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24/7 Magazine - January 2011
July 22, 2010
Five questions with Geechy Guy, comedian
BY B.J. HAMMERSTEIN
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Keeping up with high-powered motormouth comic Geechy Guy is no easy
task. "I have so many jokes -- it's not even funny," the
Rochester-raised comedian says over the phone from his residence in Las
Vegas. Come Labor Day, he'll mark 25 years in the biz. His up-and-down
career has included a heartbreaking loss on the classic talent showcase
"Star Search" and a big moment in 1993 when he set a Guinness record by
delivering an amazing 676 jokes in an hour. "It was at the Improv in
L.A., a benefit for flood victims. The crowd had to laugh at all the
jokes or they didn't count," he recalls.
The 46-year-old Geech says he has been through a lot over the years, but
at the end of the day, he's just a simple guy from the Midwest. "They
say that a person's car reflects their personality -- I don't have a
car," he says before he delivers his next joke -- one about a
correspondence course he once took in mime. When Geech returns home to
Mark Ridley's -- where he'll headline a series of shows this weekend,
starting tonight -- he'll be doing something he hasn't done in a while:
a one-man act.
At the Hooters Casino Hotel in Vegas, his three-man comedic creation,
"The Dirty Joke Show," is receiving rave reviews. "The show is really
taking off -- way better than we could have ever expected," he says of
the behind-the-scenes-style play he started about five years ago. He's
thrilled about the buzz, but what's most important to him, he says, is
that the show has provided a spark of passion to a career that was
slowly fading. "No matter how good it is or how good it could get, some
things start to get old after 25 years," he says. "Now I'm really
looking forward to the shows every single night."
QUESTION: What's "The Dirty Joke Show" all about?
ANSWER: It's a show I started about five years ago -- now more than 125
shows in -- and for a lack of a better word, it's a play. It's set at
the back alley of a comedy club, in between shows, and three comedians
pull up beer kegs, milk crates, and we basically sit around and smoke
and drink and entertain each other for the remainder.
There's a little bit of improv involved, but we are each armed with 50
jokes apiece and fire those out from our arsenal -- just go back and
forth playing off each other. There are elements of classic stand-up
there, but it's different: All three comics onstage at once, we're mic'd
up (instead of talking directly into a mic on its stand), and we're not
really performing to the audience but to each other.
People don't usually go to comedy shows thinking they're about to see a
play. They're not really used to it, but I don't think it's much of an
issue. They're kind of surprised in a good way. It's more than just
three guys in front of a microphone. Our personalities are really coming
out, and the crowd is hearing, literally, hundreds of jokes.
Q: How did it come about?
A: There's this old joke about how comedians are the toughest crowds.
... If you dress someone up like an old woman and push them down the
stairs, most people would laugh, but comics won't. To make a comedian
laugh, an old woman needs to be pushed down the steps. That's just to
give you a sense of what a comedian's sense of humor is like.
Basically, it started on that premise: that comedians do routines for
their audience but maybe -- many times -- they're even funnier offstage.
So "The Dirty Joke Show" was first designed to try and take the whole
onstage element out of the routine. Stop thinking (before a
performance), "OK, it's time to stop being funny and now I have to go to
work."
And then there are friends of mine who aren't comics. When they are
hanging out with me and my comedian friends, they always end up thanking
me a day later, saying they had the best time.
That was the thought. I didn't know what would happen if we did it, but
I recognized that it could potentially be really funny and something
unique.
Q: You're called "king of the one-liners." What's the key to a good
one-liner?
A: Wow, that's a really good question: I don't really know. Hmm, I don't
know the key. That everybody laughs?! You stumped me -- that it's short
and to the point. that it has good phrasing, good wordplay.
I think in my case, I have a great sense of humor in the truest sense. I
can sense what's going to be funny ... to most people. If you're able to
recognize that, and there's a natural sense of what people think is
funny, that's probably the most important part.
Q: How did you get your start in comedy?
A: One of my best friends, whom I met when I was 18, he was doing comedy
then, and he basically let me know that comedy was something you could
do right here in Michigan. You could work on it at different places. You
can start small. Work your way toward places like Mark Ridley's. ...
Back in 1985, I started with Mark (Ridley) at the Holly Hotel in Holly.
Tim Allen used to pick me up at my mom's house. But, yeah, the sky was
the limit, and there has always been an incredible amount of talent born
and raised in Michigan.
Q: What do you have planned for your homecoming show at the Comedy
Castle this weekend?
A: Oh, I'm so all over the place. There will be jokes all across the
board. A flurry of one-liners about everything, basically. There will be
a little bit, about less than five minutes of "The Dirty Joke Show." But
I talk really fast, so there will be a whole lot of jokes and plenty of
laughs.
Good Clean Dirty Fun at Hooters Comedy Show
Before “The Dirty Joke Show” begins an announcer
warns folks with sensitive ears to leave and go see “Donny and Marie.”
That’s good advice for those who don’t like the “F” word, which seems to
be used two or three times in every sentence in this comedy showcase of
potty mouth humor at Hooters, which may be seen at 11 p.m. Mondays
through Thursdays.
The “F” bombs and the jokes are fast and furious, delivered by veteran
comics Geechy Guy (who once set a world record by telling more than 600
jokes in an hour), Todd Paul (who has his own comedy show at Hooters at
7 p.m. nightly) and Mickey Joseph (who portrays Joey Bishop in “The Rat
Pack is Back” at the Plaza).
From time to time a guest comedian will show up and throw out a couple
of jokes. Recently it was Kevin Burke, who has two shows in town –
“Defending the Caveman” at the Excalibur and “Fitz of Laughter” at
Fitzgeralds.
Ron Shotts, one of the funniest comedians in the business and a Vegas
resident, showed up another night.
“A guest set is built in,” says Guy. “It doesn’t have to happen, but has
happened six out of 10 nights.”
Guy came up with the idea about five years ago but couldn’t sell it
until Hooters decided to take a chance.
The premise is three comedians joining each other in an alley behind a
comedy club after a show and exchanging jokes for about 90 minutes.
“I thought it might be fun to let the audience watch us tell each other
jokes,” says Guy, who may be best known for his appearances on Ed
McMahon’s “Star Search” in the ‘80s - held the record for the most wins
for a comedian (10) beating such comedians as Ray Romano.
The comedians take turns pulling jokes from their dirty joke bag.
Each comedian 40 to 50 jokes in their allotted space,” Guy says. “As
long as we do what’s our own, that’s the only rule we have. We draw from
our own list.
“There’s probably a 20 to 30 percent difference in jokes every night. We
just follow each other. One guy does one and reminds us of one.”
Not all the jokes are dirty.
“You know what the snail said when he rode on the back of a turtle?” Guy
asked.
“No.”
“Wheeeeeeeee.”
“You know what you need to circumcise a whale?” Guy asked.
“No.”
“Four skin divers.”
Most of the remaining jokes are for adults, though Guy calls them “R”
rated.
“It’s good clean dirty fun,” he says.
The show is loosely scripted. Each comedian gets his turn at pulling out
his dirty jokes in a dirty joke free-for-all.
If you don’t like one, wait a second and there’ll be another.
Many you may know.
“Most people have heard some of the jokes,” Guy says. “But what better
way than to hear a real comic tell them the joke than Uncle Bob - even
if they have heard the joke they should still enjoy it.”
Where Magazine - cover story
April 2010
Show Review
Behind the curtain
Staff Report
Sure comedians are funny on stage but have
you ever wondered what goes on behind the curtain? This show
takes three comedians and gives you a behind-the-scenes look at
what happens when they each try to outdo each other with the
funniest joke. Forget being politically correct or censorship,
The Dirty Joke Show is all about being funny and stars Geechy
Guy, Todd Paul and Mickey Joseph show audiences that they will
say and do just about anything to make you laugh. While the show
features three comedians you never know what other special guest
might stop by and add to this hilarious night of comedy.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Tuesday, February 16th was a very special VIP night for the
Dirty Joke Show at Hooters Casino Hotel. We had the lovely ladies from the
Fantasy Show at the Luxor in attendance that night. Strip Headliner, Kevin
Burke, also make a special appearance on stage that night. He got into the
action and even a shared a few dirty jokes himself. Attached you will find some
photos from this night. If you did not get the pleasure of attending the show
this night, we do invite you to come see the show some other evening. This show
is funny and outrageous and will have you laughing and all of the jokes are
DIRTY!
So a man wakes his wife up n
says how about some 69 and she says beef n broccoli?
Monday thru Thursday Nights at 11pm General Admission $24.99
January 27, 2010
TalkVegas.com
The Dirty Joke Show is a new show at the Hooters. I think it is the
most brilliant concept in the history of stand up comedy. I have
been to a large number of comedy clubs here and across the country.
The program is the same at all of them. Some local comes out as an
emcee and warms up the crowd. A feature comedian or two come out for
short skits. Then the headliner does his set. This show does it a
little different.
The stage is set up like the back of the building behind a bar.
There are empty booze bottles, trash, old beer kegs, a dumpster,
etc. A short video is used for a warm up and sets up the atmosphere
that it is the back alley behind comedy club just as the show ends.
Three comedians come out in the alley and start talking about the
set they just did. They just hang out, drink booze, have a smoke and
tell jokes to each other. They are wearing lapel mics, so they don't
have to walk up front and center and speak into a mic. It's really
casual as they talk to each other instead of to an audience. It's
set up where one or more comedians could drop by and hang out and
tell jokes with them or tell a few and leave.
This particular show is about dirty jokes, so yes, the jokes are
dirty. But it could be done with any genre of jokes, or better yet,
no specific genre. I REALLY like this format. It takes pressure off
of the comedian to induce a laugh, and it takes the pressure off of
the audience to laugh or applaud on cue. I'm sure some parts are
scripted, but it is easy to tell that most all of it is ad lib. And
since the comedians are focused on each other instead of the
audience, they really are working off each other.
Since the show is at Hooters it doesn't have favorable odds of
surviving very long. I do recommend it though for someone that wants
a comedy show at 11pm with dirty jokes. The show lasted a little
over an hour. Hooters was giving out coupons in the gift shop in
back of the casino to see the show for $12.50 including one drink. I
would guess that street price would be about $25.
To purchase tickets, call the
Hooters Box Office at 1-866-584-6687 or click below to
purchase nline. Must be at least 21 years old to attend.
Prices do not include tax and service fees.
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