Outtakes: Amy Sumpter
Performance Revue
In these outtakes from Amy Sumpter's episode, we discuss the duplicitous toilets of Manhattan, working a day job, dating as a comedian, and a lot more.
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Amy Sumpter
Performance Revue
Acclaimed Chicago comedy vet and co-founder of The Kates on Broadway, Amy Sumpter goes over her amazing 2019 set at Strip Joker in the season 3 finale!
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Outtakes: Brittani Ferguson
Performance Revue
In these outtakes from Brittani Ferguson's episode, we discuss the queer coding within 80's and 90's action films, 'Little House on the Prairie', and, of course, the 'X-Files'.
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Brittani Ferguson
Performance Revue
In the Before Times of Yore, comedian and cast member of The Lincoln Lodge, Brittani Ferguson stopped by to discuss her interesting set at Strip Joker.
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Spencer Blair: Outtakes
Performance Revue
In these outtakes from Spencer Blair's episode, we discuss the unceremonious closing of Uptown Underground, how he used to cheat audience members into the Chill As Fuck show at Second City, the time I learned about secondary sex mattresses, gay dating app etiquette, and more.
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Spencer Blair
Performance Revue
In the Before Times of Yore, podcaster/producer/comic Spencer Blair chats about his mostly-improvised hosting set at Strip Joker.
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Outtakes: Jamie Shriner Biddle
Performance Revue
Trigger Warning: Personal Story of Sexual Assault
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Jamie Shriner Biddle
Performance Revue
In the Before Times of Yore (2019), actor/singer/composer Jamie Shriner Biddle breaks down her hosting set at 'Naughty Thoughts', her monthly Laugh Factory show.
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Outtakes: Devin Middleton
Performance Revue
In these outtakes from Devin Middleton's episode, we talk about the various reactions of Star wars fans to his set, accountability in the stand-up comedy scene, how the Walt Disney Corporation is destroying public domain, the X-Men comics, and a discussion of queer coding in the Dragonball Z series leads to the foundation of his next project.
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Devin Middleton
Performance Revue
Devin Middleton engages in a socially-distanced interview about his opening set during KJ Whitehead's 'The Haggard Unicorn' album recording in January 2020.
info_outlineTrigger Warning: Personal Story of Sexual Assault<p>
In these outtakes from Jamie Shriner Biddle's episode, we discuss the tragedy that is Louie CK at length, which prompts Jamie to reveal that she is a survivor. We also discuss the wounds of conservatism, the life of Valerie Solanas, Ellen Degeneres and her relationship with George W. Bush, and a whole lot more.<p>
This is the longest and heaviest outtakes episode to date.<p>
Time Stamps:<p>
01:30 – Punching Down<p>
- Mentions of Louie CK
<p> - [I understand that part of Louis Szekely’s family is from Mexico, but he presents as white, and is coded as such]
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03:13 – Coming Back From Being Cancelled<p>
04:39 – “Everyone is the hero of their own story”<p>
04:49 – “I don’t think that [Louie CK] was righteously masturbating in front of those women”<p>
05:23 – The Tragedy of Louie / His Lost Chance For Redemption<p>
- References to the bootleg recording of Louie’s comeback set at The Comedy Cellar on August 26, 2018
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09:31 – Louie Becomes the Villain<p>
11:06 – “I have been… Raped”<p>
11:30 – “His material is no longer relatable to me”<p>
- Mentions of TED Talks, Twitter, Westboro Baptist Church
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14:03 – Liberal Karma vs. Conservatism<p>
16:20 – Speaking as a Survivor of Sexual Assault<p>
- Discussion of non-consensual sex as a “kink”
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19:30 – “I see the best in people, to a fault”<p>
20:36 – Presenting as Queer<p>
- Mentions of Bisexuality, Ethical Non-Monogamy, Alfred Kinsey, The Kinsey Scale, Dave Chappelle, LGBTQIA
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23:30 – “I am will to forgive [Chappelle]… You’re just old, baby”<p>
24:35 – “You are not as ‘Other’ as I am”<p>
- Mentions of ‘Wife Material’, Straight-Passing Privilege, Mom Energy
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26:25 – ‘Valerie Solanas; The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol: The Musical’<p>
- Mentions of Andy Warhol, ‘SCUM Manifesto’, ‘Up Your Ass’, Paranoid Schizophrenia [I amateurishly call it Narcissistic Personality Disorder], Sex Work, Feminist Caricatures, Ted Cruz, Fred Rogers, Caitlin Cash, ‘The Holy Trinity of Wholesomeness’, Steve Irwin, Bob Ross, Ellen DeGeneres
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33:12 – Ellen DeGeneres is a Tarnished Icon<p>
- Mentions of George W. Bush, Cowardly Conservatives, Christianity, Gay Rights
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36:45 – “He [George W. Bush] is a coward”<p>
37:05 – Awkward Family Gatherings<p>
40:35 – “People change, things change over time”<p>
- Mentions of Jeb Bush, The Bush Dynasty
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41:34 – Back to Comedy<p>
- Mentions of Star Trek, Captain Picard
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42:15 – Rapping About Cows<p>
42:30 – “Being hard as fuck about a silly thing is the only way white people can get away with [rapping]”<p>
- Mentions of Eminem, 75th and Prairie, Cultural Appropriation, The Velvet Lounge, Doc Love, Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, RuPaul
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45:31 – Writing and Performing Musical Comedy<p>
- Mentions of Hair Metal, Folk Punk, Adam Sandler, HHannah Gatsby
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48:55 – Skylar Higley and Political Discourse<p>
- Mention of Nick Ogle
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50:39 – “This got serious…”<p>
- References to Astrology
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