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Review of “Geopolitical Dick Jokes” – 5th live comedy album by Ben Rosenfeld
If you’re going to listen to dick jokes, you want to learn something new. If you’re going to listen to an entire album called “Geopolitical Dick Jokes,” recorded in front of a live audience at NYC’s The People’s Improv Theater … Continue reading
Posted in CD reviews, Irreverent Stuff, Uncategorized
Tagged accent, album, Amazon, author, Ben Rosenfeld, CD, comedian, comedians, comedy, comic, comics, creativity, dad, dark, debates, deconstruction, depression, Dick, dirty, elections, father, funny man, geopolitical, international, jokes, language, live audience, man, melatonin, nerdy, New York City, NYC, Politics, review, road rage, Russian, stand-up, stand-up comedy, the peoples improv, theater loft, tick-tock, TikTok, Ukrainian, worldly, writing
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Review of the 4th and Latest CD from Ben Rosenfeld: “Don’t Shake Your Miracle”
Listening to NYC-based comedian and author Ben Rosenfeld’s darkly delightful 4th and latest CD, “Don’t Shake Your Miracle,” you can hear the appreciative audience both shaken and stirred with continuously clever cocktails of dry wit. Ben dishes 71 minutes of salty, fresh prose, which makes extra sense when you learn he was performing in a club over a sushi … Continue reading
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Ah, Ya Mutha! Book Review of “Mean Mommy” by Actress, Comic and Author Kerri Louise
My menopausal brain is now extremely choosy about what books it subjects itself to, and I knew right off the bat that “Mean Mommy” by actress, comic and author Kerri Louise was a good investment for whatever brain cells I … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, advice, authentic, author, autograph, bedbugs, book, book review, brave, comedian, comic, contest, cutting pineapples, families, family, fraternal, headliner, hilarious, husband, keep laughing, Kerri Louise, last comic standing, Mean Mommy, mother, motherhood, personal, show business, Showtime, standup, tales, Tom Cotter, twins, wife, wisdom
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Life on the side
Always spent my life waiting to live. Watching others live. Thinking: that’s not for me! Too risky. Some people never feel fully grown up until both of their parents are gone. They did not want to grow up that way, … Continue reading
Posted in Irreverent Stuff, Questionable Poetry, Religious, Uncategorized
Tagged alive, Black and white photography, comedian, comic, crisis, dad, Death, Dick Williams, emotions, existentialism, existentialist, father, fear, fear of death, fear of public speaking, happiness, humanism, joanna rapoza, life, life changes, life is meaningful, life is meaningless, mid life, midlife crisis, midlife resolution, mother, orphan, parents, photographers, public speaking, resolution, Rodney Norman, sadness, stand-up comedy, standup, standup comic, waiting room
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KBJB Radio presents “Komedy for Charity” Saturday, September 30 in New Milford CT to benefit Gilda’s Club
KBJB Radio and Komedy for Charity are honored to be working with Gilda’s Club, which was founded by the late Gilda Radner. Join us for a night of laughter with host Billy Mo Buckbee and comedians Joanna Rapoza, KJ Johansen, … Continue reading
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I’ve Been Validated: Glastonbury Life Magazine, January 2015
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Nonconformist Comic
I’m just a humble Zen comedy farmer Tilling my little patch of earth Oh sure I’m aware of the horizons Before and behind me But I’m really just trying to enjoy my journey Through a lush and bountiful field.
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“BIG DUMMY – me & my old man” written by & starring MARY DIMINO @ FringeNYC starting August 9th
“BIG DUMMY – me & my old man” written by and starring MARY DIMINO directed by Christine Renee Miller Part of the 17th Annual New York Fringe Festival, starting August 9th, 2013 A preview by Joanna Rapoza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember when you were a kid, and … Continue reading