{"id":187,"date":"2004-07-22T10:36:31","date_gmt":"2004-07-22T10:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.95.25.178\/maggie\/2004\/07\/22\/an_evening_at_eves_tavern_1\/"},"modified":"2004-07-22T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2004-07-22T10:36:31","slug":"an_evening_at_eves_tavern_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/2004\/07\/22\/an_evening_at_eves_tavern_1\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening at Eve\u2019s Tavern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just for Laughs Festival<\/a>, July 21, 2004<\/i>
\nIn keeping with our annual tradition<\/a>, my Mum and I went to the all-female JFL show, this year bringing along Irene, Kate, and Jeannine, a.k.a. the world\u2019s greatest mother-in-law.
\nThe 2004 edition of Eve\u2019s was at Kola Note, which was, once upon a time, Club Soda, so the show was returning to its birthplace. Mum and Kate and I seem to agree that we liked this year better than last. The theme, if there was one, was the futility of dieting \u2013 we\u2019ve noticed that the show tends toward an unannounced, unintentional theme topic that coincidentally appears in some form in most of the sets. Two years ago the theme was peeing\u2026 last year, motherhood in various guises was popular, as was the female orgasm (no kidding).<\/p>\n


\nThe host: Susie Essman<\/b>, famous for telling people to go fuck themselves on Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/i>. She was good, raunchy, very New York. Lots of audience interaction. Susie Essman is the reason not to sit in the front row of a comedy show. Highlight: \u201cMen always lie when they have a hard-on. \u2018Baby, this is the best I\u2019ve ever had\u2019 for example. I\u2019m not that good.\u201d
\nThe line-up, with commentary:<\/b>
\nMaggie Cassella<\/b><\/u>
\nYou know how some stand-ups do the fast talking thing? And others do the lots of angry yelling thing? Cassella is a fast, angry yeller. But she had great pants.
\nBest line<\/b>: Multiple life sentences \u2013 does that make any sense for anyone other than Shirley Maclaine?<\/i>
\nLeighann Lord<\/b><\/u>
\nOld material \u2013 not that I\u2019ve seen it, but she\u2019s riffing on bombing Spain. If you want to do political, news-oriented comedy, keep it relevant and recent.
\nBest line<\/b>: I was eating at Wendy\u2019s in the Middle East when I realized\u2026 they don\u2019t have cows.<\/i>
\nNikki Payne<\/b><\/u>
\nInitially scary, ultimately very funny. Good self-deprecating stuff on the lisp, great stuff on social norms (I grew up in a trailer park\u2026 ah, it\u2019s coming together now, isn\u2019t it?)
\nBest line<\/b>: Comedian always joke about trailer parks \u2013 \u2018Why did they build it in Hurricane Alley, ha ha?\u2019 Cuz we\u2019re POOR. Land comes cheap when there\u2019s a 60% chance of death.<\/i>
\nLynne Koplitz<\/b><\/u>
\nGorgeous, smart and funny. She presents herself as a little prudish but her material is raunch without the swear words.
\nBest line<\/b>: Did you guys have sex ed? I grew up in Virginia. My mother told me if you touch a penis it will burn you. It won\u2019t. But I spent a lot of time looking for hot cock.<\/i>
\nBest line <\/b>(she was really good): Ok, we fake orgasm \u2013 but have you ever exaggerated orgasm? Like it\u2019s a 10, but it\u2019s really a 5.3? You throw a pillow that didn\u2019t need to be thrown? And then, when it\u2019s over, you look over at the dog and you both roll your eyes?<\/i>
\nCal Wilson<\/b><\/u>
\nLots of stuff about being a New Zealander in Australia, all good.
\nBest line<\/b>: a platypus looks like a duck wearing an otter costume but the zipper\u2019s stuck.<\/i>
\nBonnie McFarlane<\/b><\/u>
\nMcFarlane would have been a lot funnier if she hadn\u2019t been so apologetic about having a bad set. The only thing that made it bad was the constant \u201cMan, this is going badly.\u201d Every one else killed, she would have too, if we weren\u2019t all so self-conscious about whether or not we were laughing.
\nBest line<\/b>: Cops shouldn\u2019t wear mirrored sunglasses. I got pulled over and the whole time the cop was talking to me, all I could think was \u201cWow. I need to get my bangs cut.\u201d<\/i>
\nMegan Mooney<\/b><\/u>
\nVery funny, lots of stuff about being part of a large Irish Catholic family.
\nBest line<\/b>: My dad\u2019s friends are killing themselves laughing, and one of them says to me \u201cHey Megan \u2013 how come you don\u2019t have any kids? That husband of yours got a low sperm count?\u201d I said \u201cI don\u2019t think so \u2013 it doesn\u2019t taste that way.\u201d<\/i>
\nTammy Pescatelli<\/b><\/u>
\nGreat way to end the show on a high note. Pescatelli is a funny, smart woman, and believes that everyone can be smart if they choose to be.
\nBest line<\/b>: Janet Jackson \u2013 I\u2019ve been getting myself dressed for a couple of decades now, and my boobs don\u2019t pop out unannounced. Sorry, grandma, it was a wardrobe malfunction.<\/i>
\nBest line, too<\/b>: My brother made me be part of his stupid wedding. I had to wear one of those awful $400 dresses. They said \u201cyou can wear it again.\u201d Where? Adult prom?<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just for Laughs Festival, July 21, 2004 In keeping with our annual tradition, my Mum and I went to the all-female JFL show, this year bringing along Irene, Kate, and Jeannine, a.k.a. the world\u2019s greatest mother-in-law. The 2004 edition of Eve\u2019s was at Kola Note, which was, once upon a time, Club Soda, so the … <\/p>\n

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