by dwayneperkins | Feb 9, 2012 | Funny Editorials, Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles, New York I Love You
I had a groovy time last night at my show in San Francisco at the Punchline. It’s one of these clubs where the crowd is smart enough to get heady concepts yet down to earth enough to laugh at fart jokes. I try to make my comedy a marriage between smart and silly so...
by dwayneperkins | Feb 2, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I did a show in Hollywood last Saturday night and the comic before me was 92 years old. He started comedy when he was a wily 91. He actually did very well and was quite astute at joke telling. Right now you might be feeling bad about yourself. You should, but you...
by dwayneperkins | Jan 25, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I was recently at a fellow comic’s house. I consider him a peer. A peer with 2 kids in High School. He’s older than me and maybe he started young but still a peer with children looking at colleges can make a guy feel long in the tooth. These thoughts were not...
by dwayneperkins | Jan 21, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories
A while back I wrote about the frequent but implausible way things happen in twos. I coined the occurrence a God Wink. Say the word “ramp” then you hear someone on TV say the word “ramp” a beat after you. That’s a God Wink. Just a...
by dwayneperkins | Jan 17, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I wrote a blog just 12 hours ago about seeing Charlie Murphy do stand-up. Two thumbs up for darkness. In that blog I mention some of the other actors turned comics who didn’t fare as well as C. Murphy. Most notable are Charlie Sheen and everyone’s favorite house...
by dwayneperkins | Jan 17, 2012 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
Most comics don’t take kindly to famous non-comics jumping into comedy to cash in on their fame. Sure, they can fill a room with people but they usually proceed to disappoint those people. Any bad show, especially one that cost top dollar, is a black eye on comedy....