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Comedy!
Jared gets a run-down of local stand-up scene from Denver Post entertainment reporter John Wenzel, who literally wrote the book on underground comedy. We listen to clips of Denver comedians Heather Snow, Troy Baxley, Bobby Crane, Troy Walker, Ben Roy and (soon-to-be Denver Post profile subject) Adam Cayton-Holland.
Subject matter gets a bit NSFW, so probably best not to blare this episode from your speakers unless you work at a strip club, a bar or, incidentally, a summer camp.
Some of these clips come from the CD compilation This Ain’t No Cowtown. And also check out Wenzel’s book Mock Stars: Indie Comedy and the Dangerously Funny.
Extendable leashes = Fingerless hands
My fiance worked for a law office that was litigating a class-action suit against extendable leash manufacturers. Apparently this happens regularly: the winding mechanism, which is quite strong, breaks out of the flimsy plastic encasing and lops of peoples’ fingers. She said victims had these hands that were just a palm with a thumb sticking out of it.
Good stuff. No mention of Chuck Roy though? He’s a pretty great Denver standup.