The Stand-Up Comedy Experience

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

I was the emcee for this show as well, our first anniversary show for the workshop.

Material: Family Vacations; Family Reunions; Sex Education; Condoms; Being Gay; Sex Lives of Superheroes

Location: 55 Grove Street, New York City

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

I was also the emcee for this show.

Material: Mahjong Psychic – Coming Out and Career Advice

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

This time, I not only performed, but was also the emcee for the whole show.

Material: Mahjong Psychic – Coming Out; The Arranged Marriage

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

Material: Being Gay; The Arranged Marriage

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City

In the late 1980searly 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

Material: Coming Out at My Bar Mitzvah

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the American Comedy Institute. It was a hobby, that I briefly toyed with turning into something more, but, my creative talents lend themselves more to comedy writing, and to cooking, than to performing. Still, I had a hell of a lot of fun.

This clip also contains performances from two of my closest friends at the time, Maureen Morris and Eli Krupnik. Eli was the person who got me into the workshop in the first place. Sadly, he passed away in early 2014. The show was emceed by the inimitable (albeit slightly less campy than usual) Alan Sues, who also passed away, in 2011.

Material: Being Gay; Dating

Location: Don’t Tell Mama, New York City