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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

What's Been Going On

I haven't blogged since the 48 Hour Film Festival, so I thought I would fill my five followers in on what's going on in my life, even though, you probably already know, or you really don't give a shit. My buddy, Marc Shuter, and I, finished up our feature length script that we titled, "The Consequences of a Feeble Mind," Marc actually came up with the title. We started writing on March 24th and finished the first draft in early June. A couple weekends ago we finished the re-writes! It's definitely something that we are pretty proud of and can't wait to get it made. The script was entered in to the Creative World Awards' Screenwriting Competition with the first draft we made it to the preliminary round, not bad. We will find out soon if we make the quarterfinals of the Final Draft Big Break Contest!

On a side note, Marc's pilot for a sitcom he wrote for "Law Show," is kicking some major ass! Not only did he make the top 10 in the Script Pipeline Contest, he also made the semifinals of the CWA TV writing contest, and the NexTV Writing and Pitch contest. He's such a great writer, he's going to big things, and I'm honored to be writing with him. We are starting our next project soon.

As far as comedy goes, I haven't been doing much, I went to El Paso for a week at The Comic Strip with Billy D. Washington, had a great time working with him. I have done some other local stuff here and there, but really focusing on school right now. I do have some great gigs coming up though. I will be headlining the Speakeasy Comedy Lounge in Scottsdale in October, which should be super fun!

This past Sunday I had the pleasure of taping my fourth episode of "The After After Party" with Steven Michael Quezada, who you might recognize as Gomez from "Breaking Bad." (R.I.P. Gomie) I love the crew at TAAP, everyone is super friendly and they work their butts off to put on a great show! And they just announced that they signed a deal with DirecTV, which means the show is going national! So every single person that's been on there and will be on there could be seen by up to 50 million viewers! Not a bad deal, congrats to the cast and crew! You guys deserve it.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Colorado Tour and Pinetop, AZ

MAY 2-4 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO: LOONEES COMEDY CORNER W/MATT PETERSON AND LANDRY

Had a fun week at Loonees in Colorado Springs! Matt Peterson was our opening act for the week. It was nice getting him some stage time at a comedy club, he did a great job! Had fun with him. Landry was the headliner for the week, I had met him before in Las Vegas and Atlanta at a couple comedy festivals. He won the World Series of Comedy, super funny guy and really nice, too. It was nice hanging out with the Loonees crew.

MAY 3 DENVER, COLORADO: COMIC CENTS RADIO W/JESSE CARTER, JODEE CHAMPTION, JOHN T. WREN AND ANDREW ORVEDAHL

Friday I cruised up to Denver for an hour on Comic Cents Radio, you can check it out here. It was fun shooting the shit with Jesse and Jodee, Andrew Orvedahl popped in a little late.



MAY 6 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO: EAST COAST BAR W/BRETT CRANDALL, BEN ADAMS, STEVE YOUNG

Had a show at the East Coast Bar in Fort Collins! Steve Young headlined, it was nice seeing Steve again, he was always one of my favorite guys in the Denver scene, super nice guy and funny. I had never seen Ben Adams before, but he was hilarious! Brett was a great host, too, another super nice guy as well. They had some burlesque dancers on the show as well, which is always pretty rad. Met some cool people up there. Had a solid 10 minute set!



MAY 8 DENVER, COLORADO: DEER PILE W/CHRISTIE BUCHELE, BOBBY CRANE, NATHAN LUND, DR. KEVIN FITZGERALD, SAM TALLENT, A.J. FINNEY AND CHRIS CHARPENTIER

Wednesday night I went to Comedy Works downtown to see Troy Baxley headline, he's one of my favorites! It was an awesome show, got to see Stephanie McHugh, Phil Palisoul and George McClure also.

Afterwards, I walked over to the Deer Pile for the show with the Fine Gentlemen's Club show, Too Much Fun. Christie Buchele, Bobby Crane, Nathan Lund, Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, Sam Tallent, A.J. Finney and Chris Charpentier were all on the show, too! Holy shit, what a great lineup. Had a fun set, a little edgier than normal! Tried some new shit that did great, too.



MAY 9 DENVER, COLORADO: VOODOO COMEDY PLAYHOUSE W/AMBER HOTT, CHRIS CARLTON, BRENDAN BIRCH AND ULTRA SEX LASERS

This was another fantastic show at a little improv theatre in Denver. Fun crowd, really enjoyed the show, and the band, Ultra Sex Lasers were really cool! Got to see some old friends, too.



MAY 10-11 GREELEY, COLORADO: THE DOWN UNDER COMEDY CLUB W/JASON "MUTT" RODGERS, J-SIN NOVAK, AND DON MORGAN

The Down Under in Greeley is a super cool little comedy club in Northern Colorado. I loved both of the shows there! First night we had about 25, but the crowd was solid. Saturday we had over 50 and they were great! Such a fun weekend, and Don Morgan rocked it! It was nice to see him do a feature set. Love that dude.





MAY 13 PINETOP, ARIZONA: HONDAH CASINO W/KEITH ELLIS

I drove out to Pinetop for the show at Hondah. Keith Ellis was the feature act, funny guy from Phoenix! Had a fun time out there.

Friday, March 15, 2013

R.I.P. Scott Kennedy

As a comic you'll often times run into bitter headliners that think they should have "made it" big, or younger headliners who know they're going to "make it" big. Every time Scott Kennedy came to Laffs he was one of the nicest comics, and one of the funniest. He had a Comedy Central Presents, and numerous other tv credits. Over 50 trips overseas performing for the troops, and never acted like he was better than everyone else. One week he was headlining and Mark Poolos was featuring. The mc for the week was awful! The club owner was going to fire him, but Scott and Mark talked him into not firing him and worked with him on his act the next couple of days and he did a lot better. I thought that was super cool of both of them to do that. How many other comics would have taken the time to help out a struggling mc like that?

I was sitting at the Frontier restaurant a couple weeks ago and one of Scott's jokes popped into my head. It's hard to believe that I will never get to see him again, he died in his sleep yesterday. I have a video somewhere of a prank I pulled on him at Laffs while he was on stage. If I can find it I will make sure to put it up here. Thank you for all that you did Scott, all the shows overseas, and just being a great person. You'll be greatly missed.

If you never got to see Scott perform, check out his performance on the Craig Ferguson.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Matt Peterson

Today is the birthday of my good friend, Matt Peterson, an Albuquerque comic. I've known Matt since before his comedy days when we worked together at Poppi's Pizza (I miss that place!) Matt was always a super cool guy to work with, in fact, on my final delivery there when my car broke down, Matt came and picked me up and took me on the delivery. It was like something out of a movie. An extremely gay movie, but still, a movie. I got to see Matt perform his first few shows over at Laffs Comedy Club, and I knew he was going to be good. He had a great stage presence, and never seemed nervous. I could usually always tell who the new comics were, mostly because I'd have to clean up their puke in the bathroom at the club. With Matt you could never tell if he was nervous.

Over the years Matt's act has gotten so much better. He's a great bit writer and he's an awesome performer, too. I love watching him get pissed off, his rants are the hilarious! I saw him one night at Howie's rip into some people, not going to mention their names, but holy shit! That was one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life.

I've taken Matt on the road a couple of times, and in May we are going to Loonees Comedy Corner in Colorado Springs! I love working with Matt on the road, he's so laid back. Some comics are hard to work with, but not Matt. Last time I took him up there was my birthday week, we got pretty hammered. We worked with Matt Baetz, who is hilarious. Had great shows all weekend, and had fun watching March Madness.

Happy birthday Matt Peterson! Love ya buddy.


To see Matt perform, he's at the Damn Bar in Rio Rancho ever Friday at 8 pm. Also, a big show at the Guild Theater March 15th. He's also one of my opening acts for my dvd taping, so get out and see Matt perform! He's on at the Box tonight at 10:30

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Live DVD taping at the Box!

I have nailed down a venue for my live dvd taping, it will be Friday May 24th at 10:30 p.m. at the Box in downtown Albuquerque! Tickets are only $10 and they will go on sale next week. Get tickets soon though, it's a small venue. Since the show is 100 days away from tomorrow, I am going to countdown my favorite 100 comics starting tomorrow until the day of the show. So everyday on my little bloggy I will post a different comic.

Heard some sad news yesterday, one of my favorite clubs, Wits End, in Westminster, CO, will be closing down this weekend. I was scheduled to perform there in May, but sadly won't get to now. I do have a few dates lined up in Colorado though, but I will miss that place. I worked there doing telemarketing when I lived a couple blocks from the club. John, the owner, is a super cool guy, wish it could have worked out better for him, but he did all that he could.

Curt Fletcher Live DVD Taping
May 24, 2013 10:30 p.m.
$10 tickets
www.funnyfletcher.com

Friday, January 4, 2013

2012

Well 2012 is over, went by pretty fast. A lot of stuff happened in 2012, I'm looking forward to 2013. I'll be getting my Associates Degree in Computer Information Systems in December, which is exciting! 2012 was pretty eventful, had some great shows, worked with some great comics. A lot of venues came and went, I even ran my own show for a couple of months at 405 Lounge downtown. Didn't go so well haha. I'll stick to performing and writing. I was voted as a finalist for Best Comedian in Albuquerque in the Weekly Alibi and Albuquerque the Magazine, too! I'll break down my year by month.

JANUARY
4 Hollywood, CA-M Bar This was a preliminary show for the Laughing Skull Festival, I didn't advance from this show, but found out a few weeks later that I made it from my submission tape! This was a great show, so many funny comics. Chris Mata and Tom Clark performed, they weren't part of the competition. Jason Keyes, Mark Agee, Alex Hooper, Ali Breen, Jen Murphy and some other awesome comics were on that night!

20-21 Angelfire, NM Performed three shows in Angelfire with Russ Rivas. Big Benny and Erika Viking from 102.5 were there hanging out, too.

Started school again at CNM, so not many road gigs this year.

FEBRUARY
4 Taos, NM-Casa De Las Cordovas Headlined this show with Anthony "Animal" Garcia, Eddie Tafoya and Joe Quesada. This was an amazing crowd! Even Eddie had a killer set.

MARCH
6 Albuquerque, NM-The After After Party Taping Did my third taping for the show, had a lot of fun, met some great people, Jeramy Reynolds from Joy Junction, Rebilt was on the show, too, cool local band!

14 Towaoc, CO-Ute Mountain Casino Headlined with Matt Peterson as my feature, had less than 20 people at the show, but we had a blast.

24 Durango, CO-Strater Theater Worked with Dave Testroet, kind of a small crowd, but it was a lot of fun. Snuck our puppy into the hotel, too. Take that Strater Hotel!

28-31 Atlanta, GA-Laughing Skull Festival This week was a blast! Shared a room with Mark Agee, Alex Hooper and Grant Lyon, a lot of talent in one room. I got to perform at the Laughing Skull Lounge, Midtown Hotel and Relapse Theater. I didn't advance in the competition, but with that much talent, I was honored just to be part of it. Also, got to hang out with my old friend, Justin Clutter, which was super cool! Also hung out with some of my favorite comics, Gabe Rutledge, Mark Poolos and Johnny Beehner. Went to the nastiest strip club I've ever seen in my life, too.

APRIL
28 Albuquerque, NM-Hotel Andaluz This show was put together my 93.3 KOB-FM, awesome crowd. This one of the better crowds in Albuquerque all year for comedy and a great lineup.

MAY
5 Albuquerque, NM-Reptilian Lounge Got to perform at the Reptilian Lounge! I don't think the theatre people enjoyed my set much, but I had a blast.

6 Albuquerque, NM-The Box Joe Quesada Roast Had a roast for Joe Quesada who moved to LA, then months later moved back. Got to talk shit about a lot of comics!

23-26 Little Rock, AR-Loony Bin Worked with Skip Clark, kind of light crowds at the club that week. That's always a tough week to bring people in, but it wasn't bad. Had fun hanging with Skip and the mc, Steven Baucom.

30-June 2 Tulsa, OK-Loony Bin Worked with Testroet again and Dan Fritschie, had a great week! I love the Tulsa club, the people there are a lot of fun.

JUNE
3 Albuquerque, NM-Route 66 Casino Bryan Cranston was at the show! Steven Michael Quezada headlined, Niki Mangin was the host and mc and did a great job! Check my earlier blog for the story about the dead body.

11 Pinetop, AZ-Hondah Casino Headlined at the Hondah Casino, not much to report.

29-30 Tucson, AZ-Laffs Comedy Club Worked with Sean Kent, who I got to hang with a little in Atlanta. Had a great weekend, I love Tucson!

JULY
6 Las Vegas, NM-New Mexico Highlands Performed again with SMQ, had a fun show at New Mexico Highlands. It was a beautiful stage, crowd was pretty good.

14 Albuquerque, NM-Filling Station This was a lot of fun, great crowd at the Filling Station, sofacats!

26 Albuquerque, NM-405 Lounge Had Ron Ferguson come down from Denver to perform at the venue I was booking. Had a rough turn-out, which was disappointing, but it was cool working with Ron again. He's touring a lot with Pablo Francisco.

AUGUST
16-18 Colorado Springs, CO-Loonees Comedy Corner Worked with Adam Cayton-Holland, if you haven't seen him check him out, very funny! And a big baseball fan, which makes him even cooler. Had a fun weekend.

SEPTEMBER
21 Albuquerque, NM-Tech Love Black Lab Got to perform at Blackout Theater's Black Lab, which was super cool! Lots of improv and music, fun night.

OCTOBER
13 Albuquerque, NM-Moose Lodge Family Center This was an amazing show with SMQ! I did over an hour at the show as the feature act, I forgot my watch, so I felt kind of bad, but the promoter was super cool about it. We had about 200 people there!

19-20 Tucson, AZ-Laffs Comedy Club Emceed at a club for the first time in quite awhile, but I wanted to work with Jake Sharon and SMQ. Had a blast that weekend!

22 Pinetop, AZ-Hondah Casino Cruised up to the casino with Jake and opened the show for him and Keith Breckenridge.

27 TV The After After Party I was on TV!

NOVEMBER
3 Albuquerque, NM-The Box Comedian Origins, one of the coolest shows I've done. We did our first five minutes of material we every performed and our most recent five!

9 Albuquerque, NM-Uptown Sports Bar and Grill Great show, got to raise money for the New Mexico Wolfpack so they could go play in a bowl game!

DECEMBER
7 Rio Rancho, NM-The Damn Bar Got to perform on a show with my wife, Caitlin! She had such a great set, took command of the stage and rocked it. She was so happy. I didn't do that well, but felt great for her.

14-15 Ft. Worth, TX-Hyenas James Morrow and I took a road trip out to Texas and had a blast. Ben Creed was the headliner for the weekend, he's one of the best. I hadn't worked with him in years! Still funny as hell. New club was fun.

20-22 Dallas, TX-Hyenas Had a fun time working with Aaron Aryanpur, who had just won the Funniest Comic in Texas contest. Paul Varghese came in for guest sets, too, great lineups.

31 Albuquerque, NM-Artbar This was the first year I wasn't booked for a NYE gig since like 2007. I was at the show hanging out enjoying the entertainment and one of the comics couldn't make it, so I filled in. I was pretty wasted, and it wasn't the best set up for stand-up comedy, but it was fun. The Red Light Cameras were awesome, too!

Performing at Laughing Skull Festival

Cait and I at Lisa Frank factory

Niki, Me, SMQ and a couple peeps from Route 66

Performing at UNM

Hammered at the ArtBar