chumpy?

Someone just posted this link to Facebook because they agree with the idea of doing real marketing for your shows as opposed to just emailing your friends, Sure. I get that. But shouldn't you do both? And don't most performers, especially comics, want friendly faces in the crowd? Faces that know how to laugh? And what if you're nervous and not ready for a gen pop crowd? Or you just suck at the whole marketing thing?

How chumpy is it to get an email with your friend's name at the top and an opt out at the bottom and respond with an anonymous, assy form email complaining that a "come see my show" email is too impersonal? And the worst thing is that it includes a link to the original author of the assy email's book on Amazon. So, your friend, who helped you move and listened to you bitch about your stupid girlfriend/boyfriend/cat can't send you an email about their new play/gig/cat show, but you...you, Chumpy Mc Chump Chump, can send out an anonymous ad for a book written by some ass you've never met? Chumpy? Hells yeah. But on a scale of 1 to Federline...just how chumpy is it?

For Bitter's next show (at this rate, it'll be 2012), maybe we should include a link to this hastily-written blog at the bottom of our promo emails... just in case anyone wants to be a chump. But none of our friends are that chumpy.

Oh...and it must be said that the person who posted this on Facebook is NOT a chump. Just a performer with some serious marketing skills. But when I pointed out that she had posted an ad for some dude's book, she ranted at me. Ranted. She used the word "crusade". Now that's a rant. But she is not chumpy...just a ranter...or possibly working part-time doing marketing for the chump who wrote that chumpy book.

And one 4 Star, but I suspect that that reviewer is sleeping with the monster. And Max Rubio is clearly a shill:

Play: There's a Monster in the Well! Reviewer: A. Diva 4 Stars This is seriously funny stuff.Love the fluffers for Jesus, and the trek up Lombard Street. Though while others have mentioned Chuck Norris, I think Michael Cane is the big surprise here. Honorable mention to Bruce Willis.But my favorite part of the show was definitely the Monster. Oh, how I love a man in uniform!I had great fun and found it was great to "talk to Bob" after the show, or during for that matter.

Play: There's a Monster in The Well Reviewer: P. Savage 5 Stars Scary .. not for the faint of heart.. pure Evil in a twisted sort of way.. like pretzels? They do some funny, creative sketches.- and there is a furry monster, and chuck norris, too. Go see it and laugh until you pee your pants! Really cool

Play: There's a Monster in the Well! Reviewer: Christian Simonsen 5 Stars This is a stream of consciousness shetch comedy show that mocks just about everything from the early 80's to the near future (the Monster victimized by Chuck Norris kinda serves as a Greek Chorus). My favorite characters included two Jews for Jesus cheerleaders, a mountaineer who conquered Lombard Street, and of course Chuck Norris. What could have been a mess in lesser hands is consistently fun here, with a contagious high energy level from the entire cast. I plan on seeing it again.

Play: There's A Monster In The Well!Reviewer: Max Rubio 5 Stars Hysterical!! I'll never look at Chuck Norris, Lombard St. or vaginas the same way ever again! Really creative sketch comedy centered around a common theme of a monster being stuck in a well. The monster is really hilarious.

to review the show: http://www.sffringe.org/fringe08/08reviews/there.html

Now you can buy the T Shirt. The Bitter T Shirt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F2OXiwVNgw

Get ready for MAYEM!

 

and also possibly to rumble!

What do you say to a legal assistant who's just been attacked by a pack of wolves?

 

hint: it's not "did you get the license plate of that wolf?"