May has been very good to me.... 2 college shows with Rust Belt Comedy, 6 shows at The Comedy Club in Rochester, an opening spot for Kyle Cease at The Pittsburgh Improv, and still 2 more shows to come this week.  A big thanks to everyone who's been so supportive and encouraging in helping me get this whole comedy thing off the ground, it's been a blast thus far.  And a special shout-out to everyone at The Pittsburgh Improv, David Lew, Kyle Cease, and everyone who was at the show last weekend - as much as I hate The Penguins, everyone in Pittsburgh was awesome and I had a kickass time while down there.  If you want to see a clip of me at The Improv, watch the new Rust Belt Comedy promo video below, it's towards the middle.  

A few pictures below: 1 - Opening for Theo Von at The Comedy Club in Rochester.  2 - With Theo and Gately after Gately's last show in Rochester.  Gately moved out to Chicago which sucks for Rochester.  I'll be trying to fill his shoes starting to MC shows at The Comedy Club... I'll be doing the Dave Coulier shows June 4, 5, & 6 - get your tickets at www.TheComedyClub.us.  3 - At the Pittsburgh Improv with one of my favorite comics, Kyle Cease - amazing live!  4 - With TL Johson, Ralph Tetta, and Steve Burr in Rochester this past weekend.  I MCd Friday and did guest spots Saturday, good times!

Calendar update... lots of dates over the next few weeks.  Rust Belt Comedy has shows at Rochester Institute of Technology, The Blue Wall in South Buffalo, and at The Beach Comber on Conesus Lake (10 minutes away from Geneseo).  I'm doing a guest spot opening at The Pittsburgh Improv this weekend and am pretty pumped because headlining is one of my favorite comics, Kyle Cease!  I also start an MCing gig at The Comedy Club in Rochester next month with a slew of shows, so take a look and let me know if you want tickets to any of the shows.

Enough shameless self-promotion.  How about promoting friends?  My buddy "Yeah! Pete Johnson" recently made a music video.  Pete's awesome, his music is awesome, and this video is awesome.  Check it! 

At the start of the month I had an opportunity to take part in a 5-day intensive at The American Comedy Institute in NYC.  I'm actually working on an independent study for my Master's in tying together Creative Problem Solving and Humor . . . anyway, enough nerdery.  Here's video of me doing 5 minutes clean in a showcase at Gotham Comedy Club:

The first 2 jokes were actually something I improv'd right before going on stage, as the comic before me was an attractive lady who was talking about being a yoga teacher and getting attention from guys on the subway when she does her exercises there.  See how much funnier jokes are when I explain them?

Letterman Emmy-award winning writer Ted Greenberg headlined the show . . . words can not explain, check him out for yourself at TedGreenberg.com.  A very cool guy who was gracious enough to chat with me for a while after the show and gave me lots of advice - awesome guy.  Here are a few pics from me at Gotham (click on a picture to enlarge).

I also got to catch some ridiculously awesome comedy at NYC's Comedy Cellar on 2 different nights . . . freakin' ridiculous that you can see such awesome comedy in such a small room for only $10.  I was front row center stage one of the nights and Dave Attell told me he really appreciated my work directing Lord of the Rings, ha!  Here are some more pics: 1. w/Dave Attell, 2. w/a group of super hot ladies from Denmark that were surprisingly friendly with me after the show, 3. w/Godfrey. 4. w/Ardie Fuqua, 5. w/Colin Quinn, 6. w/Ben Bailey, 7. w/Mike Destefano, 8. me at a April Fools comedy show at t.b.d..  Click the pictures to enlarge.

Don't let Ben Bailey's clean image on "Cash Cab" fool you - he's got a mouth on him.  He completely DESTROYED a heckler . . . and by heckler, I mean someone that was talking during his set.  He completely snapped and it was awesome - he even said "I hope no one's taping this, I don't want to be the next Kramer on YouTube." - ha.  

In short, that was my NYC trip - excellent!  

I also got to see an awesome show last night at The Comedy Club in Rochester with Marianne Sierk and Kevin Meaney (that's not right!).  Before the show, I kicked ass in Jenga and won a free Labatt's shirt (see pics below).  After the show, Kevin got a standing-o, and well-deserved.  Marianne is a very funny lady as well and I'm actually off to open for her at Alfred University tonight.  That's all for now.  Make sure you check out the Mr. Bucket shenanigans below if you haven't already.

Do you ever reminisce about your childhood and think about how great something was as a kid?  With today's technology, we're able to revisit many of our childhood days by simply YouTube'ing a TV theme song, sports clip, or commercial.  Well, today I made that mistake.  For one reason or another, I remembered a toy I had - "Mr. Bucket" - and how catchy the damn jingle was for it on the TV commercial.  Looking to avoid my grad school paper, I YouTube'd it.  Just watch . . .

"The first to get their balls into Mr. Bucket wins, but look out, cause the balls will pop out of his mouth."  Wow.  Beyond quotes like that, I have another problem. 
Mr. Bucket teaches 2 things and implants them on a subconscious level for later in life:
     1. It teaches boys to put their balls in a Mr.'s mouth.
     2. It teaches girls to spit them out.
All funny-commercial-sayings aside, wouldn't it have made more sense to call it "Mrs. Bucket"?  Actually, no - once they're married the fellatio tends to stop.  How about Ms. Bucket?  I'm just saying. 

I was opening for Tim Young this past Thursday at Le Moyne College and my friend got a little of it on his digital camera.  Check it . . .

Tim is going to be at The Comedy Club in Rochester 4/30-5/2.  If you're in the area, be sure to check him out - he's awesome.  Jamie Lissow is going to be at The Comedy Club this coming week - also a show definitely worth going to.  And while I'm in free-plus-give-a-way mode, Vinnie Paulino, a Rochester comic, is working on a new podcast called "5 shots" -   where he sits down at a mic with a comedian or 2 and they talk for an hour, while taking a shot every 10 minutes (thus the title, "5 shots)... his page is also under "stalk me and friends" and it should be a good listen once it comes out. 

If you're in Buffalo, there's a show at The Mohawk Place tomorrow night (Sunday) at 8:00pm with very funny Buffalo comedians including Shanin Allen, Kevin Carlin, Dan Fisher, Josh Potter, and Matt Wayne.  If you're in the area, grab a $2 PBR and check it.

That's all for now... I'm probably going to lay low for a little while as I need to catch up on grad work, search for a new job - ya know, the stuff that should take priority.  Oh adulthood. 

One of my friends had to do a 3-D movie project for his multimedia class. The result, this fake infomercial for my non-existent DVD, Chet Gone Wild. This video format isn't actually in 3-D, it's just the initial raw video (but explains why you see some over-exaggerated movements.) Just goofin' around, some of it's funny, some of it's stupid, some of it's just naked.  Feel free to comment.

A little over a week ago, I was invited as a guest on The Wease Show to plug a piece on me in The Insider as well as a show at The Comedy Club.  I also had the opportunity to hang out in the studio for an hour and a half and talk about not getting laid, a possible date with Lilly, and how I may or may not regularly appear on "Lost."  With the permission Wease's producer, I'm able to post a few minutes of me on the show - take a listen...

A big thanks to Brother Wease and company for having me on, especially as the guest directly following the mayor of Rochester, ha.  I also had the opportunity to open up for Josh Sneed last Friday at Nazareth College.  Nazareth was an awesome crowd and Josh is hilarious, if you get the chance be sure to catch his Comedy Central Presents special.

Aight, it's way too late and I have to wake up way too early.  Peace out.

Why play 20 Questions on Match.com when I can play 20 Q's in Rochester's Insider Magazine.  Take a read and check out my sweet puppet shadow abilities here. 

Have you ever entered a contest that has a disclaimer like "We reserve the right to change contest rules."  Well, The Comedy Club likes to use that disclaimer . . . so the 3 weeks of finals have been changed to semi-finals with the winner of each week moving on to a finals round now.  No worries, it's all good - so make sure to come catch me at the last round of semi-finals this Thursday, 7:00pm, at The Comedy Club in Rochester (specifically, 2235 Empire Blvd., Webster, NY).  If you plan on coming, let me know by joining the Last Comic Sitting Facebook event. 

Also, I created an actual Facebook account (instead of just a fan page), so feel free to add me by clicking the Facebook image in the right-hand column. 

That's all for now... time to watch the last ever Late Night w/Conan O'Brien.  At least he's confirmed that Max and the band are going with him, sweetness.

The Comedy Club made some changes to the finals of Last Comic Sitting.  Finalists are now spread out over 3 Thursdays and are opening for the in-town act that week.

I'm on the 3rd and final week of the competition and they'll be announcing the $1,000 winner that night.  The show is Thursday, February 26th at 7:30pm and tickets are $7.  The headliner I'm opening for is Vanessa Hollingshead.  I'd suggest getting there by 7:00pm and if you'd like to get tickets in advance, you can do so by going to www.TheComedyClub.us.

Also, a huge shout-out to everyone at Elmira College that came out to the Tim Young show Friday that I opened at, it was a blast.  I added a few more college dates to the calendar as well.

Thanks for the support, friends.

Chet

I entered "The Last Comic Sitting" contest at The Comedy Club in Rochester . . . there are 4 weeks of opening rounds followed by the finals.  The winner gets $1,000 plus an opening gig for Steve Brewer along with a Limo ride to the show.  I tied for first place in week 2 so I'm headed to the finals!  The finals are Wednesday, February 11th at 7:30pm and I'd really like your support!  The Comedy Club is at 2235 Empire Blvd. in Webster, NY and is connected to Daisy Dukes . . . and it's free to attend!  If you're on Facebook, you can tell the interweb peoples that you're attending by attending this event.  I'd suggest getting their early, so 1. you get a good table and 2. I can buy you some drinks for being a kickass friend.

Besides kicking off the whole Rust Belt Comedy thing this past week (RustBeltComedy.com)... which by the way - was a blast!,  I also had the opportunity to hang out with former bandmate Adam Bystran.  We jammed out a little and figured we'd play some Beyonce and do some random rap and see what happens when we filmed it . . . below are the results (and the rap montage starts at just after 2:00).

That's it for now.  I'm off to drive 90 minutes out to Buffalo for The Doin' Time Comedy Showcase at Nietzsche's tonight and am opening for Tim Young this Friday at Elmira College before the finals of Last Comic Sitting next Wednesday . . . . hope to see you there!

Chet