judah Friedlander was really funny. He singled me out to start with for my perfect clapping form, and told another dude in the front row to "get the fuck out of here" when he couldn't replicate my fantastic applause.

Overall, another great night of shows. The supporting acts weren't as great tonight, but the big namers still brought it. Dom Irrera stole the show as host tonight. He was really funny.

And Andy, I'm not currently planning to see Jim Norton, no.

Thanks Mark.  Please do keep this up.   We're kind of a lazy group during the week days.  Meet at the SFA foe beers and then the Paramount or Statside.

We're planning on trying to see Maria Bamford at Stateside early tonight.

We've got a later evening gameplan as well, but I can't recall who it is off the top of my head.


Mark

Also, I totally forgot about this guy, who we also saw last night - Puddles Pity Party.

http://www.austintheatre.org/site/PageServer?pagename=moontower_artists&id=2302

Basically a giant guy in a clown costume singing a depressing song with a girl dressed as a monkey as his sidekick. Guy has a pretty impressive voice. Caught me totally off guard, and I was laughing my ass off.