: Patt Morrison for Friday, 12/31/2010 - HOLIDAY SHOW - ON TAPE

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, December 31, 2010

1-3 p.m.

HOLIDAY SHOW – ON TAPE

 

 1-2PM

Comedy Congress from the Crawford Family Forum!  (pre midterm election)

The only true medicine for the pain of politics is laughter—after all, if we weren’t laughing at the (mostly) unintentional humor emanating from Washington D.C. and state capitols, chances are we’d be crying.  Only five weeks until the much anticipated midterm elections, and you can tell because the collective hysteria and volume from politicians across the country is on the rise.  As Tea Partiers clash with labor unions—a battle between ideologies AND waistlines—and our President flails away in an attempt to get anybody to believe in hope again, it might be hard to make sense of all the political nonsense. Tomorrow we’ll probably cry about our lost jobs, but today join us in laughing at the madness of it all—the truth hurts far less when it’s told by comedians.

 

Guests:

Alonzo Bodden, winner of season 3 of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and host of the Speed Channel show “101 Cars You Must Drive,” regular performer and field correspondent for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and guest star on several TV shows and movies.

 

Ben Gleib, regular performer at the Hollywood Improv; you’ve seen him on the CBS “The Late Late Show,” and on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” & Showtime’s “The Green Room”; named one of "Six Comedians who Could be Comedy’s Next Big Thing" in Esquire & a regular panelist on the E! Network’s “Chelsea Lately”

 

Marc Maron, a regularly touring stand up comic who has had his own specials on HBO and Comedy Central, a frequent guest on “Late Show with David Letterman,” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brian” host of the podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” and a veteran host of political talk shows

 

2 – 3PM

Comedy Congress live in the Crawford Family Forum!  (post election/lead-up to 112^th Congress)

The only true medicine for the pain of politics is laughter—after all, if we weren’t laughing at the (mostly) unintentional humor emanating from Washington D.C. and state capitols, chances are we’d be crying. It’s been over a month since Republicans mercilessly beat up on House Democrats and yet the lame duck continues to quack away, with tax cuts, gays in the military and immigration killing any notion of bipartisanship.  In the strange world that is politics liberals may have become more irritated with President Obama than conservatives, and the president himself seems irritated with everyone—perfect for comedic fodder.  Tomorrow we’ll probably cry about our lost jobs, but today join us in laughing at the madness of it all—the truth hurts far less when it’s told by comedians.

 

Greg Proops, regular actor & host of TV shows, movies and game shows—he is a regular performer on the American, British-original and touring versions of the improvisational show “Whose Line is it Anyway?”; he has a new podcast available on iTunes called “The Smartest Man in the World”; he’s the voice of the popular children’s series “Bob the Builder on PBS; and he is a regularly touring stand up comedian, coming to a comedy club near you!

IN STUDIO

 

Alonzo Bodden, winner of season 3 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and host of the Speed Channel show 101 Cars You Must Drive, regular performer and field correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and guest star on several TV shows and movies

 

Ben Gleib, regular performer at the Hollywood Improv; you’ve seen him on the CBS The Late Late Show, and on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly & Showtime’s The Green Room; named one of "Six Comedians who Could be Comedy’s Next Big Thing" in Esquire & a regular panelist on the E! Network’s Chelsea Lately