Darryl from the Office (Craig Robinson) does Standup
Tomorrow in Philly and I’m apparently going. Could be fun? Anyone seen him before or know what to expect? Christina is being way too goddam excited about it what with her loving everything way too goddam much.
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i hate you.
i’d like to clear this up. all i said to john was…
me: daryl!!!!
to which he responded with:
birdsforhands: oh dear
are you going to make me regret going?
negative right off the bat!
here’s what your WIFE had to say:
Gosia: i’m excited, i love standup!
discrimination.
I had no idea he did stand up either, and it does sound pretty interesting.
My friend saw BJ Novak do stand up last week. I should ask him how that went.
christina said:i’d like to clear this up. all i said to john was…
me: daryl!!!!
to which he responded with:
birdsforhands: oh dear
are you going to make me regret going?negative right off the bat!
You used way too many exclamation points. It scared me heartily.
he’s not in jail?
Reggie said:I had no idea he did stand up either, and it does sound pretty interesting.
My friend saw BJ Novak do stand up last week. I should ask him how that went.
And shouldn’t he be in Germany or where ever they’re shooting the new Tarantino film?
BJ Novak’s involved in the new Tarantino flick?!
John said:BJ Novak’s involved in the new Tarantino flick?!
him and everyone else in hollywood. it’s like “strange days!”
John said:BJ Novak’s involved in the new Tarantino flick?!
Yeah, Inglorious Basterds.
so how was is hutch?
The first comedian was uncomfortably bad. Helium’s a tiny place so our table was only five feet or so from the stage which was only a foot or so high to begin with. So we got to watch his awkwardness real close. The best part of the first dude was when he told some uncomfortably racist jokes in a room where 1/4 or so of the people were black. E.g., “I was reading a Winnie the Poo book to my daughter and she asked me why Tigger could jump so high. I said cause his father was a black man. Then she asked me why his name was Tigger and I said because his mother was a tiger and the guy who named him was a racist.”
The black folks didn’t laugh.
The second guy was better, but arguably more uncomfortable. I learned a valuable lesson: never volunteer any information at all at a comedy show. When asked a question or asked to raise your hand for anything, sit in stone silence. Cause when I raised my hand to say I was married, the dude picked us and started projecting all his marital issues on me and Gos.
- Him: How long have you guys been married?
- Me: Uh six—
- Him: No! Don’t you answer, you’ll just get it wrong! Everything you say is wrong in her eyes! hahahahahaha! Cause woman hate their husbands!! hahahahahahah! What a clever and original joke!
So fuck that guy.
But then Craig Robinson came out and it was awesome. He said in amused silence for a good five minutes or so, plugging in his keyboard, not saying a thing. He starts playing “If you’re happy and you know it” and like 100 Pavlovian Dogs, everyone claps on cue. And he keeps playing the song, gets to the second first, everyone claps, and Craig smashes his fists on his keyboard and screams “IT’S STOMP YOU MOTHER FUCKERS.”
His first words of the night. It was awesome from that point on. Sort of half-music non-jokes that were all really great.
Next time I go to Helium, I’m just showing up late.
hutch, this was a perfect assessment of last night.
i actually really enjoyed the first comedian’s local philly jokes about the skoo-kill. they were done in seinfeld fashion, but not delivery. the marriage part was trite and corny. it made me laugh sorta but definitely wasn’t original.
craig robinson was great. that opening piece was brilliant. he was stoned as shit,t oo. and, we met him. post the pic!!
thanks for stopping by, jerks
Who likes stop-bys? No one likes a stop-by. You were probably in your jammies and you’d feel all obligated and mannerly.
well duh. but you could have told me you would be 8 inches from my house and i could have been prepared for a stop in or a gelato trip or something, you jerk.
No one wanted Gelato but me.
John said:No one wanted Gelato but me.
how does that happen? your friends are boring.