Hey, friends and comedy lovers!
Get ready for a groovy night of gown up fun! If you’re planning to go to the show, please check in at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1624593977821359/
For tickets, go to the iO West Box Office at:
http://ioimprov.com/west/show/the-vic-paul-dana-show-2015-11-20/2015-11-21/
Thanks, everybody!
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My wife Victoria and I have known Dana Olsen since our days at Northwestern University in the late 1970’s. Dana was a damned funny guy then – and he’s gotten even funnier over the years.
While Victoria and I worked on the stage and then in television, Dana focused on screenwriting. Among the many films he’s written are The Burbs, Memoirs of an Invisible Man and George of the Jungle.
Vic and I have remained close with Dana since graduation – and in the past few years we’ve been performing together again. The last time was when we joined Dana and other friends for Mr. Olsen’s New Year’s Rockin’ Neighborhood on New Year’s Eve 2013 at 27 Live in Evanston, Illinois – the college town just north of Chicago where we all first met in 1976.
For the past several months, we’ve been getting together with Dana whenever he’s in town – or we’re in Chicago – to brainstorm and improvise comedy sketches (which is just about our very favorite thing to do in this world). And, golly, the world’s been giving us some great subject matter this year!
Then, two great musical friends agreed to join the party: our longtime Practical Theatre Company musical director and Whiskey Lounge impresario, Steve Rashid — and drummer Rockin’ Ronny Crawford, who’s hit the skins for Lisa Loeb, Anna Nalick and The Rockme Foundation, among many others.
Thus comes “The Vic & Paul & Dana Show” — an improv sketch revue featuring music, comedy and a few cocktails. Baby Boomers by birth, we’re all wading chest-deep through middle age. But blessedly, our sharp taste for humor and irony – and a neat Manhattan — has not been dulled. Our show is a toast to grown up fun amid the craziness of contemporary life.
“The Vic & Paul & Dana Show” will play for just three nights – from Thursday, November 19 to Saturday, November 21 at the iO West Theatre in Hollywood, CA. All shows at 7:30.
Come out, enjoy a beverage or two — and share some well-earned laughs with us.
Here’s a gallery of shots from our photo session with Bradford Rogne. (He’s really good, folks.)
Photo by Bradford Rogne Photography
Dear Comedy Lovers,
Can you solve this comedy equation?
VIC + PAUL + DANA x (STEVE + RONNY) x 11/19 + 11/20 + 11/21 @ iO West = ?
The answer is soon to follow…
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You can catch my very funny daughter Emilia’s act this Sunday night at the legendary Comedy Store in Hollywood – and she’s performing new material!
Emilia’s starting to make a name for herself in the standup scene, and this gig is an important set-up to the great punchline of her budding career.
So, if you’ve caught her wild, wonderful takes on airplanes, miracles, the World Cup, Animal Planet, and why she can never watch “The Lion King” again without a shudder of horror – then you’ll want to hear what Emilia’s gonna say next!
Emilia will be in the Main Room at Hollywood’s legendary Comedy Store on Sunday, August 24th at 8:25 PM (Doors open at 8:00).
Tickets are available at: http://hollywood.thecomedystore.com/show.cfm?id=331978&cart
And remember – don’t forget to tell them you’re there to see Emilia!
Hope to see you there. I’ll be the guy sitting in the house with two Chardonnays and a big, happy grin.
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You’ve got two chances to catch my very funny daughter Emilia’s act this week – and she’s presenting new material!
So, if you’ve caught her wild, wonderful takes on airplanes, miracles, the World Cup, Animal Planet, and why she can never watch “The Lion King” again without a shudder of horror – then you’ll want to hear what Emilia’s gonna say next!
You can see her tomorrow (Wednesday, August 20) at 7:30 pm upstairs at The Federal bar, located at 5303 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood.
Tickets can be purchased in advance here — or at the door. And when you arrive – tell the folks at the box office stand you’re there to see Emilia!
This weekend, you can see Emilia in the Main Room at Hollywood’s legendary Comedy Store on Sunday, August 24th at 8:25 PM (Doors open at 8:00).
Discount tickets available at: http://hollywood.thecomedystore.com/show.cfm?id=331978&cart
And remember – don’t forget to tell them you’re there to see Emilia!
Hope to see you there. I’ll be the guy sitting in the house with two Chardonnays and a big, happy grin.
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For the first couple of decades that my wife and I lived in Los Angeles we rarely went to nightclubs because we were raising children. We rarely went over the Santa Monica mountains to enjoy the nightlife in Hollywood – or all the way to Silver Lake.
However, now that the kids we raised are (somehow) all performing in nightclubs, we find ourselves going out to all those entertaining spots we missed while hovering over our babies.
This week, we’ll be hitting the clubs three times to see our very funny daughter Emilia work the crowds with her standup comedy act.
On Monday May 19 at 8:00 PM, Emilia will perform in “The Comedy Madness Show” in the Main Room at the famous Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip.
You can’t get tickets online for this one – so you’ll just have to get in line behind me and get them at the club.
On Thursday May 22 at 8:00 PM, she’ll be knocking them dead at the Leche Lounge in the Malo Cantina on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake.
If you come to the gig at the Leche Lounge you’ll want to come early enough to enjoy the food at Malo Cantina. It’s tasty, spicy Mexican cuisine that will fortify you for the night of laughter ahead.
And on Friday May 23 at 10:00, she’ll be back at The Comedy Store, appearing on the bill in The Belly Room.
So, come on out and enjoy my daughter Emilia’s unique brand of comedy.
I’ll be there. I’ll be that guy laughing and having fun with a glass of wine in my hand who no longer needs to hire a babysitter in order to go to a nightclub.
Because my baby is on the bill.
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My daughter Emilia’s rising standup comedy career continues this Friday, May 2 at the Inside Jokes Comedy Club on the third floor of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at 8:00 pm.
The show is called “Women Who Kill.”
That’s “kill” in the “knock ‘em dead” sense of the word.
Please note, in a bit of unintended comedy, Emilia’s last name is misspelled as “Barrossetta” – which may be the all-time record for misspelling and mispronunciation of our somewhat complicated, unique surname.
I’m told that you can get on the guest list (a free ticket) by Emailing lisa@prettyfunnywomen.com and letting her know you’re a friend of Emilia.
Otherwise, if you’d like to support the arts, $15 tickets can be ordered here:
Indoor parking is just $2 with validation.
According to the Inside Jokes website, “at Inside Jokes you get a hip and contemporary comedy club experience. A theater styled seating plan, a custom built stage directly in front a state of the art screen that serves as an artistic backdrop. We’re not your ordinary comedy club! When you come to Inside Jokes you’re experiencing a night on the town.
After the show guests of the club are invited to exit the theater and head for the Inside Jokes Lounge where you can mingle, meet the performers, grab a cocktail and enjoy some good music without having to leave the building.”
I say, “Come for the comedy. Stay for the footprints.”
Click CD photo for music & info!
Paul's Voyage of Discovery & Etc. 
Standup with Emilia on Sunday Night!
http://hollywood.thecomedystore.com/event.cfm?cart&id=385657
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